Nishi-Shinjuku

is a skyscraper business district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. This region was called before.

Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. Kenzo Tange's Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building being the current latest. Tower I was also the tallest building in Japan at this time.

Progress continues in Nishi-Shinjuku and in West Shinjuku which is heading away from the city center and has the site of the proposed Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Redevelopment with plans for what will be three of the four tallest buildings in Japan.

Economy

H.I.S. has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Oak Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku."." H.I.S. Retrieved on March 11, 2010. Seiko Epson's Tokyo Office is in the Shinjuku NS Building in Nishi-Shinjuku."." Seiko Epson. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.

Skyscrapers in Nishi-Shinjuku

<gallery>Image:Keio Plaza Hotel - ShinjukuBuilding 2007-02 cropped.jpg|Keio Plaza Hotel (1971)Image:Shinjuku SumitomoBuilding 2007-02.jpg|Shinjuku Sumitomo Building (1974)Image:Shinjuku Mitsui Building　2007311-1.jpg|Shinjuku Mitsui Building (1974)Image:KDDI Office Building Shinjuku 2007-01 cropped.jpg|Shinjuku KDDI Building (1974) (ex-KDD Honsha Building)Image:Sompo Japan Insurance Office Building2007-02 cropped.jpg|Shinjuku Sompo Japan Building (1976) (ex-Yasuda Kasai Kaijo Building)Image:Shinjuku Nomura Building...
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