I start today a series of Tokyo-devoted threads with the hundreds of pics I have taken in the last month. In the next few weeks / months I will continue posting new installments, but please be patient :P Enjoy.


汐留 SHIODOME

Note: I took these pictures in different days.

I wonder if anywhere else in the world there is a complex with 12 towers over 100m/328ft of this astounding QUALITY, which have mushroomed in such a short period of time (all of them completed between 2002 and 2005). A new awesome skyline from scratch built on a former freight station.

I’ll start with some general views of the area

Shiodome Sio-site high-rise complex from the Tokyo tower 150m observatory.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1301_2004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_shiodome.jpg

From the 250m deck:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1302_2004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_shiodome.jpg

Zooming in...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1303_2004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_shiodome2.jpg

From Odaiba island park:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_odaiba_kara_shiodome2.jpg

The white structure you see is the Rainbow bridge connecting Minato-ku to Odaiba island, one of the tens of manmade islands in Tokyo bay. Hey, that’s me :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_odaiba_kara_shiodome.jpg

This is what you see coming back from Odaiba island by the yurikamome line, an elevated unmanned train which offers excellent opportunities to take great pics of Tokyo waterfront area, especially since you can seat at the very front of the train.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1304_2004_1015_yurikamome_kara_shiodome.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310_2004_1015_yurikamome_kara_shiodome2.jpg

From JR Shinbashi station:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1306_2004_1018_shiodome_shinbashi.jpg

From JR Shinbashi station west exit:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1373.jpg

The Hamarikyu garden (S. XVII) is just next to the towers, becoming the perfect place to get wallpapers for your computer :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1387.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_hamarikyu5.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_hamarikyu6.jpg

Now let’s take a closer look to these great buildings

View from Kyushibarikyu garden:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1306.jpg

Acty Shiodome (2004. 190m/624ft) and Tokyo Twin Park towers (2002. 165m/541ft x 2) from street level:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1314_2004_1006_shiodome_block_h.jpg

Dentsu HQ (2002. Jean Nouvel/Obayashi corporation, 213m/700ft), Matsushita Electric Works Head Office (2003. 120m/394ft) and Shiodome City Center (2003. Roche&Dinkeloo/Nihon Sekkei, 216m/708ft) from Ginza’s southernmost street:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1313_2004_1031_dentsu_national_city_center.jpg

Royal Park Shiodome Tower (2003. 172m/564ft)., Shiodome City Center and Dentsu HQ:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1312_2004_1006_shiodome_royal_city_dentsu.jpg

Shiodome Media Tower (2003. Kajima Design, 173m/566ft), Royal Park and Nittele Tower (2003. Richard Rogers, 193m/633ft):

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1311_2004_1006_shiodome_royal_3.jpg

Wandering among Shiodome towers
Shiodome Sio-site includes a Yurikamome line and a metro line station. It is a multi-level complex with large, spotless walkways linking the skyscrapers each other and to these stations.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1308.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1341.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1365.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1368.jpg

A bookshop in these underground walkways. The Japanese love reading, every single supermarket / convenient store in this country has a section with papers, magazines and mangas. Major bookstores like Taiseido, Book 1st or Kinokuniya have huge 7, 8 or 9 floor buildings offering every kind of reading stuff.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1030_shiodome_oedo.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1030_shiodome_2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1031_shiodome4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1031_shiodome5.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1031_shiodome6.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1023_shiodome_yoru2.jpg

Time to single out the best towers

-Shiodome City Center, 2003. Roche&Dinkeloo/Nihon Sekkei, 216m/708ft.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1307.jpg

Superb building

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1031_shiodome_city_center.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_city_center_2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_city_center.jpg

-Dentsu Headquarters, 2002. Jean Nouvel/Obayashi corporation, 213m/700ft.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1389.jpg

I think it was a Dutch forumer who said he could write poems looking at Dentsu HQ.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_caretta.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_caretta2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_dentsu.jpg

Shiodome City Center in the glass of Dentsu HQ, aaaaaah, poetry...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_dentsu_3.jpg

Even the public toilets at Dentsu HQ (by the way, Dentsu is Japan’s largest advertising company) are stunning. Hi-tech toilet by Toto :naughty:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1030_caretta_shiodome.jpg

-Nittele Tower, 2003. Richard Rogers, 193m/633ft.

