Sompo Japan Building
Nishi-Shinjuku, Japan
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Located in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, the Sompo Japan Head Office Building is a 200-meter corporate skyscraper designed by Yoshikazu Uchida and completed in 1976. At this height, it ranks as the 28th tallest building in Tokyo and 33rd in Japan. The tower houses the headquarters for Sompo Japan Insurance and features the Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art at street level, which notably displays one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings from his "Sunflowers" series. The building's architectural form resembles Chase Tower and gained cultural visibility through an appearance in the 1984 film *The Return of Godzilla*.
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- Type
- skyscraper
- Place
- Nishi-Shinjuku, Japan
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