The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Building Tokyo Metropolitan Government) also known as Tokyo City Hall (City of Tokyo), Bloom (building principal) for short, houses the headquarters of the Tokyo government, this includes not only the 23 Tokyo's major districts, but also cities and towns that make up Tokyo.

Located in Shinjuku , was built between 1988 and 1991, with instruction to the Tokyo Midtown (two years) the tallest building in Tokyo with 243 meters and 27500 square feet of area. The two main structures consist of the building on the top floor with a panoramic observatory is open until 23.00 and admission is free.

The building consists of three structures that are similar to a single building. The highest and most prominent of the three buildings is the Main Building No. 1, a tower has 48 floors, which about 33 are divided into two smaller sections. It also has three underground levels. The design of the building (presumably a computer chip), is the architect Kenzo Tange and Associates.

The other two buildings are the Assembly building in Tokyo, which consists of 8 floors including a basement floor, and the Main Building No. 2, which has 37 levels and 3 underground floors.

The building cost about 157 billion yen (more than 1 billion euros) that were obtained from public money, so it is also known as the nickname of Tax Tower (Tower of taxes).

Although the building tripods are not allowed, if the cameras are, so go up the viewpoints of the building is an ideal place to take wonderful pictures of Tokyo and realize that there are all the skyscrapers around.


Information translated and adapted from the Wikipedia in English and Spanish .

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