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December 10, 2024
Urban park where Sony will continue to deliver unique, distinctly Sony activities
Sony Group will hold the grand opening of "Ginza Sony Park" on January 26, 2025, as the final phase of its project to reconstruct the Sony Building in the Ginza area of Tokyo. Ginza Sony Park is an urban park that aims to bring rhythm to the city and people, creating a sense of openness within a space where visitors can relax, and experience an ever-changing range of activities. Sony Group will also use the space as a hub to continue carrying out unique, distinctly Sony activities.
Ginza Sony Park is the final form of the project to reconstruct the Sony Building, which was based on the concept of providing a public space, and has had an over 50-year history in the Ginza area of Tokyo.
Reconstruction was based on a two-phase process that was also designed to be unique and distinctly Sony. The first phase was a one-of-a-kind experiment in which the site would be turned into a park in the process of being demolished (August 2018 to September 2021), instead of the new building being constructed immediately. After this was the second phase, in which demolition and the construction of the new building were resumed, and construction of Ginza Sony Park was completed in August 2024.
The first program at Ginza Sony Park will be "Sony Park Exhibition 2025," which will commence on the day of its grand opening. "Sony Park Exhibition" is a creative, hands-on program themed around the Sony Group's six businesses, created together with six artists mainly from the Sony Music Group.
Additionally, as part of the food-related activities being created at Ginza Sony Park, a casual dining restaurant based on "YOSHOKU (a unique Japanese culinary culture that adapts Western cuisine to suit the Japanese palate)" is scheduled to open, offering new ways of interacting with and enjoying food.
The official Sony Park website will be updated regularly with information about Ginza Sony Park.
Sony Park
Its height has purposely been set to about half the height of the other buildings in Ginza, to create a sense of openness and a new kind of landscape in this high-concentration urban area. Ginza Sony Park also carries on what the Sony Building has been cherished for: An architectural philosophy based on openness and public spirit, and unique architectural features that make effective use of limited space in a corner of Ginza where urban functions are concentrated.
