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Azabudai Hills, Tokyo – A Hub Of Nature, Culture And Art

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A city within a city, Azabudai Hills sets the benchmark for contemporary urban living.

CONSIDERED COEXISTENCE

Moments from the nearby districts of Roppongi and Toranomon, Azabudai Hills stands as a world apart. Presenting a new urban design language never before seen in the city, the neighborhood’s multi-layered landscape is punctuated by gradients of greenery—including an orchard, vegetable garden, and a 6000sqm Central Green—that wrap around pedestrian walkways, retail rooftops, and curving courtyards, inviting exploration. Rising from its botanical roots, Japan’s tallest building stands proud—a testament to the contrast and coexistence of nature and the city.

Nestled within Azabudai Hills, Janu Tokyo stands as the sole hotel, thriving in perfect synergy with the values of this meticulously designed neighbourhood, which seeks to nurture a community centred around nature and wellbeing.

ART AND INSPIRATION

Weaving together a complex tapestry of offices, residences, educational institutions, galleries, green spaces, and over 150 luxury retail and dining outlets, Azabudai Hills serves as a hub for cultural dissemination.

Its namesake gallery is accompanied by spaces curated by institutions such as Pace and Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage Tokyo Gallery. The former boasts one of the largest art spaces in Tokyo, spanning over 510sqm, while the latter presents the city’s first permanent gallery celebrating Manga heritage. Elsewhere, The Mori Building Digital Art Museum: Epson teamLab Borderless finds its new base in Azabudai Hills, having relocated from Odaiba.

NEW ENCOUNTERS

Encouraging social interaction and offering an enviable lifestyle to both residents and visitors, Azabudai Hills boasts a diverse collection of eateries, ranging from fine dining restaurants to the Azabudai Hills Market— a celebration of Japan’s leading specialty stores. While some gather to enjoy exquisite cuisine, the central plaza hosts regular events, fostering new encounters as part of everyday life and building a connected community of both locals and international travellers.

The approx. 6,000m² large Central Green with lush greenery (rendition)
The approx. 6,000m² large Central Green with lush greenery (rendition)
Live while enjoying advanced, convenient urban lifestyle
Live while enjoying advanced, convenient urban lifestyle
Utilizing the entire city as a workplace, working freely and creative
Utilizing the entire city as a workplace, working freely and creative
Experiencing the essential pleasure of food and enriching daily life
Experiencing the essential pleasure of food and enriching daily life

Azabudai Hills is set to become an urban environment that seamlessly connects diverse aspects of human life, including living, working, gathering, relaxing, learning and recreation. As a result, it will provide a rich “Hills Life,” allowing people to live in harmony with nature, forming a thriving community whose members can enjoy creative, stimulating lives. The entire complex, full of lush greenery, will become a place of learning, working, living and creating, with all facilities within walking distance.

officesInternational-standard offices to meet global needs
214,500m² of space can accommodate about 20,000 people in advanced office facilities that provide added value, including robust BCP and RE100-compliant power for all facilities, supporting new free and creative workstyles.
Hills HouseHills House, a base that turns the entire complex into a workplace
Hills House will function as a “clubhouse” where employees of tenant companies at Azabudai Hills can access various functions and services, enabling their employers to collaborate with the complex to organize ideal new ways of working.
Tokyo Venture Capital HubTokyo Venture Capital Hub, Japan’s first VC cluster
Some 70 independent and corporate venture-capital firms will gather in this hub, providing a base for the provision of the critical capital needed to fund the growth of startups, thereby helping to revitalize the Japanese economy.
Center for Preventive MedicineCenter for Preventive Medicine for longer healthy lives
Patients can receive customized healthcare including high-precision physical examinations by specialist university hospital personnel using state-of-the-art equipment. The clinic will also conduct research into advanced methods of preventive medicine.
Aman ResidencesAman Residences, Tokyo; the ultimate in serene living
Azabudai Hills has partnered with Aman, the operator of luxury diverse world-class hotels and resorts, to create a unique and exclusive 91-unit residence that delivers exceptional value.
ResidencesResidences that maximize urban affluence amidst greenery
The residences, which embody Mori Building’s decades of experience in residential business, allow residents to fully enjoy the richness of urban living: “Hills Life.”
Janu TokyoJanu Tokyo, Aman’s sister brand hotel to make world debut
Due to open in March 2024, Aman’s world’s first “Janu” brand hotel, a 122-room property with one of the Tokyo’s largest wellness facilities, will welcome guests from Japan and abroad with warm hospitality.
international school One of largest international schools in central Tokyo
Situated amongst urban nature, The British School in Tokyo has students with over 60 different nationalities and is educating globally-minded people to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Retail facilitiesRetail facilities support affluence and new experiences
Surrounded by lush greenery, approximately 150 stores offer fashion, food, beauty care, culture, art, wellness and more to support affluent lifestyles and provide new experiences.
Market offering essential enjoyment and richness of foodMarket offering the essential enjoyment and richness of food
34 leading Japanese specialty stores have come together in this world-class market to offer not only products but also opportunities for learning and discovery, offering the essential enjoyment and richness of food in conjunction with diverse partners.
Azabudai Hills GalleryAzabudai Hills Gallery, the complex’s culture promotion facility
Based on the concept “the entire city is a museum,” the Gallery is the core facility promoting cultural activities, showcasing a variety of genres, including art, fashion and entertainment.
MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab BorderlessMORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless
This popular digital art museum, which attracted a global audience at its original home in Odaiba, now presents a combination of evolving and Japanese-debut works in Azabudai.
Public artPublic art blurring the boundaries between daily life and art
Artworks in public spaces will visualize the energy of the natural world made in Azabudai Hills, by fusing its grand scale with human scale and connecting people with the universe.
Central GreenCentral Green to connect people in a vast green space
In the lush Central Green (central square), people can interact with some 320 plant species which change with the seasons, and experience lively urban events at Azabudai Hills Arena inside the square.

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