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Roppongi Hills
Grand Hyatt Tokyo
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The largest private-sector urban redevelopment in Japan’s history, Roppongi Hills is one of the most influential mixed-use neighborhoods in the world and a model for urban development.
An Experiment in Urban Life
A District Reimagined
Roppongi Hills transformed a district long defined by its nightlife and entertainment into one of Tokyo’s most ambitious mixed-use urban destinations, completed in 2003 as Japan’s largest private sector redevelopment project.
Where Life Meets Work
Developer Minoru Mori believed that offices, residences, shopping, culture, and entertainment could not only coexist but generate synergies—deliberately blurring the line between life and work within a single, walkable environment.
Density with Purpose
Roppongi Hills was the first real-world application of Mori’s “Urban New Deal Policy,” replacing Tokyo’s sprawling horizontal development with vertical density to create more green space, reduce commute times, and elevate the city’s standing as a global creative hub.
An Enduring Standard
Roppongi Hills remains a reference point for what mixed-use development can achieve when design, culture, and community are treated as inseparable.
City Within a City
Offering a unique composition of indoor and outdoor spaces for working, entertainment, leisure, learning, and creating, this 28-acre mixed-use development is a “city within a city” at the heart of the Tokyo Metropolitan area.
Roppongi Hills Masterplan
The masterplan features diverse programming and creates a hub for cultural creation and information dissemination, where people from around the world gather in an atmosphere of intercultural exchange.
Mori Tower
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower features over 40 floors of flexible office space, with approximately 4,500 meters per floor—the largest space-per-floor of any office building in Japan. Its geometry draws on Japanese architectural tradition, shifting in appearance across angles and times of day.
Cinema
Housing nine screens and seating up to 2,100 people, the cinema complex combines full-scale dining, galleries, and a live event stage to anchor Roppongi Hills as Tokyo’s premier entertainment destination. Its angular glass and steel curtain wall unfolds as one moves through the complex, forming a counterpoint to the curves of the nearby Mori Tower.
Plaza
The plaza’s expansive glass roof draws natural light into a semi-outdoor gathering space positioned at the convergence of the Art Walk and West Walk pedestrian corridors. A warm limestone ground plane anchors the space, connecting the pedestrian arteries beneath a sheltered, weather-protected enclosure.
Arena
Located at the heart of the Roppongi Hills complex, the arena is a multi-purpose entertainment space with a retractable roof. It serves as the stage for a wide variety of events, including live music, performances, red carpet events, and holiday activities.
Grand Hyatt Tokyo
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo is a five-star luxury hotel housing 380 guestrooms, 10 restaurants and bars, and 13 banquet rooms within Roppongi Hills. Rooftop suites with private gardens and terraces crown the hotel tower, while a skylit village of restaurants along the podium rooftop connects to the surrounding retail gallery.
Retail
An internal retail galleria nestled between the hotel and office towers hosts more than 200 shops and restaurants across four themed zones. Spanning the basement and ground floors, the galleria is accessible from the hotel lobby and connected to outdoor resturant terraces on the sixth floor above.
Mori Tower: The Heart of Roppongi Hills
The Mori Tower rises 238 meters and is equipped with a comprehensive earthquake resistant structural system. At the base of Mori Tower, restaurants and shops animate the street level, while the upper floors are open to the public, containing the Mori Art Museum and an observation deck with citywide views. Its 40 floors of office space, with 4,500 square meters per floor, house major tenants including Goldman Sachs, Google Japan, and Baidu Barclays Capital.
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: Where Luxury Meets the City
One of Tokyo’s premier luxury destinations, the Grand Hyatt Tokyo brings five-star hospitality to the heart of Roppongi Hills. Ten restaurant venues offer distinct menus, with several featuring open-air terrace seating. Its 2,800 square meters of event space encompasses 16 flexible meeting rooms and two ballrooms. With views over the Tokyo cityscape and toward Mount Fuji, the hotel exemplifies the seamless integration of hospitality, culture, and urban life that defines Roppongi Hills as a mixed-use destination.
Housing 380 keys, the hotel’s angular bay windows carry the geometric language of the broader complex into the guest room façades.
