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