Umed Sky Building

Everyone knows that Japan is one of the most advanced countries in the world. Buildings like the futuristic office skyscraper Umeda Sky Building are obvious proof of this.

The skyscraper of 173 floors looks ultra-modern. Silvery materials sparkle in the rays of the sun, and in night lighting and do look incredible, two slender towers are connected by the original floating garden of the Observatory. Here they are allowed for a small fee and a view of a huge living metropolis that opens from a height of 39 floors is a truly exciting sight.

On the minus of the first floor of the building there is a restaurant Takimi-koji, which repeated the Japanese street of the early period Showa (1912-1945 - the reign of Emperor Showa).

The skyscraper was built in 1993 by Hiroshi Hara. It was originally planned to be built as an "Air City" and the towers were to be four, not two. But they were cut with funding opportunities, and it turned into the Umeda Sky Building.

There is a park around the building. The contrast of man-made, but living nature and modern reinforced concrete structures does not cut the eye, but in its own way pacifies. After all, the manifestation of harmony of any landscape is a strong feature of the Japanese character.