Motomachi Cred, Skyscraper and building complex in Motomachi, Japan

Motomachi Credo is a complex of two towers joined by a curved steel truss roof at their base. The left, 11-storey commercial building carries the sign "MOTOMACHI CRED" and houses the Pasela shopping mall; the right, 35-storey tower holds the Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima. A glass-fronted section with a projecting canopy sits between them, facing a paved open area with trees.

The site held NTT's Chugoku branch until 1989; after its demolition, the lot hosted the NTT Motomachi Fair, which drew 1.3 million visitors in 1990. Construction of the NTT Credo Motomachi Building began in March 1991, and the commercial wing opened on 22 April 1994, the hotel wing three days later. The design by Nikken Sekkei and NTT Urban Development evokes Hiroshima Castle's keep, the Ota River delta and the former Industrial Promotion Hall.

The name Cred comes from the French "crédit"; the complex opened on 22 April 1994. The shopping mall Pasela takes its name from the French "passerelle" and uses a feather as its symbol. Each floor carries a theme, such as "for a refined, understated life" on the first floor, and the basement and floors 7 and 8 hold restaurants serving Indian and Italian food.

The complex is directly connected to the Hiroshima Bus Center, and the Astram Line's Kencho-mae Station is reached through the underground Kamiyacho Shareo passage. Hiroshima Electric Railway trams stop at Kamiyacho-nishi and Kamiyacho-higashi. The underground parking holds 535 cars.

The complex won the 1994 Commercial Environment Design Award, the Hiroshima Townscape Design Award and a Good Design Award (building category), plus a Fire and Disaster Prevention System award from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Its design draws on Hiroshima Castle's keep, the Ota River delta and the former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now the Atomic Bomb Dome.