Located in the Minato ward (Minato-ku),Tokyo, Japan and completed in 2003 and designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron the Prada shop looks like a jewel with its bulbous windows reflecting the sunlight and the sky color.
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Harajuku, just north of Shibuya ward (Shibuya-ku), became famous in the 1990's due to the large numbers of street performers and wildly dressed teens who gathered there on Sunday when the streets were closed to traffic. Punk style, visual kei, rockabilly dancers, performers and cosplay (costume player) meet on Sundays near the Yoyogi and Meiji Shrine Park entrances offering a firework of colors and styles.
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Located in the Minato ward (Minato-ku), Roppongi Hills is one of the most recent cultural and activity center in Tokyo. With its 84.800 square meters, the complex hosts TV Asahi's broadcasting center, a theater for the performing arts, Mori Art Center, luxurious residential areas, office buildings, commercial and educational facilities, plazas and parks.
Completed in 2003, the Mori Tower (238m, 54 floors) is the heart of Roppongi Hills.The first six levels of Mori Tower contain retail stores and restaurants. The top six floors have the Mori Art Museum and the Tokyo Sky Deck with panoramic views of the City. The rest of the building is office space.
Mori Building has financed the project with $800 million equity and $1.3 billion in debt from a syndicate of banks led by the Development Bank of Japan. As a result, the company's overall debts are $5.6 billion, secured by billions more in assets. Goldman Sachs & Co., the project's anchor tenant, attracted deep discounts in rental prices because of the large amount of space it occupies.
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