The Oldest Building in Ginza, Tokyo: OKUNO BUILDING (1932) | JAPAN WALKING TOURS
One of the oldest modern buildings in Tokyo and the oldest building in Ginza is the Okuno Building. It’s two buildings build together, the left side built in 1932 and the right side in 1934. It was built in the Modernist style of the time with reinforced concrete to withstand earthquakes.
It was considered a “luxury” apartment building back in the day and was home to many residents for many decades. Now, it has been repurposed as artist galleries and studios, as well as a few office spaces.
It features one of the only manually controlled elevator doors in Tokyo (that I know of).
It’s located very close to Tokyo Station and Yurakucho Station, as well as the Ginza area. If you’re looking for something interesting and unique to see in Tokyo, you should drop by and check it out! It’s easy to find and also doesn’t take a lot of time to explore from top to bottom.
Here’s the Google Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KAECQ7ZfcZ78873S6
Just a heads up, the Project 306 gallery space is only open every 6th of the month.
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1:01 Intro & Lobby
3:43 Manual Door Elevator
5:42 7th Floor
8:25 6th Floor
12:09 5th Floor
16:50 4th Floor
18:57 3rd Floor
23:11 2nd Floor
27:29 1st Floor
30:45 Basement Area
33:17 Ending
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5 Comments
Have you been here before? What do you think about this building? Let me know below! Thanks for watching!
Artist spaces? This will be good 🙂
pretty cool but i feel like would be like a hideo kojima scary place at night tho
Cool old building I would most definitely live there
It's nice to more distinct buildings like that, I do worry how long it'll remain given the earthquake laws.