Takanawa, Tokyo, will be the focus of attention in 2025! The new area [TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY] is finally open for business!

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TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY [Materials provided by JR East

On March 27, 2025 (Thursday), the new "city" will begin to move into action!

What kind of future do you imagine when you hear the words "life 100 years from now"? TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY" is positioned as a "testing ground for the spiritually rich lifestyle of the future. On March 27, 2025 (Thursday), Japan's largest scale city integrated with Echimachi, directly connected to Takanawa Gateway Station, will finally begin operations. The city will continue to grow and develop with many things that can only be experienced and obtained here! In this issue, we would like to introduce "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY," a town filled with such excitement. You will want to step into this testing ground of the future.
Gateway Park image perspective 【Materials provided by JR East

Newman Takanawa" stores open in advance♪Marche and food truck area.

THE LINKPILLAR 1 SOUTH 1-5F / NORTH 1-5F and 28-29F of Newman Takanawa will fully open in the fall of 2025. Prior to the opening, the popular Blue Bottle Coffee café and Nicolai Bergmann, a lifestyle store that unites Scandinavian style and Japanese sensitivity to detail, will open in advance. In addition, the "Marche Area" and "Food Truck Area" will sell products made in collaboration with TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY, and there will be a variety of things that can only be experienced and obtained in this town♪.
28th floor public garden image 【Materials provided by JR East
Collaboration product image 【Materials provided by JR East

After the opening of the new town, there will be many events!

There will be a variety of free services and events with about 40 contents in line with the themes (future, co-creation, community, culture, environment, mobility, healthcare, and technology) that represent the future created by "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY".
Image perspective of Gateway Park
At Gateway Park, visitors will be able to enjoy a number of events including "100 Colored Paths," a gate-shaped artwork by Emmanuel Mouhot that represents 100 years of time in 100 colors, "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY Futuristic Experience Theater," and the use of self-driving mobility vehicles. The Takanawa area was founded in 1872 as a railroad town.
Automatic Mobility 【Materials provided by Gekidan Ino G.K.
For details of the event, please visit

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY" is a place of innovation

Takanawa laid the foundation for modernization when the first train ran over the sea in 1872. The entire town is positioned as a "testing ground for enriched lifestyles 100 years from now," aiming to create innovations for the future 100 years from this place where innovations were born 150 years ago.
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY Future Experience Theater" Image 【Materials Provided by JR East
In July 2025, the "TAKANAWA GATEWAY Convention Center," one of the largest convention and conference facilities in the city center and directly connected to the station, is scheduled to open, and in the fall of 2025, the "JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo," the first hotel in the Tokyo metropolitan area, will open. In the spring of 2026, "MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives," a complex facility that will serve as a base for creative activities, expression, information transmission, and culture for all kinds of people, is scheduled to open! Please look forward to it!
Image: "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY Future Experience Theater" [Material provided by JR East
Why don't you experience the shape of the future in "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY" where many attractive spots will be born this spring? The official website offers a variety of video contents to show you the charms of the city. Please check it out!
The website of "TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY" is here:

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