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Ginza will change! Ginza Sony Park will finally make its grand opening in January 2025!

Ginza will change! Ginza Sony Park will finally grand open in January 2025!

On January 26, 2025, the Sony Group's "Ginza Sony Park" will finally hold its grand opening. This project aims to reconstruct the former Sony Building in Ginza, Tokyo, into an urban park that will bring a new rhythm to the city and its people. The Sony Building, long a familiar landmark in Ginza, will be revitalized as an "open facility" and become a symbol of a new era.

▼ What the article reveals

  • Ginza Sony Park Project Background and Objectives
  • Information on Noteworthy Events for the 2025 Grand Opening
  • What is the theme and content of Sony Park Exhibition 2025?
  • Ginza Sony Park proposes a new dining experience
  • Evolution from the Sony Building to Ginza Sony Park
  • Unique architectural design that blends in with the Ginza district
  • Facility Overview and Structure Details of Ginza Sony Park
  • Introduction of special programs to create rhythm in the city and its people
  • Enjoy special events beginning after construction is completed in 2024.
  • A new landmark role in Ginza filled with Sony's character

Features and Concept of Ginza Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park is more than just a commercial facility. Based on the concept of "a facility open to the city," it features a unique design that blends in with the Ginza streetscape and creates a space where people can spend their time freely. Behind this project lies the "Ginza Garden" philosophy of Akio Morita, founder of the Sony Group.

Facility Overview

  • Location: 5-3-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
  • Floor configuration5 floors above ground, 4 floors below ground
  • site area: 707.42 sq.m.
  • total floor space: 4,357.49 m2
  • height: 33.9m
  • Completion Date: August 15, 2024

The facility will have no permanent tenants and will offer activities that change from time to time. In particular, "casual dining" on the third basement floor and "blank spaces" in the ground-level atrium will be designed to offer something new to discover each time you visit.

Special programs before the grand opening

Since its completion in August 2024, some floors have been open to the public and special programs have been developed during the construction period in preparation for the grand opening.

Featured Event: "ART IN THE PARK

In November 2024, "ART IN THE PARK," an art exhibition event utilizing the space under construction, was held. At this event, artworks were exhibited in the atrium space above ground level, and the park recorded more than 10,000 visitors. Many people, including Ginza workers and tourists, enjoyed this new form of park within the city.

Grand opening celebration event: "Sony Park Exhibition 2025

Sony Park Exhibition 2025" will be the first program to celebrate the grand opening of Ginza Sony Park. This event is an interactive program featuring the six business areas of the Sony Group (games, music, movies, entertainment technology, semiconductors, and finance).

Event Summary

  • theme:
    • Games are social occasions.
    • Music is a journey.
    • The film is a forest.
    • Entertainment technology is the street.
    • Finance is poetry.
    • Semiconductors are science fiction.
  • schedule: Starts on January 26, 2025
  • venueGinza Sony Park : Ginza Sony Park

The exhibition will feature six artists, mostly from the Sony Music Group, and will be full of playful events. The Sony Park exhibition, which has been held in the past in Ginza (2021) and Kyoto (2022) and has been well received, will evolve further.

Fusion of "food" and "art

Ginza Sony Park will also open a casual dining area that proposes a new way to enjoy Western-based food as a "food activity. A new kind of dining experience that incorporates creative elements into everyday meals is expected.

In addition, art exhibits and events in the museum will provide new stimulation to all visitors to Ginza in an attempt to bring the extraordinary into the everyday.

Bringing a New Rhythm to the Ginza District

The Ginza Sony Park project began with the reconstruction of the former Sony Building, which was established in 1966. Sony adopted a unique two-step process to evolve the "facility open to the city" over the next 50 years.

  1. Phase I: After demolition of the building, the space will be used as a "park" from 2018 to 2021. The park will be visited by 8.54 million people in approximately 3 years.
  2. Step 2: Construction of the new facility will begin after 2021, with completion in 2024 and a grand opening in 2025.

Conclusion

Ginza Sony Park is a project that will provide a new rhythm and value to the Ginza district and its people. This facility, which brings together Sony's innovative spirit and playful spirit, will be widely loved not only as a commercial facility and tourist attraction, but also as a new landmark in Ginza. A wide variety of programs are planned after the grand opening, and the space will continue to evolve as a place where new discoveries are made with each visit.

For more information and the latest program, please visit the official website (Sony Parkofficialsight(see below).

 

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