The Yaesu North 1 project is located in the heart of Tokyo, between Tokyo Station and Nihonbashi River, an important historical landmark. The Yaesu and Nihonbashi district has a long history with many stores and restaurants dating between 200 and 300 years old. Prior to the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the government built an elevated highway above Nihonbashi River to make the land acquisition more convenient. This intrusion greatly diminished the value of the river as a landmark and adversely affected the environment of the entire district.
Recently, the government has decided to relocate the elevated highway below the river. This will return the blue sky above the Nihonbashi and trigger mixed-use developments along it. The Yaesu North 1 project is one of these projects. It forms a new gateway to the Nihonbashi River district upon arrival from Tokyo Station.
Yaesu North 1 is comprised of 2 parcels, South and North. The South parcel faces Eitai Street, a street on Tokyo's financial axis, and contains a 217m tall tower with Office, Hotel, Financial Center, and Retail podium. The North parcel is smaller in size and fronts Nihonbashi River and contains two-story food and beverage buildings and pavilions.
Maximizing the relationship with the Nihonbashi River, the visual connection from multiple vantage points within the project and along the riverfront promenade are carefully designed. Visitors will feel the new openness of the Nihonbashi at outdoor seating decks, grand stairs, elevated platforms, and panoramic glass windows at the office lobbies, among others.
The project provides a diverse array of public plazas at a variety of scales. When visitors arrive from Tokyo Station, enter the West Grand Arrival Plaza where people can gather and meet within a beautiful landscape. The plaza atmosphere extends across the street to the Nihonbashi River where seasonal events occur at the foot of the grand stairs. Walking East, visitors will encounter more plazas in a pedestrian cascading rhythm.
Yaesu North 1 will invigorate new wellbeing and a sustainable lifestyle, triggering development of the entire district and integrating with adjacent projects along the Nihonbashi River.
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