Kobe Port Tower

utsiktstorn · 1963 · Hatobachō, JP · Takeo Naka

Kobe Port Tower (Hatobachō, Japan) dates from 1963. The catalogue names Takeo Naka as the architect. According to Wikidata, the building belongs to the ‘Contemporary architecture’ style. The date falls within the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

The client was Chūjirō Haraguchi. The building was inaugurated in 1963. It is 108 metres high. It has 9 storeys. The building materials include steel. The building is protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

24 other buildings on this site lie within 25 kilometres; the nearest is Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, 328 m away.

• Takeo Naka
• Contemporary architecture