Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Tokyo. It should be noted that since its completion in 2011, Tokyo Skytree has been the tallest structure in Tokyo as well as in Japan, overtaking Tokyo Tower.
| Name | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Ward | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryōunkaku | 1890–1923 | 69 (225) | 12 | Taitō | |
| Old Marunouchi Building | 1923–1936 | 33 (109) | 8 | Chiyoda | |
| National Diet Building | 1936–1964 | 65 (215) | 9 | Chiyoda | |
| Hotel New Otani Tokyo | 1964–1968 | 72 (237) | 17 | Chiyoda | |
| Kasumigaseki Building | 1968–1970 | 156 (512) | 36 | Chiyoda | |
| World Trade Center Building | 1970–1971 | 163 (533) | 40 | Minato | |
| Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower | 1971–1974 | 180 (589) | 47 | Shinjuku | |
| Shinjuku Sumitomo Building | 1974–1974 | 210 (690) | 52 | Shinjuku | |
| Shinjuku Mitsui Building | 1974–1978 | 224 (734) | 55 | Shinjuku | |
| Sunshine 60 | 1978–1991 | 240 (786) | 60 | Toshima | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 | 1991–2007 | 243 (797) | 48 | Shinjuku | |
| Midtown Tower | 2007–present | 248 (814) | 54 | Minato |
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