Nishi-Shinjuku

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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

Livedoor has its headquarters in the Sumitomo Fudosan Nishishinjuku Building (住友不動産西新宿ビル, Sumitomo Fudōsan Nishi-Shinjuku Biru^?) in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.^[1] H.I.S. has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Oak Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku.^[2] Seiko Epson's Tokyo Office is in the Shinjuku NS Building in Nishi-Shinjuku.^[3] Capcom's Tokyo offices are located in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building.^[4] Taisei Corporation has its headquarters in Nishi-Shinjuku.^[5]

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

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