Ginza Six

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Ginza Six
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Chuō-dori frontage
Ginza Six
General information
StatusOpen, in use
TypeRetail/Office building
Architectural style Postmodern
Address6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Town or city Tokyo
Country Japan
Coordinates 35°40′10.45″N139°45′50.69″E / 35.6695694°N 139.7640806°E / 35.6695694; 139.7640806
Opened20 April 2017;6 years ago (2017-04-20)
Inaugurated17 April 2017
OwnerGinza Six Retail Management Co. Ltd.
Height56 m
Technical details
Structural system Steel frame, reinforced concrete, steel reinforced concrete
Floor count18 [1]
Floor area148,700 square metres (1,601,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Yoshio Taniguchi
Other designers Gwenael Nicolas, Kenya Hara
Main contractor Kajima Corporation
Website
ginza6.tokyo

Ginza Six is a luxury shopping complex located in the Ginza area of Tokyo, jointly developed by Mori Building Company, J. Front Retailing, Sumitomo Corporation and L Catterton Real Estate. [2] [3] The name Ginza Six or G Six reflects the building address in Ginza 6-chome as well as the desire to provide an exceptional "six-star" shopping experience. [2]

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History

Ginza Six was built on the location of the former Matsuzakaya department store, which was Ginza's first ever department store. [2] The complex was inaugurated on 17 April, 2017, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, Chairman of LVMH Bernard Arnault, and President of J. Front Retailing Ryoichi Yamamoto, among others. [4] [5] [6] It is the largest retail space in Ginza. [2]

Architecture

The building has space for up to 241 stores, including flagship facilities for Fendi, Kenzo, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Van Cleef & Arpels. [3] It also contains six floors of office space (floors 7—12), 24 restaurants and cafes, a banquet hall, a 480-seater Noh theater and a 4,000 square-meter rooftop garden. [2] [6] [7] A terminal for tourist buses, a tourist information center, currency exchanges and duty exemption services cater to tourists. [6]

Ginza Six has an art program run by Fumio Nanjo of the Mori Art Museum. The complex focuses on contemporary Japanese art, in an attempt to "sp[eak] to the creativity associated with modern-day Japan rather than the traditional Japanese aesthetic." [8] The Central atrium artworks are a symbol of GINZA SIX and the inaugural exhibits included works by Yayoi Kusama and Patrick Blanc, among others. [9]

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