Omotesando & Aoyama: An Open-Air Gallery of Master Architecture

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My Trip

An 'open-air architecture museum' where world-famous architects' flagships line both sides of a zelkova boulevard. Compare Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, and Kengo Kuma along one walking path. A route for architecture and design lovers.

Half-day4 stopsEst. budget 40,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Omotesando Hills表参道ヒルズ
Omotesando · Architecture · Mall · 45 min stay
A complex Tadao Ando designed low to match the height of the zelkova trees. Its gentle interior spiral slope makes the whole building a single promenade, a masterpiece. Part of the old Dojunkai apartments is restored too.
Walk 7 min
2
Prada Aoyamaプラダ青山店
Architecture · 20 min stay
The 'crystal' building of rhombus glass lattice designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Convex and concave glass distort and reflect the street, giving it different expressions day and night. A must photo spot for the exterior alone.
Walk 5 min
3
Tod's Omotesandoトッズ表参道ビル
Omotesando · Architecture · 15 min stay
A building where Toyo Ito rendered the silhouette of the zelkova trees in a concrete structure. The tree-branch-like exterior wall is itself the structure, so the boundary between window and frame disappears, an impressive idea.
Walk 9 min
4
Nezu Museum根津美術館
Art museum · Garden · 75 min stay
The bamboo-and-tile-roofed approach designed by Kengo Kuma is stunning. Rich in East Asian classical art, and you finish the stroll wandering an expansive Japanese garden and tea house hard to believe is in the city center.