横浜天理教館, Skyscraper in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
The Yokohama Tenrikyo Building is a 100-metre-plus tower completed in December 1972 and opened in 1973, the first skyscraper in Yokohama to exceed that height. Its pale grey facade is a dense grid of narrow vertical windows running from the lower floors to the flat top. At the base, a projecting canopy with a slatted underside and thin columns shelters the entrance, above which sit small trees and a metal railing; a lower, blockier wing with wider windows adjoins it on the right.
Completed in December 1972 and opened the following year, the Yokohama Tenrikyo Building was the first skyscraper in Yokohama to exceed 100 metres in height. It was also Kanagawa Prefecture's first special district project. Until the neighbouring Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers opened, it served as the landmark of Yokohama Station's west exit.
The tower is named Yokohama Tenri Building, and the Tenrikyo Kanagawa administrative office occupies part of it. The ground floors hold shops such as a Daily Yamazaki convenience store and a Hokkaido izakaya, while the fifth floor is a medical floor. The building is operated by the Tokyo Tenrikyo Hall.
The tower stands at Yokohama Station's west exit, a three-minute walk from the station and connected underground via the Sotetsu Joinus shopping arcade. Since July 2017 the Yokohama Station West Exit No. 3 bus stop has been in front of the building, after the charter bus stop moved to the Nomura Securities side. The Iwasaki Gakuen Building, housing Yodobashi Camera, faces it across the street.
Completed in December 1972 and opened in 1973, it was the first building in Yokohama to exceed 100 metres in height, and it remained the landmark of Yokohama Station's west exit until the neighbouring Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers opened. It was also Kanagawa Prefecture's first specified-block redevelopment project.
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