Osaka

Japan

Facts

Population

Source: Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning

2,666,371 (2012)

Area

223 km² • 86 mi²

Density

11,956.8 people per km²

30,968.0 people per mi²

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
38

Tallest City in

the World

#
28

Tallest City in

Asia
#
2

Tallest City in

Japan

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 Abeno Harukas
300 m / 984  ft
2 Osaka World Trade Center
256 m / 840  ft
3 The Kitahama
209 m / 686  ft
4 X-Tower Osaka Bay
201 m / 659  ft
5 ORC 200
200 m / 656  ft
6 Nakanoshima Festival Tower West
199.3 m / 654  ft
7 Nakanoshima Festival Tower
199 m / 653  ft
8 One Dojima
195 m / 640  ft
9 KEPCO Headquarters
195 m / 640  ft
10 Umeda Garden
193.5 m / 635  ft

CTBUH People & Events

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014

31 December 2014

Videos

18 October 2016

Sustainable (Vertical) Urbanism, Grounded - Three Case Studies

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7a: Urban Environmental...

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Research

05 July 2023

We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design

Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...

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Global News

09 February 2023

Apartment Building with 712 Units Under Construction in Osaka

A conceptual rendering of the tentatively-named Osaka City Yodogawa Ward Juso Higashi Project (formerly the Yodogawa Ward Office Site Utilization Project) has been released. The...

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