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	Roppongi Hills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roppongi Hills cost over $4 billion and is built on a 27 acre (109,000 m²) site.
		Nearby are the four Roppongi Hills Residences towers, with a total of 793 luxurious and very expensive residential apartments.
		Roppongi Hills Arena is a facility with large outdoor speakers, in proximity to older housing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roppongi_Hills (832 words)

	Roppongi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name "Roppongi" literally means "six trees." Legend has it that the name comes from the fact that six daimyo lived nearby during the Edo period, each with the kanji character for "tree" or a kind of tree in their names.
		Roppongi was a simple crossing of two streets until after the Meiji Restoration when it became a quartering area for the Imperial Japanese Army.
		Roppongi was administratively part of Azabu Ward from 1878 to 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roppongi (792 words)

	Roppongi
		Roppongi Hills, the newest edition in Mori Building Company’s series of multi-functional development complexes, is attracting worldwide acclaim from investors, art aficionados and wealthy would-be residents, all wanting to become a part of its new community concept.
		Roppongi Hills is an artfully designed integration of offices, residences, retail shops, restaurants and public spaces which are intended to foster a sense of community among its dwellers - whether they are working, playing tennis, attending a public forum or strolling through the art museum.
		Roppongi Hills stands as a visionary model of a new concept in living, in which individuals successfully engage in the balancing act of making one’s livelihood and enjoying it.
	www.ghatravel.com /html/roppongi.html (348 words)

	Tokyo/Roppongi - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Roppongi (六本木) is a section of Tokyo's Minato ward infamous for its nightlife.
		Roppongi Hills is an expansive shopping and entertainment complex, sleek and modern, it opened with much fanfare and remains popular.
		Roppongi has, by Japanese standards, a slightly dangerous reputation and even makes it onto the US Department of State's Consular Information Sheet [16], probably mostly for lack of anything else to warn about.
	wikitravel.org /en/Tokyo/Roppongi (1990 words)

	American Way Magazine - Trends for the Modern Traveler / Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Opened last spring, Roppongi Hills is many things — a residential area, a commercial and cultural district — but at its heart it is a city-within-a-city, a self-contained pocket with all the attractions of modern urban living without the usual obstacles.
		Roppongi Hills was designed by a team of leading international architects, but the overarching concept is the brainchild of one man: Minoru Mori, the namesake of Mori Tower.
		Roppongi Hills, his $4 billion project, is meant to turn a profit; however, the philosophy behind it reaches deeper than the bottom line.
	americanwaymag.com /aw/travel/feature.asp?archive_date=2/15/2004 (2259 words)

	Gen Kanai weblog: Yahoo! Japan and Roppongi Hills
		Roppongi Hills is worth visiting as it is, like the new Time Warner Center in NYC, a vision of the future of a city.
		People who work at Roppongi Hills frequently complain of high prices for lunchtime food, long lines due to tourists, not enough public transit access (only Hibiya and Oedo lines- neither which are that convenient) and generally-speaking it's an inefficient space to commute to.
		Roppongi is pretty much the armpit of nowhere in terms of access and aesthetics.
	www.kanai.net /weblog/archive/2006/01/12/11h42m16s (628 words)

	Panache \| TOKYO RENAISSANCE
		The cultural centerpiece of Roppongi Hills and one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in Asia, the 32,300-square-foot Richard Gluckman-designed Mori Art Museum is dedicated to making art accessible on a daily basis.
		Roppongi Hills offers unparalleled 360-degree views of the entire city as well as of Mount Fuji at two venues in the Mori Tower – the 52nd-floor observation deck and the open-air observation area on the roof.
		Roppongi Hills easily competes with Tokyo’s famed Omotesando and Ginza districts as a luxury-shopping mecca.
	www.panachemag.com /Archive/7_05/Features/Roppongi/Roppongi.asp (1044 words)

