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In 1932, it became one of the 35 wards of Tokyo City. Tokyo #10-B Prisoner of War Camp. On 1 July 1944, during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army established the #20-B prisoner-of-war camp on the grounds near Hashiba Bridge, Minami-Senju, at the current day location with the address of 3-41 Minami-Senju, Arakawa. The camp was renamed to ...
Arata Isozaki. Arata Isozaki: Isozaki was born on July 23, 1931, in Kyushu, Japan. He studied architecture at the University of Tokyo. In 1963 he opened up his own studio and was the leading architect during the postwar period in Japan. Isozaki's first building he worked on was the Ōita Prefectural Library (1966).
A Japanese woman offers a prayer for victims of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington after laying flowers at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo September 12, 2001.
Tokyo is the most populated of Japan 's 47 prefectures. [1] As of September 2024, there are over 200 buildings and structures in Tokyo that stand at least 150 metres tall (492 feet), of which 46 are at least 200 metres tall (656 feet). [2][3][4] The tallest structure in the prefecture is Tokyo Skytree, a megatall lattice tower that rises 634 ...
Line length. 12.2 km (7.6 mi) Track gauge. 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Electrification. 600 V DC overhead catenary. The Toden Arakawa Line (都電荒川線, Toden Arakawa-sen), branded as the Tokyo Sakura Tram (東京さくらトラム, Tōkyō Sakura Toramu), [1] is a hybrid light rail / tram line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan ...
3,091.23 m 2 (33,273.7 sq ft) Design and construction. Architect (s) Kisho Kurokawa. The Nakagin Capsule Tower Building[ a ] was a mixed-use residential and office tower in the upscale Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa. Completed in two years from 1970 to 1972, [ 1 ]: 388 the building was a rare remaining ...
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 more floor space than the Burj Khalifa's 309,472 m 2 (3,331,000 sq ft).
Tokyo Torch. 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.