Roppongi Hills

Minoru Mori had a vision of building a city within theRoppongi Hills' West Walk, Hill Side, and MetroHat
city of Tokyo, and after seventeen years with theHollwood Plaza are what draw shoppers from around
help of some four hundred of Tokyo's individualthe globe. The West Walk, in the four-story Mori
landowners, his vision was realized in 2003. RoppongiTower Galleria, is the location of such upscale
Hills is an eleven-hectare vertical city, and itsestablishments as Anne Fontaine, Byblos, and
centerpiece, the fifty-four story Mori Tower, can beMandarina Duck. The West Walk features Japanese
seen from all over Tokyo. Divided into eight distinctlyrestaurants, and Hill Side, international ones. The
themed areas, Roppongi Hills has something forboutique-lined Hill Side faces the Mori Garden and is
everyone from everywhere. Yet all of the areaswhere shops like Michael Negrin and Anna Sui will be
seamlessly meld together, providing a wide variety offound. And the MetroHat/Hollywood Plaza, as its
experiences in a somewhat restricted space. Thename suggests, has stores to appeal to the younger
Mori Tower houses the Tokyo offices of manytrendier shopper. Finally, with its Keyakizaka Doori,
international conglomerates, and the ultra-exclusiveRoppongi Hills has an answer to Beverly Hills' Rodeo
Roppongi Hills Club. Its 52nd floor observation areaDrive, and its Virgin Cinema complex boasts the
has seating areas, and its Mori Art Museum has ninelargest screen in Japan. For an extra charge, Premiere
galleries spreading over two floors. The Roppongi HillsScreen reclining seats with tables on which to place
Mori Garden, with its seventeenth-century design,popcorn, candy, and soda are available. Just a three
including a path circling a river-fed pond, is the perfectminute walk from Rappongi Hills, the
escape for those seeking quiet space in the heart ofreasonably-priced, clean and friendly B Rappongi Hotel
the Tokyo megalopolis. The atrium of the TV Asahiis very popular among both business travelers and
Studio is open to the public, and has a smalltourists.
café looking out onto the Mori Garden.