The Asahi Beer Hall (
a.k.a. ''Super Dry Hall'', or ''Flamme d'Or'') is one of the buildings of the
Asahi Breweries headquarters located on the east bank of the
Sumida River in
Sumida,
Tokyo
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,
Japan.
It was designed by
French designer
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Philippe Starck
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and was completed in 1989. It is considered one of Tokyo's most recognizable modern structures.
The shape of the building is that of a beer glass, designed to complement the neighboring golden beer mug-shaped building housing the
Asahi Breweries offices.
The Asahi Flame (Flamme d'Or)
It is noted for the ''Asahi Flame'', an enormous golden structure at the top, said to represent both the 'burning heart of Asahi beer' and a frothy head. The 360-tonne golden flame was made by shipbuilders using
submarine-
construction
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techniques. It is completely empty.
The Asahi Flame is sometimes colloquially referred to as "the golden turd" (
kin no unko
or "golden poo" is a Japanese cultural phenomenon. It is a symbol of good luck, as the name is a pun meaning "golden poo" and "good luck" in Japanese. By 2006, 2.7 million mobile phone charms in this form had been sold. The symbol, or something ...
, 金のうんこ) and the Asahi Beer Hall itself as "poo building" (unko-biru, うんこビル).
Access
The building is a 3 minute-walk from
Asakusa Station
is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway. It formed one terminus of the original subway line in Tokyo, now the Ginza Line.
Station layout
There is a connect ...
, on the opposite side of the Sumida River.
References
External links
Asahi Beer HQ
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Office buildings completed in 1989
Buildings and structures in Sumida, Tokyo
Asahi Breweries
1989 establishments in Japan
Postmodern architecture in Japan