It is the "Shizuoka Shimbun Shizuoka Hoso Tokyo Branch Office Building" located in Ginza 8-chome.
The Shizuoka Shimbun of the Shizushin SBS Group and the Tokyo branch of Shizuoka Hoso are included.
It has an extremely unique shape with a box-shaped office overhanging from a dark brown cylindrical core.
It's the red spot on the map below.
It is famous as a building that incorporates the concept of metabolism by Kenzo Tange, designed by Yoyogi Daiichi Gymnasium, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Fuji TV Head Office Building, etc.
12 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground, completed in 1967.
(Elevator hall in the core part of the cylindrical shape
)
(Stairs beside the elevator hall)
"Metabolism" is an architectural movement developed by the Metabolism Group in the 1960s, and by introducing the temporal concept of Metabolism (metabolism) in architecture and urban planning, it is said that it presented architecture and urban spaces that correspond to variability and extension.
(Rooftop of the building)
(The view of Sotobori-dori St. from the rooftop of the building)
I've been worried about this building for a long time, and if I have the opportunity, I would like to experience the view of Ginza and Sotobori-dori St. from this building, the view of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Toshin Beltway, and the view of Minato-ku over JR. I was
(View from the rooftop of the building toward JR Yurakucho Station)
Finally, my wish has come true, and I can experience it today and introduce it in this way.
I can't feel
(View from the roof of the building toward JR Shimbashi Station)
One of the reasons why the view from the building is very fresh is that the location of this building is exactly the border between Chuo-ku and Minato-ku, near JR Shimbashi Station.
In addition, regarding photography
at this building, we received special consent from the general affairs department of Shizuoka Shimbun-sha Tokyo Branch Office.
We had you put it in a place that you could not normally enter, and gave you a kind and polite explanation of the structure of this building.
Thank you very much.
