Ark Hills ( アークヒルズ , Āku Hiruzu ) is a major office development by Mori Building Company in Minato, Tokyo . Opened in 1986, the complex includes the Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower , the Ark Mori Building, the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the world-class Suntory Hall concert hall, a TV studio and several apartment buildings. TV Asahi still uses its former headquarters as an annexe for some of its departments and subsidiaries; the network's headquarters themselves were moved to the nearby building designed by Fumihiko Maki in 2003. Every year the area celebrates the autumn festival Ark Hills Music Week , that includes music, dancing, food, art and shopping.
4-650: The name "Ark" is derived from the location of the complex, at the intersection of the Akasaka , Roppongi and Kasumigaseki districts. Another explanation is that the name stands for Akasaka and Roppongi knot. The complex lays on a slight slope, rather than a hill. The heliport on the roof of the Ark Mori Building used to provide direct flights between Ark Hills and the Narita International Airport (approximately 20 minutes), until it
8-844: The following are based in Akasaka: Akasaka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education ( [2] in English, in Japanese). Akasaka 1-9- chōme are zoned to Akasaka Elementary School ( 赤坂小学校 ) and Akasaka Junior High School ( 赤坂中学校 ). Akasaka High School [ ja ] [3] was operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . It closed down in March 2009. It reopened
12-855: The government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district. Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama ) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government. In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North: Previously Jaleco Holding had its headquarters in the Akasaka DS Building ( 赤坂DSビル , Akasaka DS Biru ) in Akasaka. The Japanese offices of
16-423: Was discontinued on December 1, 2015. Ark Hills was expanded with the 22-storey Ark Hills Front Tower in 2011 and the 47-storey Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower in 2012. 35°40′00″N 139°44′29″E / 35.666615°N 139.741405°E / 35.666615; 139.741405 Akasaka, Tokyo Akasaka ( 赤坂 ) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo , Japan, located west of
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