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Abeno Harukas

Abeno Harukas (あべのハルカス) is a multi-purpose commercial facility in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It consists of the New Annex, Eastern Annex and a supertall skyscraper, Abeno Harukas. The building is 300 m (984 ft) tall and has 62 floors; it was the tallest building in Japan from 2014 to 2023, until Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower seized the title.[1]

Abeno Harukas

Completed

Mixed-use

Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

New Building: March 1983
Abeno Harukas: January 9, 2010

New Building: November 11, 1988
Eastern Building: September 13, 1992

New Building: November 11, 1988
Eastern Building: September 13, 1992 (Tennoji Miyako Hotel)
Abeno Harukas: March 7, 2014

¥76 billion

New Building: 54 m (177 ft)
Eastern Building: 30 m (98 ft)
Abeno Harukas: 300 m (984 ft)

New Building: 10 above ground, 4 underground

Eastern Building: 17 above ground, 1 underground

Abeno Harukas: 60 above ground, 5 underground

New Building and Eastern Building: 94,000 m2 (1,011,800 sq ft)
Abeno Harukas: 211,900.97 m2 (2,280,900 sq ft)

César Pelli & Associates (supervising architect for exterior design)
Takenaka Corporation

阿部野橋ターミナルビル

あべのばしたーみなるびる

The facility is the planned alternative station building of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, the terminal of Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. It contains Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas, Marriott International hotel, university campuses and Sharp Corporation sales office. Its floor space is around 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft), making it one of the biggest department stores in Japan.[2] Construction was completed on March 7, 2014.

Name meaning[edit]

The name of the skyscraper "Abeno Harukas" comes from the old Japanese word "晴るかす" (harukasu). It means "to brighten, to clear up".[3]

58th-60th floors: Observatory "Harukas 300"

21st-36th floors: offices

19th and 20th floors: Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel (lobby)

17th and 18th floors: offices

16th floor: Abeno Harukas Museum, rooftop garden

2nd basement-14th floors: Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas Tower Building

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1st basement and 1st floor: Osaka Abenobashi Station

4th and 3rd basements: parking lot

Shinjuku Building

Shinjuku Gochiso Building

Abeno Appolo

Abeno Center Building (Abeno Festa)

Echo Across Building

Abeno Cues Town

Abeno Harukas seen from Nakanoshima Festival Tower

Abeno Harukas seen from Nakanoshima Festival Tower

Abeno Harukas and Osaka-Abenobashi Station

Abeno Harukas and Osaka-Abenobashi Station

Abeno Harukas Sky Garden

Abeno Harukas Sky Garden

View of Osaka from Abeno Harukas

View of Osaka from Abeno Harukas

List of tallest buildings in Osaka

List of tallest buildings in Japan

(in Japanese)

Kintetsu Press

(in Japanese)

Kintetsu Press release on August 25, 2011

Takenaka Corporation for Design and Construction of Abeno Harukas

(in Japanese)

Kintetsu Department Store

Abeno Harukas

Kintetsu Corporation