Luxurious amenities include a 1,300-square meter-spa, an indoor red granite swimming pool, and a state-of-the art fitness center.
The inclusion of a cafe next to the hotel drop off activates the public realm and elevates the hotel.
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo offers a serene retreat from the 24-7 neighborhood and has set new standards in Tokyo’s competitive luxury hotel market.
Roppongi Hills Galleria: A Curated Retail Experience
Nestled between the hotel and office towers, the retail galleria’s four zones draw their character from the surrounding Roppongi Hills site, creating a layered shopping and dining experience across the basement and ground floors. Home to boutiques including Gucci, Tiffany & Co., and Louis Vuitton, the space connects to outdoor restaurant terraces on the sixth floor that overlook the galleria and link to the broader pedestrian network of the complex.
Connecting Community and Place
Roppongi Hills is a transit-oriented development, designed to be accessible, connected, and embedded in the broader fabric of the city. Directly connected to the Oedo and Hibiya subway lines, Roppongi Hills serves as the front door to the surrounding community. The development is also positioned along Keyakizaka Dori, a tree-lined main street that hosts fashionable boutiques, cafes and other retail outlets. Roppongi Hills can also be reached via direct shuttle and is connected to several bus lines and to the Shuto Expressway.
Sustainability & Green Programming
Roppongi Hills integrates environmental stewardship throughout its design—from rooftop gardens and gray water recycling systems to solar energy generation and rigorous waste sorting. Nearly 30% of the complex remains green and resource consumption is meaningfully reduced across the entire development.
The complex’s green spaces foster year-round community engagement, from spring rice planting and summer harvests to winter mochi-making workshops, weaving the rhythms of nature and Japanese cultural tradition into daily urban life
At the heart of this landscape is the Mōri Garden, a spacious classical Japanese garden inherited from a feudal lord’s estate that dates back nearly 350 years to the Edo period. The Mori Garden offers residents and visitors a timeless place to experience the changing seasons amid the heart of the city.
Art and Culture
Roppongi Hills was conceived as a cultural heart of Tokyo, where art and public life are inseparable from the built environment. The Roppongi Hills Arena anchors the complex as a venue for live performance and public cultural events, from concerts to seasonal celebrations. Together with the commissioned artworks and museum programming, it ensures that culture remains active and accessible throughout the site.
More than 20 world-class artists and designers were commissioned to embed works throughout Roppongi Hills, extending the cultural vision of the complex into every corner of the public realm. The Mori Art Museum anchors this programming, ensuring that art and culture remain active and accessible—from the galleries to the streets, gardens, and sky.
Mori Art Museum
The Mori Art Museum establishes Roppongi Hills as a major destination for art and culture, presenting world-class international exhibitions, commissioning public artworks across the complex, and creating public programming and events.
Public Art: Plaza
Louise Bourgeois’s iconic 10-meter bronze spider Maman (1999) — one of seven worldwide editions — is a landmark of public art at Roppongi Hills and one of six works curated by the Mori Art Museum across the complex’s public spaces, connecting the complex to a global conversation in contemporary art.
Tokyo City View
Above the museum on Mori Tower’s 52nd floor, the indoor observation deck frames sweeping views over Tokyo at 250 meters above sea level, extending the cultural experience of the complex to the scale of the city.
Toho Cinema
Toho Cinema offers a curated range of film experiences within a setting designed for both comfort and discovery.
Arena
The Roppongi Hills Arena is a multi-purpose entertainment space with a retractable roof that hosts a variety of events, including live music, food and drink events, and performances.
Public Art: Mori Garden
Jean-Michel Othoniel’s heart-shaped string of gold-leaf beads, titled Kin no Kokoro, was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mori Art Museum and Roppongi Hills, and is sited at the heart of the Mori Garden.
Public Art: Keyakizaka Dori Street
Public art lines Roppongi Hills’ main street, including this bench by Uchida Shigeru inspired by jazz music, inviting passersby to engage with the space in unexpected ways and experience art during a pleasant stroll.
Project Details
Roppongi Hills is a 28-acre mixed-use neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan that weaves together office space, residences, a luxury hotel, cultural venues, and over 200 shops and restaurants into a single, interconnected urban district.
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