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Sunshine City (サンシャインシティ, Sanshain Shiti) is a building complex located in East Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It has the 240-metre tall Sunshine 60 skyscraper at its centre.[1] Sunshine City consists of four buildings: Sunshine 60, the main and tallest building, which includes corporate offices as well as restaurants; the Prince Hotel; the World Import Mart; and the Bunka Kaikan building.[2] The complex sits on land that was once occupied by Sugamo Prison.[3]
The lower floors of the complex cater toward passerby and customers with a large shopping mall and numerous restaurants, while the higher floors tend to include corporate offices and hotel rooms. The complex, which was opened in 1978, contains numerous attractions including an observatory (observation deck) located at the top of Sunshine 60 called Sky Circus, the Ancient Orient Museum, an aquarium, a planetarium, the Prince Hotel, a Namco-run indoor amusement park, a convention centre, and a theatre.
When it was opened, Sunshine 60 office tower block was reputed to be the tallest building in Asia.[citation needed] It is an early example of a "city within a city", a self-contained area with places to live, work, and shop all within one area.[1]
Since Sunshine 60's Sky Circus observatory was opened, other observation decks have opened in Tokyo, such as at Roppongi and the Tokyo Government offices.[1]
- ^ a b c "Tokyo Travel: Ikebukuro". www.japan-guide.com.
- ^ "Floor map". Sunshine City. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ "Ikebukuro". Tokyo Essentials. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010.