Niigata Nippo Media Ship, Modern media skyscraper in Chuo, Japan

Niigata Nippo Media Ship is a 105-metre, 20-storey tower completed in January 2013 at the Higashi-kō Line crossroads, next to Bandai City. Its south face, turned toward Bandai Bridge, curves gently after the sail of a kitamae-bune cargo ship; the main face is a grid of blue-green glass panes with dark vertical fins along its edges and white lettering at the top. The 20th floor holds the Sora no Hiroba observatory, about 100 metres up.

The tower opened in April 2013 on the site of the Minami Plaza leisure complex, which had operated since July 1973 and was demolished after closing in 2007. Niigata Nippo built it for its 70th anniversary and moved its headquarters here from the Nishiku Yoshiyasu building, which became the Kurosaki head office and printing plant.

The south facade facing Bandai Bridge curves like the sail of a kitamae-bune cargo ship, the building's stated concept of a "modern kitamae-bune"; at night LED strips on both ends light it as a "light sail". The same ship-and-water motif forms the facility's symbol mark. On the 5th floor, the Niigata City Aizu Yaichi Memorial Museum moved here from Nishi-Funamicho on 1 August 2014.

The main entrance on the ground floor faces the Tōkōsen crossing, where Bandai Bridge-dōri meets the Tōkōsen line, next to Bandai City. It is about a 10-minute walk from Niigata Station's Bandai exit, or one minute from the Bandai City BRT stop; city buses also stop at the building. The 20th-floor observatory is roughly 100 m up.

The south facade facing Bandai Bridge curves like the sail of a kitamae-bune cargo ship, the building's stated design motif; at night LEDs on both ends light it as a "light sail". The same ship-and-water emblem appears in the facility's symbol mark.