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The JR Central Towers are in Nakamura-ku in the city of
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The JR Central Towers are in Nakamura-ku in the city of Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
, central Japan
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. It is located right above Nagoya Station
is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...
and serves as the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...
. Built in 2000, it is the second-tallest building in Nagoya, and eighth-tallest overall in Japan as of 2015. It is the world's largest train station complex by floor area.
The office tower is slightly taller than the hotel tower.
Takashimaya
is a Japanese multinational corporation operating a department store chain carrying a wide array of products, ranging from wedding dresses and other apparel to electronics and flatware. It has more than 12 branches strategically located in 2 ...
and the Nagoya Marriott
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Associa Hotel are in the towers.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Nagoya
Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city (after Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka) and one of the nation's major economic centers. In terms of manufacturing, as home to automaking giants Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi Motors, the city is the prime carmaker ce ...
*List of tallest buildings in the world
This list of tallest buildings includes skyscrapers with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Nonbuilding structure, Non-building structures, such as towers, are not included in this list (for these, see ''List of tallest ...
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