Nishi-Shinjuku

Nishi-Shinjuku skyscrapers

"Love" sculpture in front of I-Land Tower

Nishi-Shinjuku (西新宿^?) is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was called Tsunohazu (角筈^?) before.

Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest. Tower I was also the tallest building in Japan at this time.

Progress continues in Nishi-Shinjuku and in West Shinjuku which is heading away from the city center and has the site of the proposed Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Redevelopment with plans for what will be three of the four tallest buildings in Japan.

Economy

H.I.S. has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Oak Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku.^[1] Seiko Epson's Tokyo Office is in the Shinjuku NS Building in Nishi-Shinjuku.^[2] Capcom's Tokyo offices are located in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building.^[3]

Skyscrapers in Nishi-Shinjuku

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  Keio Plaza Hotel (1971)

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  Shinjuku Sumitomo Building (1974)

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  Shinjuku Mitsui Building (1974)

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  Shinjuku KDDI Building (1974) (ex-KDD Honsha Building)

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  Shinjuku Sompo Japan Building (1976) (ex-Yasuda Kasai Kaijo Building)

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  Shinjuku Nomura Building (1978)

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  Shinjuku Center Building (1979)

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  Century Hyatt Tokyo (1980)

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  Shinjuku Dai-ichi-seimei Building (1980)

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  South Tower, Keio Plaza Hotel (1980)

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  Shinjuku NS Building (1982)

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  Shinjuku Washington Hotel (1983)

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  Tokyo Medical University Hospital (1986)

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  Shinjuku Green Tower (1986)

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  Kougakuin University S-Tec Building (1989)

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  Shinjuku L Tower (1990)

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  Shinjuku Monolith Building (1990)

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  Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (1991)

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  S-Tec Building (1992)

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  Shinjuku Park Tower (1994)

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  Shinjuku I-town Square (1994)

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  Shinjuku I-land Tower (1994)

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  Tokyo Opera City Tower (1996)

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  Nishi-Shinjuku Mitsui Building (1999)

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  Shinjuku Oak City (left：2002, right:2003)

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  Shinjuku First West (2003)

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  Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (2008)

See also

Tokyo portal

References

1. ^ "Company Info." H.I.S. Retrieved on March 11, 2010.
2. ^ "Head Office & Japanese Facilities." Seiko Epson. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.
3. ^ "Locations." Capcom. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "Shinjuku Mitsui Building 2-1-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo"