The Meiji Life Insurance Co. building

The Meiji Life Insurance Co. building (Showa 9) is the Western style building one which was complete in 1934. As the building which was built in Showa, it is specified by the important cultural asset in the country to doing (Heisei 9) 1997 of the first time. Main design is gathered in the classical form and to be highlights is the outward appearance which stands in line with the Corinthian order pillar who is carrying out the 5th floor built. Toward Japan board of directors was done at the existing boardroom until most of metals in the inside of the building were supplied during the wartime, the requisition by GHQ (the Allied Forces commander in chief headquarters) was done (Showa 31) after the war and it was returned to it from the U.S. forces in 1956. After that (Heisei 13), the renewal is done from 2001 and is neighbor. The overall development is done as Marunouchi my plaza along with the completion (2004) of the Meiji Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. building of the 30th floor building, comes in the old good, and leaves a building faithfully as far as it is possible and "the Meiji Life Insurance Co. building" continues to be left.
Way, Meiji Life Insurance Co. is the old Mitsubishi combine group which developed a Marunouchi area Meiji since then, but it merges the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. of the old Yasuda financial combine group in January, 2004 and becomes a Meiji Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. insurance mutual insurance company. However, as for the name of this building, it feels something like the soul in the heart where it isn't possible to transfer Mitsubishi group to the place to make "the Meiji Life Insurance Co. building", not making "the Meiji Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. building".
This Meiji Life Insurance Co. building is generally made public by admission free from 11 o'clock to 17 o'clock on Saturday and Sunday.

The outward appearance which stands in line, that a Corinthian order colonnade is built
The national road 1 number and Hibiya 通"RI" run to the immediateness.
There is a trench at the imperial palace in the back of the photograph.

It is some solid outward appearance.
The lanthanum type illuminator, too, is glum.

The character at the entrance becomes "building life Shiyoji Akira".

On the weekend, the visit course is set up and can enter to the boardroom and so on.
Admission free

By the instruction of the watch with "to the 2nd floor in the elevator"
It headed for the 2nd floor where there is a reception.
The elevator is, that the wooden door which is made by the OTIS Inc. is classical.

To the visitor route OBJ DO and to get a batch at the reception
There is a light of the bulb, that it seems that it is warm slightly.

It becomes a wellhole from the 2nd floor to the 1st floor.
The 1st floor becomes Meiji Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s "the Marunouchi customer consultation center".
On weekdays, this place becomes a consultation window with the customer.
Marble is abundantly used.

In the GHQ requisition times, it depends on four countries of representatives of the U.S., UK, the inside and "SO".
The boardroom where toward Japan board of directors was hosted
McArthur of the commander in chief, too, participated in the conference at this room.

The parlor

The dining room The photograph on the right seems to be a lift for the setting the table which proceeds with the meal.

The 1st floor becomes a customer consultation center.

(Mitsubishi building) Tokyo station Marunouchi mouth 近"KU" can be come to with the free round route bus, too.
It gets off at Marunouchi my plaza. The bus is an interval of 15 minutes.
It operates by flag of Rising Sun car inauguration of new industrial enterprise Inc..

Official home page at Meiji Life Insurance Co. building


	"Marunouchi my plaza" was built in the rear. The Meiji Life Insurance Co. building