Sompo Japan Building
{{Short description|Skyscraper located in Tokyo}}
{{Infobox building
|name = Sompo Japan Head Office Building
|native_name = 損保ジャパン本社ビル
|native_name_lang = ja
|image = Sompo Japan Head Office Building 2009 02.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption =
|location = 1-26-1 Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
|coordinates = {{coord|35|41|33.8|N|139|41|46|E|region:JP-13_scale:4000|display=inline,title}}
|status = complete
|start_date = 1973
|completion_date = 1976
|opening =
|building_type =
|antenna_spire = {{convert|200|m|ft|sp=us}}
|roof = {{convert|193|m|ft|sp=us}}
|top_floor =
|floor_count = 43 above ground
6 below ground
|elevator_count =
|cost =
|floor_area = {{convert|166768|m2|sqft|-2|abbr=on}}
|architect = Yoshikazu Uchida
|structural_engineer=
|main_contractor = Taisei Corporation
Shimizu Corporation
|developer =
|owner = Sompo Japan
}}
The {{nihongo|Sompo Japan Head Office Building|損保ジャパン本社ビル|Sonpo Japan Honsha Biru}} is the corporate headquarters for Sompo Japan Insurance. It is located in the district Nishi-Shinjuku in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. At 200 metres (656 ft), the building is the 28th tallest building in Tokyo and the 33rd tallest in Japan. It was designed by Yoshikazu Uchida.
On the street level is Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, where one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series of paintings is located.
The building is similar in appearance to Chase Tower. The building made an appearance in the 1984 film The Return of Godzilla.
External links
{{commons category|Sompo Japan Head Office Building}}
- [http://www.tokyoarchitecture.info/Building/4036/Sompo+Japan+Building.php www.tokyoarchitecture.info]
- [http://www.origin-hoken.com/en/] one of the Japanese agents (TOT)
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106111156/http://www.emporis.com/building/sompojapanheadofficebuilding-tokyo-japan]}} Description on architecture website
- [http://www.sjnk-museum.org/en/information] Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art
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Category:Office buildings completed in 1976
Category:Skyscrapers in Shinjuku