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Roppongi Hills

Minoru Mori had a vision of building a citycafé looking out onto the Mori Garden.
within the city of Tokyo, and after seventeenRoppongi Hills' West Walk, Hill Side, and
years with the help of some four hundred ofMetroHat/Hollwood Plaza are what draw
Tokyo's individual landowners, his vision wasshoppers from around the globe. The West
realized in 2003. Roppongi Hills is anWalk, in the four-story Mori Tower Galleria,
eleven-hectare vertical city, and itsis 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. DividedMandarina Duck. The West Walk features
into eight distinctly themed areas, RoppongiJapanese restaurants, and Hill Side,
Hills has something for everyone frominternational ones. The boutique-lined Hill
everywhere. Yet all of the areas seamlesslySide faces the Mori Garden and is where shops
meld together, providing a wide variety oflike 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 ofits name suggests, has stores to appeal to
many international conglomerates, and thethe younger trendier shopper. Finally, with
ultra-exclusive Roppongi Hills Club. Its 52ndits Keyakizaka Doori, Roppongi Hills has an
floor observation area has seating areas, andanswer to Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive, and its
its Mori Art Museum has nine galleriesVirgin Cinema complex boasts the largest
spreading over two floors. The Roppongi Hillsscreen in Japan. For an extra charge,
Mori Garden, with its seventeenth-centuryPremiere Screen reclining seats with tables
design, including a path circling a river-fedon which to place popcorn, candy, and soda
pond, is the perfect escape for those seekingare available. Just a three minute walk from
quiet space in the heart of the TokyoRappongi Hills, the reasonably-priced, clean
megalopolis. The atrium of the TV Asahiand friendly B Rappongi Hotel is very popular
Studio is open to the public, and has a smallamong both business travelers and tourists.



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