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[5] [7] The second-tallest structure in Tokyo is the 333-metre-tall (1,092 feet) Tokyo Tower, a lattice tower completed in 1958. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure is the 325-metre-tall (1,068 feet) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower , completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper .
FM radio stations will continue to use the tower for broadcasting in the Tokyo area. Masahiro Kawada, the tower's planning director, raised the possibility of the tower becoming a backup for the Tokyo Skytree, depending on what the TV broadcasters want or need. [7] [23] The antenna's tip was damaged on 11 March 2011 by the TÅhoku earthquake. [24]
The tallest building in Japan is currently the 325.5 m (1,068 ft) tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 390 m (1,280 ft) Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as the country's new tallest building.
The exterior of the building will have a torch-inspired design. The name, Torch Tower, was chosen in the hope that the tower will "illuminate Japan". The total floor area will be circa 542,000 m 2 (5,834,000 sq ft). [3] This is 1.75 times as much floor space as the Burj Khalifa's 309,472 m 2 (3,331,000 sq ft).
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Tokyo Torch is a large-scale redevelopment district near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] It will consist of two skyscrapers: Tokiwabashi Tower (completed in 2021) Torch Tower (scheduled to be completed in 2027 as Japan's tallest building) In addition to the skyscrapers, the district will have two other buildings.
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