	Tokyo Weekender - To the Editor - Letters to the Editor - Feedback
		Roppongi Hills is finished, but as project owner of many more large scale projects, your good friend Mr.
		I was pleased to see you went some way towards balancing the free advertising for Roppongi Hills in your recent issue (Roppongi Hills: By the Numbers) with an editorial calling for more social responsibility on Mr.
		While Roppongi HIlls is at least pleasant to walk through (though the exhibition on the 52nd floor of Mori Tower showing 6-chome before the redevelopment does make one lament the loss of much of the greenery that went with it), Gai-en Higashi-dori is an un-policed disgrace.
	www.weekender.co.jp /new/030801/letters-to-editor-030801.html (1065 words)

	Pricey, opulent complex rises in Tokyo
		Tokyo's Roppongi district, infamous for prostitution and shady foreigners, is about to get a much needed facelift with Roppongi Hills - a sprawling complex of office buildings, shops and restaurants set to open in April that promises to be on the scale of the New York City landmark, Rockefeller Center.
		The diplomats at some 60 embassies in the area are expected to frequent the members-only club on the 51st floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower to enjoy a spectacular view of the city lights, including nearby Tokyo Tower that looks surprisingly dwarfed.
		Roppongi Hills will also be competing against similar plush Mori offerings in Tokyo, such as the 1986 Ark Hills, which has a concert hall with superb acoustics, and the Atago Green Hills, an office and residential complex finished last year.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/012303_japanrock.html (1243 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: TomorrowLand -- August 11, 2003 / Vol. 162 No. 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But Roppongi Hills improves on the old model by recognizing the virtues of carefully engineering the built environment to seem more organic and evolving than it actually is, in part by mixing the uses and purposes of various street-level spaces.
		That's why he decided Roppongi Hills should, in his words, "do Le Corbusier one better." He instructed the teams of international architects and designers working on the project to mix different uses of space throughout to ensure that the pedestrian experience was humanizing rather than alienating.
		The Roppongi Hills Mori Art Museum, for example, will keep longer hours and host more evening functions than most other museums in Tokyo do, and the site's 10-screen Virgin Cinemas is one of the few theaters in the city to show movies after midnight.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501030811-472908,00.html (1288 words)

	The Asia Rice Foundation: Japan Rice Articles
		In fact the paddy is just part of a 1,300-sq.-meter farm garden atop the complex that houses Virgin Cinemas Roppongi Hills, where vegetables, herbs and several kinds of trees are also being grown.
		With this aim in view, Roppongi Hills also has English gardens spreading over the rooftops of its residential buildings.
		But the latest project in Roppongi -- like other major developments in the last year, including Caretta Shiodome in Shinbashi and the Marunouchi Building ("Maru Biru") in front of Tokyo Station -- is also in line with a Tokyo Metropolitan Government ordinance issued in 2001.
	www.asiarice.org /sections/whatsnew/Japan20.html (693 words)

	ROPPONGI HOTEL & TRAVEL GUIDE
		Roppongi (六本木): Roppongi Japan is a section of Tokyo's Minatoku ward infamous for its nightlife.
		But Roppongi has recently become respectable again even among the Japanese thanks to the opening of Roppongi Hills, a massive shopping and dining complex.
		Roppongi has, by Japanese standards, a slightly dangerous reputation and even makes it onto the US Department of State's Consular Information Sheet [15], probably mostly for lack of anything else to warn about.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /tokyo/roppongi.htm (1349 words)

	ULI - the Urban Land Institute \| Roppongi Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A true city within a city, Roppongi Hills is the largest, most comprehensive and versatile private sector–driven urban redevelopment project ever undertaken in Japan.
		Roppongi Hills includes many innovative features, such as a rooftop garden with rice paddies that also serves as a protective measure against earthquakes, state-of-the-art computer/information technology systems, double-decker elevators, and an environmentally friendly energy center with a gas-powered electric cogeneration system that can assure a 72-hour supply of electricity in a flout.
		“Roppongi Hills,” continues Mori, “is the first of its kind—the materialization of a model vertical garden city.
	www.uli.org /AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=9227&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm (454 words)