What a f****** awesome tower...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_nihon_terebi.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_nihon_terebi2.jpg

-Acty Shiodome, 2004. 190m/624ft.

The current tallest residential building in Japan.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_yurikamome_kara_acty.jpg

-Shiodome Media Tower, 2003. Kajima Design, 173m/566ft.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_kyodo_nyusu.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1006_shiodome_kyodo_2.jpg

Royal Park Hotel from Dentsu HQ:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1031_shiodome3.jpg

To sum up, I will say I could go to Shiodome Sio-site every single day for a year and enjoy every minute. Or maybe for two years :D
Reaching for the Shiodome sky

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1390.jpg

すげぇぇぇ :eek2:
そこに行きたいよ・・・

Wow, awesome pics! Thanks.

すばらしい映像!!!

Ohhhh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thats just one of 8 cities that make up Tokyo.Just amazing!!!!

the buildings and skyline are very impressive!

your pics are also very dramatically taken and I enjoyed them! :applause: :applause: :applause:

Thanks mate :D

The Shiodome complex is really cool. Tokyo does seem to be booming with skyscrapers with skyscraper clusters like this being built!

It looks like there are still towers being built at shiodome, near that acty shiodome tower? anyone know anything about those ones?

I really love this city and country!! I will post my best pics in my travel to japan.


Japan kawaiii..... :D to densha, to Tokyo, to "japaness girls"..... :D

how many more skyscrapers are planned for Shiodome?

I believe it's completed now, no more towers.

then what are those construction sites for?

でんつビルがとても好きだよ！！！

Hello! I was in Shiodome last weekend and was sooooo impressed that I wanted to find more information about the buildings in internet. I found this homepage and have just registered.
But I can not see any of the pictures... :redx: Does anyone have an idea what I can do? Sometimes in a page I can see some of the pictures but not all... :cry:
Thank you!

By the way, there was a new skyscraper in construction, next to the Shiodome City Center and Dentsu on the other side of the road number 316 (I am looking in a map).

Hello! I was in Shiodome last weekend and was sooooo impressed that I wanted to find more information about the buildings in internet. I found this homepage and have just registered.
But I can not see any of the pictures... :redx: Does anyone have an idea what I can do? Sometimes in a page I can see some of the pictures but not all... :cry:
Thank you!

By the way, there was a new skyscraper in construction, next to the Shiodome City Center and Dentsu on the other side of the road number 316 (I am looking in a map).

Tú eres española, verdad?

Tú eres española, verdad?
Pues sí, ¿hasta escribiendo se me nota el Spanglish? :)
Hoy he podido ver las fotos, son absolutamente geniales. Pensaba poner las mías pero ya no hace falta ;)

I have some nice pics of Shiodome but after being able to see those above, there's no need to post mines anymore...

Pues sí, ¿hasta escribiendo se me nota el Spanglish? :)


¿Ya te casaste con "ko"? :D

I love this! I like the colossal skyscrapers, they are so crisp and dramatic!

:eek: :eek: :eek:
¿Ya te casaste con "ko"? :D

¿Pero de qué me conoces? Estoy flipandooooo.....

:eek: :eek: :eek:


¿Pero de qué me conoces? Estoy flipandooooo.....

Del Gunkan.

nice pics~~!

Del Gunkan.
Aaaaaaah, okeeeeey, wakarimashita :)

Wow completely awesome pictures, shiodome rocks!, its so impressively neat and futuristic, its a city within a city, i'm dying to visit japan