Commercial · Modern Heritage
Wako Main Building和光本館
- Location
- Tokyo Chūō City
- Completed
- 1932
Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Overview
The clock tower of Ginza 4-chōme. A Shōwa neo-Renaissance landmark that still keeps the city's time.
Completed in 1932 (Shōwa 7) as the flagship store of K. Hattori & Co. (now Seiko Group), to a design by Jin Watanabe. A gently curved façade turns the corner of the intersection and is crowned by a clock tower, a composition long cherished as the symbol of Ginza.
The stone-clad exterior is rendered in the neo-Renaissance style. Having escaped wartime damage, the building retains its original appearance and today operates as the main store of the retailer Wako.
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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- Completed
- 1932
- Architect
- Jin Watanabe
- Use
- Retail
- Location
- 4-5-11 Ginza, Chūō City, Tokyo
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Architect
Jin Watanabe
Jin Watanabe1887–1973
Born in Tokyo. Active in the early Shōwa era, he worked across a broad range, from historicist styles to modernism.
He designed buildings that remain beloved faces of their cities, such as the Wako Main Building (formerly K. Hattori & Co.) in Ginza and the Hotel New Grand in Yokohama.
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Location
4-5-11 Ginza, Chūō City, Tokyo
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Sources
References
- 和光 (商業施設) — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- Wikidata Q1355621Wikidata
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Photo Credits
Image sources, authors and licences
03Ginza Wako main shop.JPG
Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima
CC0·CC0 (No rights reserved)·Wikimedia Commons
04Ginza-WAKO at night.jpg
Photo: Kakidai
CC BY-SA 4.0·CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike)·Wikimedia Commons
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