Roppongi Hills
A tower, a museum at the top of it and a giant bronze spider at the bottom — built as an argument that a city block could contain everything.
A city within a block
Roppongi Hills opened in 2003 after seventeen years of land assembly, and it was built to test an idea: that offices, flats, shops, a cinema, a hotel, a television studio, a garden and a major art museum could occupy a single block and make a functioning neighbourhood. It largely works. The Mori Tower has an observation deck and an open-air roof, the museum sits on the fifty-third floor rather than at ground level, and Louise Bourgeois’s nine-metre bronze spider stands outside as the district’s landmark.
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What is there
Art, a view, and a district around it that changed Roppongi’s reputation.
🖼 Mori Art Museum
- On the 53rd floor — contemporary art, rotating exhibitions
- Open late, often to 10pm
🌆 Tokyo City View
- Indoor observation deck, and a separately ticketed open-air roof
- Tokyo Tower framed from the south side
🕷 Around the base
- Maman, Louise Bourgeois’s bronze spider
- Mohri Garden, a small traditional garden kept from the original estate
Getting there
Directly connected to Roppongi station.
🚇 By train
- Roppongi on the Hibiya and Oedo lines, connected underground
- Azabu-juban is a 10-minute walk
🚶 On foot
- 15 minutes to Tokyo Tower
- 10 minutes to teamLab Borderless at Azabudai
When to come
Late, because the museum and the deck both stay open when other things have closed.
🌇 Evening
- Arrive before sunset for daylight, dusk and the lit city in one visit
- The museum runs late — a useful evening when temples have shut
🌸 Season
- Cherry trees along Roppongi Sakurazaka in early April
- Winter illuminations along Keyakizaka
🌬 The roof
- The open-air deck closes in rain and high wind
Visitor intelligence
Straightforward, with one ticketing quirk.
🎫 Tickets
- A combined museum and observatory ticket is standard and good value
- The open-air rooftop is charged separately again
🗣 Language
- Fully bilingual throughout
📷 Photography
- Museum policy varies by exhibition — check at the entrance
- The Keyakizaka slope with Tokyo Tower behind is the district’s best shot
♿ Access
- Fully step-free and lift-served
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