Yokohama Landmark Tower

The Yokohama Landmark Tower (横浜ランドマークタワー, Yokohama Randomāku Tawā) is the third tallest building^[1] and fifth tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3 m (972 ft) high. Until surpassed by Abeno Harukas in 2014, it stood as the tallest building in Japan. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, next to the Yokohama Museum of Art.^[3]

For the demolished building in Fort Worth, Texas, see Landmark Tower (Texas).

For the building in Stamford, Connecticut, see One Landmark Square.

Yokohama Landmark Tower
横浜ランドマークタワー
Yokohama Landmark Tower, July 2015
Record height
Tallest in Japan from 1993 to 2014[I]
Preceded by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Surpassed by	Abeno Harukas
General information
Location	Yokohama, Japan
Coordinates	35°27′17″N 139°37′54″E
Construction started	20 March 1990
Completed	1993
Opening	16 July 1993
Cost	¥270 billion
Owner	Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Height
Architectural	296.3 m (972 ft)[1]
Top floor	277 m (909 ft)[2]
Observatory	273 m (896 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	73[1]
Floor area	292,791 m2 (3,151,580 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	79 by Mitsubishi Electric
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei and Hugh Stubbins and Associates
Main contractor	Shimizu Corporation
References
[1]

The building contains a five-star hotel called “Yokohama royal park hotel” which occupies floors 49–70, with 603 rooms in total.^[1] In April 2025, the hotel was closed for renovations. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the building.^[4]

On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.^[5]

The tower contains what were at their inauguration the world's fastest elevators (installed by Mitsubishi Electric), which reach speeds of 12.5 m/s (41 ft/s)^[1] (45.0 km/h (28.0 mph)). This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in approximately 40 seconds.^[6] The elevators' speed record was surpassed by elevators of Taipei 101 (60.6 km/h, 37.7 mi/h) in 2004, but the speed of this elevator's descent is still the fastest in the world.^[7]

The building was designed by the architecture and engineering division of Mitsubishi Estate, now Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei and Hugh Stubbins and Associates, later KlingStubbins.

Facilities

• Sky Garden(Observation deck) - 2F(Entrance), 5F(Exit), 69F(273m point)
• Yokohama Royal Park Hotel - B1F(Lobby), LF(Lobby), 3F(Entrance), 49-50F, 52-68F, 70F
• Office - 1F(Lobby), 3F(Lobby), 8-48F
• Shopping Floor - 1-4F
• Tower Dining - 5F
• Clinic Floor - 7F
• Landmark Plaza - B2F-B1F, 1-3F
• Landmark Hall - 5F
• Dockyard Garden - B2F-B1F, 1F
• Parking - B3F-B1f
• Mechanical rooms- 6F, 51F

In popular culture

• Godzilla vs. Mothra
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

See also

• Japan portal
• Architecture portal

• List of tallest buildings in Japan
• List of public observation decks