Tokyo Opera City Tower Explained

Tokyo Opera City Tower
Location:Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates:35.6836°N 139.6865°W
Status:Completed
Start Date:1992
Completion Date:1996
Roof:234m (768feet)

is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1996, it stands 234 metres (768 feet) high and has 54 floors. The tower is the third-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and seventh-tallest in Tokyo. The closest train station to Opera City is Hatsudai.

The building houses concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum (NTT InterCommunication Center) and many restaurants and shops on its lower floors. The fifth through fifty-second floors are devoted to office space.

The building is adjacent to the New National Theater, which is located in Shibuya, Tokyo. The combined complex of the tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City".

In film

The building is seen blown up by a UFO in the 1999 Kaiju film Godzilla 2000.

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