Kabutocho Is Set for Motion
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The History of Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho Meiji Era (1870s) Taisho Era to about 1945 Recently Currently From a Banking to a Reconstruction after the Recreating the Classic Securities and Financial Great Kanto Earthquake Changes in Kabutocho Look and Feel of District and World War II Kabutocho Japan’s first modern bank, First Japan’s securities markets The trading floor of the Tokyo We are implementing the Nihonbashi Focus Kabutocho Is Set for Motion National Bank (now Mizuho Bank) resumed with the approval of Stock Exchange, which had been Kabutocho and Kayabacho Revitalization opened in Kabutocho in 1873. the GHQ in 1949. As a securities active for many years, closed in Project while preserving the district’s The Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho Revitalization Project The Kabutocho district subsequently district, Kabutocho became 1999 due to factors including history as the birthplace of Japan’s developed as a center of the synonymous with the country’s the introduction of electronic financial markets. Aligned with the Japanese economy with the financial markets and economy trading and the increase in Internet Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s establishment of a stock exchange, due to the development of transactions. The Kabutocho district “Global Financial City: Tokyo” vision, which then became the Tokyo the Japanese economy and the changed significantly as securities we are creating a new Kabutocho as Stock Exchange, and numerous boom in its securities markets. companies moved elsewhere. a district where people connect, and companies. where investment and growth are born. The Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho Revitalization Concept Construction Starts for KABUTO ONE A district where people connect, and where investment and growth are born Since the Meiji era, Kabutocho has been an entrepreneurial district for investment and securities, a district where innovation has been in step with the times, where investors have gathered and where a broad array of information has been exchanged. This historical background and other factors were the basis for our concept of a district where people connect, and where investment and growth are born. Our goal is revitalization that is unique to Kabutocho by harmonizing Kabutocho’s potential with neighboring districts. Kabutocho Is Set for Motion Kabutocho, a place of departure. The Role of Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho in the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision The heart of the Japanese economy is here – a status it held The Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho in the history already carved out, and one it will retain in District revitalization redevelopment proposal we presented to the relevant the future yet to be written. authorities is based on the three finance- and securities- related concepts outlined below. Our staged development Now, a town and space are coming into being in this Nihonbashi plan will promote coordination and collaboration among Post Office Nisshokan Bldg. financial district that will bring people together, generating Otemachi, which is headquarters to many major financial Toei Asakusa Line Tokyo Stock Exchange Bldg. Showa Street Nihonbashi River investment and growth that boost the Japanese economy. institutions, and Nihonbashi, the home of The Bank of Kabutocho Heiwa Bldg. Japan, as it works to add finance-related functions. Kabutocho Heiwa KABUTO ONE will stir new life into the financial district. Bldg. No. 5 The plan looks to the future as a means to support the MIZUHO fulfillment of the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” vision BANK, LTD. in the district. Location 7, Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Total floor space Approximately 39,170 m2 (Approximately 11,849 tsubo) Kabutocho Heiwa Bldg. No. 6 Access Directly connected to Kayabacho Station on Tozai Line Operators Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Yamatane Corporation, FinGATE KABUTO and Hibiya Line of Tokyo Metro Chibagin Securities Co., Ltd. Kabutocho Heiwa Design supervision Bldg. No. 2 Kabutocho Heiwa Bldg. No. 1 Main use Office, shops, assembly hall, rental conference rooms Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Incorporated (design & facility) FinGATE BASE and car parking Kabutocho Heiwa Design supervision Bldg. No. 4 Floors 15 above ground, 2 below, 2-story penthouse Obayashi Corporation Tokyo Shoken Kaikan Bldg. (structure) Construction Steel construction above ground, SRC structure below, KABUTO ONE Constructor Obayashi Corporation Otemachi Coordination and collaboration (partial steel construction), mid-story isolation structure Headquarters of major Scheduled Coordination and financial institutions July 2021 collaboration Nihonbashi Site size Approx. 3,345 m2 (1,012 tsubo) opening The Bank of Japan Coordination and Chuo Police Note: The above data are subject to change. collaboration Station Uchibori Street Shin-Ohashi Street Large securities companies Tokyo Stock Exchange Financial Center Kayabacho Station Marunouchi Kabutocho Daini-Shoken JR Tokyo Station KABUTO Kaikan Bldg. Kayabacho 1-Chome Eitai Street ONE Tozai Line Yaesu and Kyobashi Heiwa Bldg. Kabutocho Is Set for Motion Yaesu Street FinGATE KAYABA Sotobori Street Showa Street Shin-Ohashi Chuo Street Heisei Street Street On May 21, 2019, we held the groundbreaking ceremony for KABUTO ONE, the first project of the Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho Revitalization Project. Financial Function Development Concepts Now under construction with occupancy scheduled for July 2021, the building is named KABUTO ONE to reflect the idea that Kabutocho was, is and will continue Kazuo Yamada Support for development of The center for dialogue and Director and Attracting highly skilled financial to be the starting point for the Japanese economy. entrepreneurial financial start-ups exchange between investors Managing professionals mainly from abroad focusing on asset management and companies Executive Officer 13 Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. Corporate Report 2019 14.