is a major office development by Mori Building Company in

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits ...

. Completed in 1986, the complex includes the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the ARK Mori Building (a 37-floor, almost mixed-use tower), the world-class Suntory Hall concert hall, a TV studio and several apartment buildings.

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Comp ...

still uses its former headquarters as an annexe for some of its departments and subsidiaries; the network's headquarters themselves were moved nearby building designed by

Fumihiko Maki is a Japanese architect who teaches at Keio University SFC. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Early life Maki was born in Tokyo. ...

in 2003. Every September the area celebrates with an autumn festival that includes music, dancing, food, art, and shopping. The name "ARK" is derived from the location of the complex at the intersection of the Akasaka, Roppongi, and

Kasumigaseki Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, whi ...

districts. (Another explanation is that the name stands for Akasaka and Roppongi ''K''not.) It is built on a slight slope, rather than a hill. The heliport on the roof of the Ark Mori Building used to provide direct flights between Narita International Airport and Ark Hills (approximately 20 minutes) it was discontinued on December 1, 2015.

Buildings

* Ark Mori Building *Ark Towers East *Ark Towers West *Ark Towers South * Suntory Hall *Ark Hills Side *Ark Hills Executive Tower *Ark Hills Annex Ark Hills was expanded with the 22-storey Ark Hills Front Tower in 2011 and the 47-storey Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower in 2012.ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower
Mori Building ARK Mori Building Covered plaza 2018.jpg, Covered plaza ARK Mori Building skylight 2018.jpg, Building skylight ARK Mori Building waterfall 2018.jpg, Waterfall ARK Garden 2018.jpg, ARK Garden ARK Mori Building Lobby 2018.jpg, ARK Mori Building Lobby

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Ark Hills (Mori Building)
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