	Metropolis Visitors Guide :: ROPPONGI
		A Roppongi mainstay since 1961, Seryna serves all manner of Japanese beef dishes, from shabu-shabu to charbroiled steak.
		Roppongi’s reputation as one of the sleaziest areas of Tokyo is under attack from developers determined to make it presentable.
		Roppongi Hills was first on the block in 2003.
	metropolis.japantoday.com /vg/roppongi.html (1584 words)

	Van Alen Institute - OPEN: new designs for public space
		Roppongi Hills is located within a three-mile radius of the major districts in Tokyo, including Marunouchi, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Shinagawa serviced by an on-site subway station and a new bus service.
		In addition to Roppongi Tower, Roppoingi Hills incorporates shopping streets and centers, a cinema complex, a TV broadcasting center designed by Fumihiko Maki, Roppongi Hills Residence, designed by Conran and Partners and Roppongi Hills Arena, a performance venue designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, religious buildings, parking and an energy plant.
		Key to Mori's vision for Roppongi Hills is the creation of numerous green spaces.
	www.vanalen.org /exhibits/PublicSpace/Projects/Tokyo.htm (829 words)

	TokyoShoes
		Last week, a friend from home was in town and we visited Roppongi Hills, the complex I have watched construction of from my window for the last two years.
		Jean Snow has some interesting dialog on Roppongi Hills here and here as well as some interesting photos.
		If the Roppongi area is too noisy, try a walk through Nogizaka; a close walk and a quiet neighborhood.
	www.tokyoshoes.com /blog/archives/000093.html (364 words)

	Ore no Buloggu
		Visited the new Roppongi Hills complex on Friday.
		The left photo is taken from the Virgin Cinemas Roppongi Hills.
		The first photo is of a Roppongi Hills ad in the train station.
	radio.weblogs.com /0118995/categories/japan/2003/04/26.html (173 words)

	Tokyo Travel: Roppongi Hills
		Opened in spring 2003, Roppongi Hills continues to be one of Tokyo's trendiest spots.
		Roppongi Hills is a city within the city, an attractively redeveloped neighborhood in the district of Roppongi, consisting of residential, recreational and office space, an art museum, cinema complex, hotel and various shops, restaurants and cafes.
		In the center of Roppongi Hills stands the Mori Tower, a 54-storey skyscraper named after the company and company president that built it.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3031.html (239 words)

	Tokyo Food Page Restaurant Listings - Roppongi
		(Roppongi Hills listings are all here, but they're split between the Roppongi and Azabu-Juban sections.) For listings in Roppongi 1-chome or Akasaka 1-chome, please see the Akasaka guide.
		Simple Asian noodle-shop standards are prepared here with high-quality ingredients and presented in a nice setting, overlooking the gardens of Roppongi Hills.
		Note: Restaurants closer to Roppongi 1-chome station can be found in the Roppongi 1-chome section of the Akasaka page.
	www.bento.com /ra-ropp.html (2173 words)

	MORI BUILDING : Roppongi Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Roppongi Hills is intended to become a cultural center in midtown Tokyo that will be a symbol of contemporary Japan.
		By integrating office, residential, hotel, retail, and cultural functions with parks and plazas that preserve the features of the existing landscape and the majority of the lot's open space, Roppongi Hills succeeds in creating a green and enriching urban cultural complex.
		A plaza links directly to Roppongi subway station, and a mixed-use building offers commercial, educational, and other facilities.
	www.mori.co.jp /business/roppongi/en_index.html (213 words)

	DenverPost.com - Tokyo's Roppongi Hills goes back to the future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		What's unique is that the hotel is part of the much larger Roppongi Hills project, a $4 billion building complex on 27.8 acres.
		Built by owner and developer Minoru Mori, Roppongi Hills is the realization of Mori's Tokyopian dream for Tokyo, the first of many mini-cities where people can live and work.
		At the Grand Hyatt Tokyo Roppongi Hills a room with one king bed or two twins starts at Y 36,205 including taxes (about $315).
	www.denverpost.com /podcasts/ci_0002572471 (875 words)

