Ginza’s Unique Building is Reminiscent of Pearls －”MIKIMOTO Ginza 2″ Looking Like a Jewelry Box at Night

‟MIKIMOTO” is famous as the world’s leading Jeweler. Especially, jewelry shop ‘Mikimoto Ginza 2’ is located on Namiki-Dori Street, has become Ginza’s landmark with its eye-catching unique appearance.

The design of the building has expressed lightness and elegant strength by the irregular-shaped windows and the pearl color painting reminiscent of pearls on the wall. While the architecture was on a large scale, the building adopted a ‘steel plate reinforced concreate’ for the first time for general building. The structure realized abstract images by adding the opening like capturing the moment of movement. In addition, the illumination light leaks at night from the opening on the outer wall. You might feel the expression as if a jewelry box given off by sparkling lights.

It’s a building which also won the Good Design Award in the past, has been called ‘Mikimoto Ginza2’. It seems that many people visit from far away to take one look at its graceful architecture.

By the way, ‘MIKIMOTO Ginza 4 Main Store’ which is also located in Ginza, it’s an attractive design that imagined the brilliance of the spring sea. 40.000 Glass beads are used on the façade, many people stop their feet to see the shining outer wall in the sunlight.

When you come to Ginza, please find the 2 unique architectures representing this area while taking a walk.