Shinjuku Park Tower

The Shinjuku Park Tower (新宿パークタワー, Shinjuku Pāku Tawā) is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Shinjuku Park Tower
Shinjuku Park Tower as seen from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
General information
Status	Completed
Location	3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	35.68564°N 139.69095°E / 35.68564; 139.69095
Opening	April 25, 1994
Height
Roof	235 m (771 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	52
Floor area	264,141 m2 (2,843,190 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kenzo Tange
Structural engineer	Kajima Corporation; Shimizu Corporation; Taisei Corporation
References
[1]

History

It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994.

The building is owned and managed by Tokyo Gas Urban Development, a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas,^[2] and was constructed on the site of a decommissioned gas storage facility. Tokyo Gas operates a regional cooling center on-site, which provides heating and cooling to the high-rise district of Nishi-Shinjuku, and supplies electricity to the adjacent Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.^[3]

The hotel featured prominently in Academy Award-winning film Lost in Translation.^[4]

Architecture

Shinjuku Park Tower is a single building consisting of three connected block-shaped elements; S tower, which is 235 m (771 ft) tall with 52 stories, C tower which is 209 m (686 ft) tall with 47 stories and N tower which is 182 m (597 ft) tall with 41 stories. Floors 1 to 8 are occupied by retail stores, floors 9 to 37 are office floors and floors 39 to 52 are occupied by the luxury Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel, which includes a swimming pool with panoramic views on the city.^[5][6]

Floor directory

39F-52F (39th–52nd floors)	41F (41st floor)	9F-37F (9th–37th floors)
Park Hyatt Tokyo	Check-in lobby	Office floors
19F (19th floor)	11F (11th floor)	8F (8th floor)
Taisei Housing Park	Shinjuku Park Tower Dental Clinic Mareesia Garden Clinic	NHK Garden
3F-7F (3rd–7th floors)	3F-4F (3rd–4th floors)	3F (3rd floor)
Living Design Center Ozone	The Conran Shop Shinjuku	Park Tower Hall
1F (1st floor)	B1F (Basement floor)	B2F-B5F (2nd–5th Basement floors)
Lobby, Gallery, Atrium	Shops & Restaurants	Parking

Tenants

• L'Oreal^[7]
• Tokyo Gas^[8]

In media

• The Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel on the top was the main setting of the Sofia Coppola film Lost In Translation.
• The building was depicted as being destroyed by a UFO in the film Godzilla 2000.
• A version of the building was included as part of the Asian tileset in the city building simulation game Sim City 3000 and named as Futa-Ishii Plaza.

Images

• 
  View from the 47th floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo
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  Swimming pool of the Park Hyatt
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  Bar of the Park Hyatt
• 
  Hotel guest room

See also

• List of tallest structures in Tokyo