Description of the attraction
The towers of the Tokyo Municipality building received the unofficial name "Notre Dame de Paris" - supposedly in its appearance the features of a Gothic cathedral can be seen, what it might look like in the distant future. In fact, in the construction of the Tokyo government building, high-tech, including design and seismic-safe solutions were used.
The Tokyo government administers both the city's 23 special wards and nearby towns and cities. Municipality officials are housed in two huge skyscrapers - buildings 1 and 2 and the eight-story House of the People's Government. The tallest main building soared 243 meters, it has 42 aboveground and three underground floors. The second building has 34 floors, including three underground levels. All three buildings are connected by "bridges", and in the center of the government complex there is a fan square and a green square. From the time of construction in 1991 until 2007, the main city hall was considered the tallest in the capital, until the Midtown Tower was built, which pushed the citadel of officials from the first place.
The architect of the project of the complex is Kenzo Tange, who used elements resembling microcircuits in the design of the building from the outside and from the inside. During the construction, special technologies were used that will allow the municipality to withstand an 8-point earthquake (such as, for example, the Kanto earthquake, called the Great and destroyed many buildings in Tokyo in 1923). The location of the complex from north to south, the slope of the roofs near the high-rise buildings at an angle of 45 degrees and the use of streamlined shapes from the side of the prevailing winds reduced the windage of the building. About $ 1 billion was spent on the construction.
Tokyo Government Building is located in the Shinjuku area and is open to tourists. Two observation decks are located in the towers of the main building at a height of over two hundred meters. From this point, beautiful views of the Japanese capital open up, and in good weather you can see the cone of the sacred Mount Fujiyama. In the building you can dine, buy souvenirs and get information from the Tourist Information Center.
