Minoru Mori had a vision of constructing a city within the city of Tokyo, and after seventeen years with the assistance of some four hundred of Tokyo’s various landowners, his vision was recognized in 2003. Roppongi Hills is an eleven-hectare vertical city, and its focal point, the fifty-four story Mori Tower, can be seen from all over Tokyo.
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Divided into eight distinctly themed locations, Roppongi Hills has something for everybody from everywhere. Yet every one of the areas effortlessly meld together, providing a broad range of experiences in a rather restricted space.
The Mori Tower houses the Tokyo offices of many international corporations, and the ultra-exclusive Roppongi Hills Club. Its 52nd floor observation location has seating areas, and its Mori Art Museum has nine galleries topping two floors.
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The Roppongi Hills Mori Garden, with its seventeenth-century design, including a course circling a river-fed pond, is the ideal escape for those looking for quiet space in the heart of the Tokyo megalopolis. The atrium of the TELEVISION Asahi Studio is open to the public, and has a little café keeping an eye out onto the Mori Garden.
Roppongi Hills’ West Walk, Hill Side, and MetroHat/Hollwood Plaza are exactly what draw shoppers from around the globe. The West Walk, in the four-story Mori Tower Galleria, is the area of such high end facilities as Anne Fontaine, Byblos, and Mandarina Duck. The West Walk features Japanese restaurants, and Hill Side, international ones.
Roppongi Hills @ Roppongi, Tokyo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The boutique-lined Hill Side deals with the Mori Garden and is where shops like Michael Negrin and Anna Sui will be discovered. And the MetroHat/Hollywood Plaza, as its name suggests, has shops to appeal to the more youthful trendier buyer.
Finally, with its Keyakizaka Doori, Roppongi Hills has a response to Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive, and its Virgin Cinema complicated includes the largest screen in Japan. For an extra charge, Premiere Screen reclining seats with tables on which to place snacks, soft drink, and sweet are available.
Mori art musuem (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
