Happoen (1-1-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo) explained its renovation plans for the main building and new projects on August 22. The speakers were Yoshinori Inoue, president, and Keisuke Sekimoto, director and general manager.
The facility, located in Shirokanedai, Tokyo, operates a Japanese garden with a history of approximately 400 years, as well as restaurants, bridal and event venues, and other facilities. As part of its efforts to celebrate its 100th anniversary (in 2043), the facility will be temporarily closed from February 1, 2025, and the main building will be completely renovated. The reopening is scheduled for October 1, 2025.
The concept of this year’s event is “Condensation of Japanese Aesthetic Sense. The main lobby, which will symbolize this concept, will be transformed into a space that blends traditional Japanese culture and a garden through the collaboration of ink painting artist Shinonobu Kobayashi, craftsman Masato Kinoshita of Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and woodworker Masayoshi Nishida.
The three main areas to be renewed in 2025 are bridal, events, and food culture.
The bridal and wedding business is a “life event production business” that provides a “place to celebrate” not only weddings, but also Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three), entrance and entrance ceremonies, coming-of-age ceremonies, and other events that match the customer’s life stage.
The new symbolic stand-alone wedding venue “Celebration Hall -The Garden-” will be completed in March 2025 and open in October, with a capacity of 80 people. The venue can accommodate up to 80 people. During the construction period, bridal guests will be able to visit the venue for previews.
The wedding salon, which serves as the contact point, has been redesigned as the “EXPERIENCE LAB” to deliver experience and creativity. Equipped with a kitchen dedicated to tastings, an atelier, and a photo studio, the salon is not limited to meetings using catalogs and the Internet, but also offers hands-on experience with actual products.
In the event area, the 5th and 6th floors of the main building and the main entrance will be completely renovated.
Happoen is facing a shortage of banquet rooms that can accommodate more than 150 people due to the increase in the number of foreign visitors to Japan. Therefore, the total number of banquet halls has been reduced from 15 to 11, and the 5th and 6th floors have been renovated to accommodate larger groups. The main entrance will be expanded to make it easier for group buses to arrive and depart, and a direct escalator to the upper floors and deck space will be built.
On the 5th floor, “STUDIO KOKU,” a venue with large LED vision monitors of 20m and 7m in length, will be permanently installed. A dedicated lounge will also be available for light refreshments. On the top floor, the 6th floor, “HALL HAKU,” a venue based on the theme of an “imaginary garden,” has been created. It is equipped with a 10-meter bar counter overlooking the garden. Both floors, reserved for members only, can be accessed by stairs and can be used at the same time.
In the food production business, all menus in the building will be renewed. A dedicated Muslim kitchen and all-day dining restaurant “FUDO Fudo” (3rd floor of the main building) will be opened.
In addition, two new restaurants, Kappo BUTAI (29th floor) and Happoen Confectionary Shop (1st floor) are scheduled to open in The Ring Pillar 2, a commercial facility in Takanawa Gateway City. The company is participating in “DMO GATEWAY TAKANAWA/SHINAGAWA” and is working to revitalize the Takanawa/Shinagawa area.
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