Abenobashi Terminal Building

Abenobashi Terminal Building
阿部野橋ターミナルビル
Abeno Harukas, December 2014
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Mixed use
Location	Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates
Construction started	New Building: March 1983 Abeno Harukas: January 2010
Opening	New Building: November 11, 1988 Eastern Building: September 13, 1992 (Tennoji Miyako Hotel) Abeno Harukas: March 7, 2014
Cost	¥76 billion
Owner	Kintetsu
Height
Roof	New Building: 54 m (177 ft) Eastern Building: 30 m (98 ft) Abeno Harukas: 300 m (984 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	New Building: 10 above ground, 4 underground Eastern Building: 17 above ground, 1 underground Abeno Harukas: 60 above ground, 5 underground
Floor area	New Building and Eastern Building: 94,000 m2 (1,011,800 sq ft) Abeno Harukas: 211,900.97 m2 (2,280,900 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	César Pelli & Associates(supervising architect for exterior design) Takenaka Corporation
Main contractor	Takenaka Corporation, Okumura Corporation, Obayashi Corp., Dai Nippon Construction, The Zenitaka Corporation JV

Abenobashi Terminal Building (阿部野橋ターミナルビル) is a multi-purpose commercial facility in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It consists of the New Annex (新館) (main tenants: Osaka Abenobashi Station, Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Wing Building), Eastern Annex (東館) (Tennoji Miyako Hotel), and a 300 m (984 ft) tall skyscraper Abeno Harukas (あべのハルカス). The reconstruction began in January 2010, and opened on March 7, 2014. The building is 300 meters tall and has 62 floors, making it the tallest building in Osaka, as well as the tallest building in Japan.

It is the planned alternative station building of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, the terminal of Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. Its floor space is around 100,000 square meters, making it the biggest department store in Japan. It contains the new Main Store of Kintetsu Department Store, Marriott International hotel, and new headquarters office of Sharp Corporation.

Name meaning

The name of the skyscraper "Abeno Harukas" comes from the old Japanese word "晴るかす" (harukasu). It means "to brighten, to clear up".

Floors

Abeno Harukas

From Abeno Harukas Project Website

• 58th-60th floors: Observatory "Harukas 300"
• 38th-55th floors and 57th floor: Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel
  • 57th floor: Restaurants
  • 38th-55th floors: Guest rooms
• 21st-36th floors: offices
• 19th and 20th floors: Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel (lobby)
• 17th and 18th floors: offices
• 16th floor: Abeno Harukas Museum, rooftop garden
• 2nd basement-14th floors: Kintetsu Department Store Abeno Harukas Tower Building
• 1st basement and 1st floor: Osaka Abenobashi Station
• 4th and 3rd basements: parking lot

New Building

• 2nd basement-9th floors and rooftop: Kintetsu Department Store Abeno Harukas Wing Building
• 1st basement and 1st floor: Osaka Abenobashi Station
• 2nd basement: Osaka Abenobashi Station Entrance

Eastern Building

• 1st basement-16th floors: Tennoji Miyako Hotel

Shopping facilities around Abenobashi Terminal Building

Abeno-ku

• Shinjuku Building
• Shinjuku Gochiso Building
• Abeno Appolo
• Abeno Center Building (Abeno Festa)
• Echo Across Building
• Abeno Urban Development Project
  • Abeno Lucias (A1-1)
  • Abeno nini (A1-2)
  • Abeno Cues Town (A2)
  • Abeno Gran Tour (A3)

Tennoji-ku

• Tennoji MiO
  • Main Building
  • Plaza Annex
• Abechika (underground city)

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Osaka
• List of tallest buildings in Japan

References

• Kintetsu Press (Japanese)
• Kintetsu Press release on August 25, 2011 (Japanese)

External links

• Takenaka Corporation for Design and Construction of Abeno Harukas
• Kintetsu Department Store (Japanese)
• Abeno Harukas
• Kintetsu Corporation

Records
Preceded by Yokohama Landmark Tower	Tallest building in Japan 300 m (984 ft) 2012–present	Succeeded by present