Sakura Tower Explained

Sakura Tower
Location City:	Kyauktada, Yangon
Location Country:	Myanmar
Coordinates:	16.7794°N 96.1594°W
Address:	339 Bogyoke Aung San Road
Opened Date:	1999
Floor Count:	20
Height:	^[1]
Architect:	Nihon Sekkei Inc Konoike Construction Co Ltd.
Website:	Sakura Tower Website

Sakura Tower is a 20-story modern office building in Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The tower was completed by Japanese contractors in 1999^[1] and had been the tallest building in Myanmar from 1999 to 2016.^[2]

It stands opposite to Sule Shangri-La Hotel across the Sule Pagoda Road.

Yangon Japanese Association resides on the 12th floor.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Sakura Tower . 2020-05-20.
2. According to the tower's web site, http://www.sakura-tower-yangon.com/, it is a 100m (300feet) high 20-story tower, completed in 1999. A 2014 National Geographic article, The Race to Save Architecture in Myanmar's Biggest City . https://web.archive.org/web/20200218235731/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141112-myanmar-burma-yangon-rangoon-heritage-architecture/ . dead . February 18, 2020 . The National Geographic . 2014-11-13., identifies the Sakura Tower as the tallest building in Yangon.
3. http://www.yangondirectory.com/listing/yangon-japanese-association-l191462.html Yangon Japanese Association, Myanmar, Yangon, Kyauktada | Yangon Yellow Pages