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Shibuya Hikarie

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Location
  
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Completed
  
2012

Floor count
  
43

Height
  
180 m, 182 m to tip

Construction started
  
2009

Roof
  
180 m (590 ft)

Floor area
  
143,000m^2

Shibuya Hikarie

Address
  
2 Chome-21-1 Shibuya, 渋谷区 Tokyo 150-8510, Japan

Hours
  
Closing soon · 10AM–9PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday10AM–9PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Hikarie, Shibuya Station, Bunkamura, 109, Harajuku

Profiles

Welcome to shibuya hikarie tokyo


The Shibuya Hikarie (渋谷ヒカリエ) is a Tokyu skyscraper and retail complex completed in 2012 and located in the Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, Japan.

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The Hikarie is 183 meters tall. As of November 2013, it was tied for being the 52nd tallest skyscraper in Japan and 40th tallest building in Tokyo.

The Hikarie features extensive use of LED lighting and displays and combines shopping/dining/entertainment in similar ways to the Roppongi Hills project. Its profile and significance are partially due to being immediately proximate to Shibuya Station, to which it is connected by both a 2nd-floor sky-walk and underground walkway.

Although it does not yet have the same cultural significance as the 109 Building, it is a prime retail and office destination. The public access floors (floors 1 - 11) are marked by glass-walling, allowing for views across Shibuya and Tokyo.

Shibuya Hikarie features retail sales and event space up to floor 11, at which point access is controlled to the theatre (11-17) and private office space (18-34). Clients include KDDI and a number of headquarters for media companies.

Shibuya hikarie


Pronunciation

Although the "-rie" ending is a feminine French ending correctly pronounced "ree," (the use of French or faux French is common in Japanese lady's fashion), in this case the name of the building is four syllables Hi-Ka-Ri-Eh, with its base the first name "Hikaru" or the common noun "hikari," both of which mean "light."

Media coverage

The Hikarie has been featured by the national tourism agency and in popular culture and media. Tokyo Fashion Week is headquartered in this building, resulting in significant positive coverage in the domestic press. Foreign media have covered novel retail strategies, including the use of "themed floors" rather than the traditional retail division of men's fashion or women's sportwear.

References

Shibuya Hikarie Wikipedia