	Jaapan - Le site de Matthias Jaap: Photos: Roppongi Hills (Tokyo, Japon)
		Roppongi means "six trees" although no one seems to know where the name originated from.
		Today, Roppongi is the home for many designer stores (similar to Ginza), night clubs and Asahi-TV.
		I visited Roppongi Hills near the end of my holidays and I didn't have much time.
	www.jaapan.de /fr/photos.php?page=roppongi (190 words)

	'Artelligent' Living: Japan's New Roppongi Hills Complex - Iris Brooks
		Imagine a television studio with a six-story glass atrium overlooking traditional Japanese gardens, or a nine-screen cinema complex with an earthquake-resistant roof planted with rice paddies, or an elevator whose floor lights change color on every story as you ascend to an art museum at the top of a towering skyscraper.
		The newly opened Roppongi Hills in Tokyo--just a fifteen-minute walk from the Imperial Palace--offers all this and more.
		Elliott, the first non-Japanese to direct an art museum in Japan, is the former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England, and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Stockholm, Sweden.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/2003/September/Sa23305.htm (351 words)

	Spotlight: Roppongi Hills, Tokyo \| The Robb Report Collection
		Roppongi Hills enjoys a parklike setting in the heart of Tokyo.
		This "city within a city" is Japan’s largest and most expensive private redevelopment project ($4 billion) and a 21st-century model for contemporary urban living.
		The top floors are reserved for an arts center and library, the Mori Art Museum, an observation deck and the members-only Roppongi Hills Club, with its own prized collection of sake.
	www.robbreportcollection.com /Articles/Places-to-Live/Spotlight-Roppongi-Hills-Tokyo.asp (284 words)

	Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Kanto - lastminute.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The spectacular Roppongi Hills opened in April 2003 after 14 years of planning and three years under construction.
		So, as well as all the mod cons you would expect in the most high-tech city in the world, it also features the Mori Arts Centre, the five-star Grand Hyatt hotel, a theatre for the performing arts and the world's first institution affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
		Roppongi is roughly in the middle of Tokyo and from the Mori Arts Centre's observation deck in the Mori Tower it is possible to enjoy the most spectacular 360-degree views of the entire city from 250 metres above sea level.
	www.lastminute.com /site/find/World/Asia/Japan/Kanto/Tokyo/WOW-Attraction-99032.html (1032 words)

	Dr Dave
		Spent the afternoon with Sarah in Harajuku, then took her to Roppong Hills, in order to get a glimpse of the city from up-above.
		We were not particularly planning on going for the museum, but, as chance would have it, one of the temporary exhibition featured my favorite Japanese artist.
		And if putting them into the perspective of her complicated life and long history of mental illness certainly brings another dimension, one just need to walk through her arrangements of mirrors, lights and dots in endless patterns to get an idea of what mind vertigo can be, for better or for worse.
	unknowngenius.com /blog/index.php?tag=roppongi-hills (307 words)

	Tokyoahead - Roppongi Hills - Tokyo 2003
		Roppongi hills is one of the most visited attraction in Tokyo this year.
		There is also a nice Roppongi Map at Mapion and here.
		On the left edge you can see another new building, made meinly of glass, but half empty since so many office space became available at the same time, and Roppongi hills is more prestigious.
	tokyoahead.com /main/article.php/roppongihills (654 words)

	Moscow-Tokyo Nonstop: ExSlim, Exif and Roppongi Hills
		There is a feature on Roppongi Hills in one of the latest Metropolis's.
		However the Roppongi Hills is just an excuse for this entry.
		There is talk on the street that after the USD 4bn investment in Roppongi Hills, Mori-san, will lead the campaign to rid Roppongi of the pimps & whores.
	www.anatol.org /blarch/2003/05/exslim_exif_and_roppongi_hills.html (258 words)

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