Abenobashi Terminal Building Tower
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is a multi-marchandise facility in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku
, Osaka
, Japan
, consisting of , , and a skyscraper. Currently the western building is under reconstruction and it will be a 300 m (984 ft) tall skyscraper, . The reconstruction began in January 2010, and is scheduled to be completed in 2014. Upon completion, the building will have 62 floors, making it the tallest building in Osaka, as well as the tallest building in Japan.
It is planned as the alternative station building
of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, the terminal of Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. It will contain new main store of Kintetsu Department Store
and new headquarters office of Sharp Corporation
.
Abeno-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station, the Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Municipal...
, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, consisting of , , and a skyscraper. Currently the western building is under reconstruction and it will be a 300 m (984 ft) tall skyscraper, . The reconstruction began in January 2010, and is scheduled to be completed in 2014. Upon completion, the building will have 62 floors, making it the tallest building in Osaka, as well as the tallest building in Japan.
It is planned as the alternative station building
Station building
A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger train station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers.A station building is not to be confused with the station itself...
of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, the terminal of Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. It will contain new main store of Kintetsu Department Store
Kintetsu Department Store
is a department store chain in the Kansai region, Japan. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.-History:*January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station.*February, 1920: was founded....
and new headquarters office of Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...
.