GINZA SIX ギンザシクス

Between contemporary architecture and luxury boutiques, the Ginza district in Tokyo was the ideal place to install the cosmopolitan Ginza Six shopping center .

XXL shopping

From the basement to the terrace, Ginza Six is home to 241 brands , Japanese and international, of clothing, accessories, art shops and restaurants. The 6th and 13th floors group together cafes and restaurants in a food court . The second basement is dedicated to thedepachika . On the terrace grows a green space where it is pleasant to come to eat your bentô for lunch. From above, you'll have a clear view of Tokyo Tower and the Tokyo SkyTree.

In addition to the usual services of large shopping centers, Ginza Six offers you guided bus tours , a tourist information center and a high-end kombini with a selection of local products and Ginza-stamped gifts.

Commercial place, but not only. Ginza Six is not just another shopping center: mixing business and community spaces, Ginza Six offers public spaces, contributions to cultural life and can even serve as an evacuation zone in the event of a natural disaster!

Living arts

Fumio Nanjo, responsible for the arts in the complex and director of the Mori Museum, explains that at Ginza Six, the bet was to "maximize the synergy between modern art and commercial spaces".

One of the most famous Japanese artists abroad, Yayoi Kusama , is currently exhibiting at the Tokyo National Arts Center until May 22, 2017 . Objects decorated on the theme of his "My Eternal Soul" exhibition will be for sale in the Pop Up Store inside the galleries of Ginza Six, as well as a special series of silver accessories and various printed objects. "Garden of narcissus", one of the artist's best-known motifs. You will easily recognize the stand, with the pop colors of its kawaii pumpkins, also displayed on the ceiling of Ginza Six. Meet on the 4th floor of Ginza Six.

Read : Exhibition Yayoi Kusama: My Eternal Soul

Several artistic installations by other artists will also be continuously exhibited : Shinji Ohmaki, Misa Funai and Yuumi Domoto. On the side of the Chûô-dori entrance, a "living" wall 12 meters high animates the interior facade. This digital installation imitates a waterfall, whose appearance changes with daylight . On the Mihara-dori side, you can see the "Living canyon" green wall, created by the artist and botanist Patrick Blanc.

Theatrical entrance

In the 3rd basement of Ginza Six is a cypress wood stage : welcome to the Noh theater! The scene was moved expressly from Shibuya, where the Kanze School troupe was based. Led by Kiyokazu Kanze , 26th head of the Kanze school and central figure of contemporary Noh, this school has been practicing the traditional art of Noh theater for 700 years .

Read also : The Noh theater

Noh being very well received abroad, Ginza Six wanted to facilitate access to all within its complex. As in the opera, a system of subtitles will facilitate the comprehension of the neophytes and the strange ones. A system for the hearing impaired will also be put in place. The oldest form of theater in the world, Noh is listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Inside-out

Built in place of the old Matsuzakaya building, the Ginza Six building is a perfect balance between old and new. The combination between architecture and interior space design was played out on a work between the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi and the French designer Gwenaël Nicolas.

Taniguchi seeks to "enhance the beauty of the content by its container". Originally, the place was divided into two buildings; but was unified by Taniguchi through a metallic Japanese visor design, noren . Ginza six is a place with an international atmosphere, but the interior of which reflects the Japanese essence.

To go further :

• The Ginza district
• The Sony building