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{{Short description|Skyscraper in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Infobox building
|name               = Sunshine 60
|native_name        = サンシャイン60
|image              = Sunshine 60.JPG
|image_size         = 250px
|caption            = 
|location           = 3-1-1 Higashi-[[Ikebukuro]]<br />[[Toshima, Tokyo|Toshima]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|35|43|46.5|N|139|43|4|E|region:JP_scale:3000|display=inline,title}}
|status             = 
|start_date         = July 1973
|completion_date    = 1978
|opening            = March 1978
|building_type      = [[Mixed-use]]
|antenna_spire      = 
|roof               = {{convert|239.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|top_floor          = 
|floor_count        = 60 above ground<br />4 below ground
|elevator_count     = 41 (33 by [[Toshiba|Toshiba Elevator]], 8 by [[Mitsubishi Electric]])
|cost               = 
|floor_area         = {{convert|241,546|sqm|abbr=on}}
|architect          = Mitsubishi Estate Co.
|structural_engineer= 
|main_contractor    = Joint-venture led by [[Taisei Corporation|Taisei Construction]]
|developer          = Mitsubishi Estate Co.
|owner              = [[Mitsubishi Estate|Mitsubishi Estate Co.]]
| highest_prev        = [[Shinjuku Mitsui Building]]
| highest_next        = [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]]
| highest_start       = 1978
| highest_end         = 1991
| highest_region      = Japan
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Sunshine 60'''|サンシャイン60|Sanshain rokujū}} is a 60-story, [[mixed-use]] [[skyscraper]] located in [[Ikebukuro]], [[Toshima, Tokyo (ward)|Toshima]], [[Tokyo]], adjoining the [[Sunshine City, Tokyo|Sunshine City]] complex. At the time of its completion in 1978, the 239.7&nbsp;m (787&nbsp;ft)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunshine 60 Tower - The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sunshine-60-tower/990 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.skyscrapercenter.com}}</ref> building was [[List of tallest buildings in Asia|the tallest in Asia]],<ref name="sunshineikebukuro-height">{{Cite web|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/spv/1604/12/news164.html|title=日本で類を見ない“体感”とは？「サンシャイン60展望台」がリニューアル開業|date=2016-04-12|website=itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2023-04-02 }}</ref> a title it held until 1985 when it was surpassed by the [[63 Building]] in [[Seoul]]. Sunshine 60 was also the [[List of tallest structures in Tokyo|tallest building in Tokyo]] and [[List of tallest structures in Japan|Japan]] until the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]] was completed in 1991,<ref name="skyscraperpage">{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1777|title=Sunshine 60|access-date=2008-09-25|publisher=Skyscraperpage.com}}</ref> and housed the world's fastest elevators (at {{convert|600|m/min|ft/min}}) until the opening of the [[Yokohama Landmark Tower]] in 1993; [[Mitsubishi Electric]] installed the elevators at the former's highest-rise bank as well as the latter, and [[Mitsubishi Estate]] owns both buildings.

==Construction==
Sunshine 60's foundation is made of [[reinforced concrete]]. The lower segment of the building is also reinforced concrete with a [[steel]] skeleton. The upper tower is a steel skeleton with "slitted shear walls". These unique walls were inserted between columns in the core, allowing the walls to conform to deformations in the steel frame caused by [[earthquake]]s and [[wind shear]] helping to assure structural integrity. A rigid framing structural system creates the frame. Mechanical equipment is located directly above the core of the structure on its rooftop.

Sunshine 60 was erected over the site of the destroyed [[Sugamo Prison]], famously used to hold senior Japanese [[war criminals]] during the [[Occupied Japan|occupation]].<ref name="sunshineikebukuro-history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/spv/1905/04/news003.html|title=開業から40年たっても、池袋サンシャインシティが年3000万人を集める理由：かつては東洋一の高さ（1/5 ページ） - ITmedia ビジネスオンライン|date=2019-05-04|website=itmedia.co.jp|accessdate=2023-04-02 }}</ref> On December 23, 1948, seven high-ranking, convicted war criminals (including former [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Hideki Tojo]]) were hanged at the prison. It was also the site of the hanging of Soviet spy [[Richard Sorge]] during the war. In popular modern lore, the area is [[List of reportedly haunted locations in Japan|rumored to be haunted]].<ref name="skyscraperpage"/>

==Facilities==
As a mixed-use high-rise, Sunshine 60's space is used for a variety of purposes. Floors 1 through 9 are used as commercial space and house a post office, banks, showrooms, cafeterias, a health care center and a day care center. Office space occupies floors 10 through 57. Restaurants are located on the 58th and 59th floors.

From the 60th floor, visitors can see as far as 100&nbsp;km on a clear day from Sunshine 60's [[observation deck]] (admission fee up to ¥620<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunshinecity.co.jp/english/pdf/observatory.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412064633/http://www.sunshinecity.co.jp/english/pdf/observatory.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-12|title=Sunshine 60 Observatory pamphlet|access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>). To get visitors to the observation deck quickly, the observation deck bank of the tower's 40 elevators takes passengers directly from the lobby at a speed of 600&nbsp;meters per minute (36&nbsp;km/h, 22&nbsp;mph). Between its opening and 1993 (the opening of [[Yokohama Landmark Tower]]), the observation deck elevators were the fastest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=980|title=Six of the World's 10 Fastest Elevators Are in Asia|access-date=2008-09-25|publisher=asianoffbeat.com|date=2007-10-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831041148/http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=980|archive-date=2012-08-31}}</ref>

===Office tenants===
The office floors house the headquarters of [[Credit Saison]], [[FamilyMart]], [[NTT Plala]] and [[Sammy Corporation]], among other office tenants.

==Image gallery==
{{gallery
|File:Ikebukuro-Sunshine60-2016-Luka-Peternel.jpg|Night view of [[Ikebukuro]] from Sunshine 60
|File:From Sunshine 60 Observatory.jpg|Views from Sunshine 60 observatory
|File:Penguin fly in the sky Sunshine Aquarium 2.jpg|Sunshine [[Aquarium]]
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
{{Commons category|Sunshine 60}}
* [[Sunshine City, Tokyo|Sunshine City]]
* [[Ancient Orient Museum]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sunshinecity.co.jp Official site] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.sunshinecity.co.jp/sunshine/observatory/360.html 360° View from Sunshine 60 Observatory]

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