Ever since the Yoshinobu Ashihara-designed Sony Building from the ’60s was demolished back in 2017, its central Ginza site has lived in a limbo of sorts. The lot was briefly turned into a park in the run-up to the pandemic-ravaged 2020 Olympics and then hidden behind temporary walls for years.
But now the reborn Ginza Sony Park – a concrete-and-glass building, despite the name – is ready to be unveiled. The structure extends both upwards and downwards, with five storeys above ground being paired with a three-level subterranean public space.
This unique city-centre ‘park’ is open to all and serves as a venue for a plethora of artistic and cultural events, as well as a range of casual dining options on the third basement floor.