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