


[Ginza Stroll: Ginza Six, a Large-Scale Urban Complex in Ginza]
Ginza Six is a large-scale complex located in Ginza 6-chome, featuring a rooftop garden and a tourist bus stop, in addition to a variety of urban functions such as retail, office, cultural and exchange facilities. The basic design and exterior design was undertaken by Yoshio Taniguchi, one of Japan's leading world-class architects. The result is a large-scale facility of an unprecedented scale for the Ginza streetscape, but one that emphasizes cooperation with the local community and accentuates the history and beauty of the Ginza streetscape. The design of the facade, which is reminiscent of a “hisashi” (eaves) and a “noren” (a traditional Japanese door curtain), is both a traditional Japanese form appropriate for welcoming people, and a meaningful one that can be easily adapted to changing stores and fashions by replacing the curtains, thereby creating a new look. The name “Ginza Six” is derived from the location “Ginza 6-chome,” and at the same time, it expresses the concept of “proposing new values such as pleasure and satisfaction that transcend the five senses” and “being a facility with six-star value,” creating a special place and mechanism that can only be found here in the world. The grand opening was held in 2017 with the aim of presenting new values to the world through the creation of a special place and mechanism that can only be found here in the world.
Located in the center of Ginza Six, a huge artwork spreads out in the atrium space. Currently, visitors can view “BIG CAT BANG,” a new artwork by Kenji Yanobe, one of Japan's leading contemporary artists, of a cat that travels and brings good fortune. The atrium space is considered as a galaxy including the earth, and the floating spaceship is an homage to the “Tower of the Sun”. Kenji Yanobe, who inherited Taro Okamoto's creative genes, spins a new story of life. On the third basement floor, the Kanze Noh Theater, the center of the largest Noh school, has been relocated from Shoto, Shibuya-ku, and the stage has been relocated as is. As a center of traditional Japanese culture, Ginza is being enlivened as an international tourist destination.
In the past, Ginza-dori was a scene of tourist buses lined up in a row, with many tourists getting on and off, but Ginza Six has transformed the landscape of Ginza-dori by providing a boarding area for tourist buses inside the building. After the Corona disaster that struck shortly after its opening, the area now appears to be regaining its vitality, encouraged by inbound tourism. Please enjoy a stroll through Ginza from this perspective as well. If you continue on to Ginza 1-chome, you will find our Ginza showroom along Ginza Mihara-dori. We look forward to seeing you on the second floor of the historic Okuno Building, a space that is the opposite of the cutting-edge Ginza Six.
Ginza Showroom
https://www.shokunin.com/en/showroom/ginza.html
The current art exhibit will be on display until the summer of 2025
https://ginza6.tokyo/art
References
https://ginza6.tokyo/wp-content/themes/G6/pdf/pressroom/pressrelease_ja_170201_fact_sheet.pdf
https://www.ginza.jp/landmark/12686
https://xtrend.nikkei.com/atcl/trn/pickup/15/1008498/102800489/