The Ginza Sony Park Project is a project to reconstruct the Sony Building, which was built based on the concept of "Open to public spirit", and has had an over 50-year history as part of the city of Ginza.
The Sony Building was created by Akio Morita, one of the founders of Sony, in 1966. Morita called the 33-square meter public space-the epitome of the concept of providing a public space-the "Garden of Ginza." In an effort to carry on our founder's vision for the next 50 years, we began a project that would redefine the "Garden of Ginza" as the "Park of Ginza," bringing a new kind of rhythm to the city of Ginza, making it easier for people to visit, and allowing various avenues of enjoyment.
Reconstruction was based on a new and unprecedented two-phase process that was also designed to be unique and distinctly Sony. The first phase was a one-of-a-kind experiment in which the site would be turned into a park in the process of being demolished (August 2018 to September 2021), instead of the new building being constructed immediately. The results were that the park received 8.54 million visitors in its approximately three-year existence, which included a part of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After this was the second phase, in which demolition and the construction of the new building were resumed. Construction for Ginza Sony Park - the project's final form - was completed on August 15, 2024, and its grand opening was held on January 26, 2025.