TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY will fully open on March 28, 2026.
Developed over nearly two decades, the area surrounding Takanawa Gateway Station has been conceived as an “experimental platform for well-being over the next 100 years.” It presents a new urban model where business, culture, and daily life intersect within a single, integrated framework.
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Based on the concept of seamless integration between station and city, the project reconsiders how people move, stay, and engage with urban space. Here, the city is no longer merely infrastructure—it becomes a structure designed to generate experience.
At the center of this vision are NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE and the cultural facility MoN Takanawa, both located within THE LINKPILLAR 2 complex.
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NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE is conceived as a conceptual zone where daily life is restructured through food-driven experiences.
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On its second floor, the core is formed by OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Takanawa, a single 4,000-square-meter space housing twelve interconnected laboratories. Covering categories such as sweets, bakery, beer, and wine, the facility completes the entire process—from preparation to service—on-site, transforming food into an experiential system rather than a finished product.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
Techniques such as charcoal grilling, liquid nitrogen freezing, and bean-to-bar chocolate production engage all five senses, positioning food as a structured experience rather than mere consumption.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
On the upper level (third floor), more distinct and individual culinary expressions emerge. At its center stands Gyudon Kikiya, featuring a circular counter stretching approximately 50 meters, where guests can witness the preparation of wagyu beef bowls within a 360-degree open kitchen.
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Also on this floor, Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi presents desserts crafted with carefully selected Japanese ingredients, while Sakejump Takanawa offers a curated selection from approximately 90 sake breweries, with standing tasting experiences that open up new ways of engaging with sake.
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Meanwhile, spatial installations such as Sui-gan no Oka, where rain falls periodically from the ceiling, and Bikō no Sono, composed of countless exposed light bulbs, introduce elements of nature and temporality into the urban environment.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
Together, these elements function as devices that reinterpret everyday actions.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
In contrast, MoN Takanawa (The Museum of Narratives) is an experimental cultural facility dedicated to connecting culture across the next century.
Inside, visitors encounter a 100-tatami-mat space, exhibition areas, and theater functions designed to engage both body and thought.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
The opening exhibition, Guruguru: The Ever-Evolving Story of Humanity, explores cycles in nature, cities, and human thinking through approximately 100 exhibits, inviting visitors into a layered narrative experience.
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On the sixth floor and rooftop, gardens and foot baths provide spaces for pause and reflection—allowing visitors to extend their experience beyond the exhibition itself.
Here, culture is not something to observe, but something to experience—and ultimately to carry away as a question.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
What defines TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY is not the individual components, but how they are edited together within the context of the city.
Food is presented as process.
Culture is framed as inquiry.
And both are connected through spatial continuity and movement.
Rather than a completed form, the city exists as an evolving process—shaped continuously through interaction and participation.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINE
By positioning “100 years into the future” as its temporal framework, TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY simultaneously reexamines the present condition of urban life.
It proposes a new paradigm:
a city not as a static environment, but as an ever-evolving structure of experience.
Developed over nearly two decades, the area surrounding Takanawa Gateway Station has been conceived as an “experimental platform for well-being over the next 100 years.” It presents a new urban model where business, culture, and daily life intersect within a single, integrated framework.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEBased on the concept of seamless integration between station and city, the project reconsiders how people move, stay, and engage with urban space. Here, the city is no longer merely infrastructure—it becomes a structure designed to generate experience.
At the center of this vision are NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE and the cultural facility MoN Takanawa, both located within THE LINKPILLAR 2 complex.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEMIMURE — Reframing Everyday Life Through Food
NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE is conceived as a conceptual zone where daily life is restructured through food-driven experiences.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEOn its second floor, the core is formed by OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Takanawa, a single 4,000-square-meter space housing twelve interconnected laboratories. Covering categories such as sweets, bakery, beer, and wine, the facility completes the entire process—from preparation to service—on-site, transforming food into an experiential system rather than a finished product.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINETechniques such as charcoal grilling, liquid nitrogen freezing, and bean-to-bar chocolate production engage all five senses, positioning food as a structured experience rather than mere consumption.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEOn the upper level (third floor), more distinct and individual culinary expressions emerge. At its center stands Gyudon Kikiya, featuring a circular counter stretching approximately 50 meters, where guests can witness the preparation of wagyu beef bowls within a 360-degree open kitchen.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEAlso on this floor, Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi presents desserts crafted with carefully selected Japanese ingredients, while Sakejump Takanawa offers a curated selection from approximately 90 sake breweries, with standing tasting experiences that open up new ways of engaging with sake.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEMeanwhile, spatial installations such as Sui-gan no Oka, where rain falls periodically from the ceiling, and Bikō no Sono, composed of countless exposed light bulbs, introduce elements of nature and temporality into the urban environment.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINETogether, these elements function as devices that reinterpret everyday actions.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEMoN Takanawa — Culture as a Question
In contrast, MoN Takanawa (The Museum of Narratives) is an experimental cultural facility dedicated to connecting culture across the next century.
Inside, visitors encounter a 100-tatami-mat space, exhibition areas, and theater functions designed to engage both body and thought.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEThe opening exhibition, Guruguru: The Ever-Evolving Story of Humanity, explores cycles in nature, cities, and human thinking through approximately 100 exhibits, inviting visitors into a layered narrative experience.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEOn the sixth floor and rooftop, gardens and foot baths provide spaces for pause and reflection—allowing visitors to extend their experience beyond the exhibition itself.
Here, culture is not something to observe, but something to experience—and ultimately to carry away as a question.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEEditing the City Itself
What defines TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY is not the individual components, but how they are edited together within the context of the city.
Food is presented as process.
Culture is framed as inquiry.
And both are connected through spatial continuity and movement.
Rather than a completed form, the city exists as an evolving process—shaped continuously through interaction and participation.
photo by ©FASHION HEADLINEBy positioning “100 years into the future” as its temporal framework, TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY simultaneously reexamines the present condition of urban life.
It proposes a new paradigm:
a city not as a static environment, but as an ever-evolving structure of experience.
INFORMATION
NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE
Total Floor Area: Approx. 8,000㎡
Number of Stores: 22
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
Total Floor Area: Approx. 29,000㎡
Floors: 6 above ground, 3 below ground
NEWoMan TAKANAWA MIMURE
Total Floor Area: Approx. 8,000㎡
Number of Stores: 22
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
Total Floor Area: Approx. 29,000㎡
Floors: 6 above ground, 3 below ground
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