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HomeHonest 100Abeno Harukas

Building Profile · Osaka · JP

Abeno Harukas

Honest Height

288m

Architectural Top

300m

Vanity Ratio

4%

Floors

60

Occupied 288mTop 300m

Completed

2014

Architect

Nikken Sekkei

Owner

Kintetsu

Architectural top vs honest height

Abeno Harukas is marketed at 300m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 288m. The gap between those two numbers is 12.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 4%.

In the Honest 100,Abeno Harukas ranks # by occupied height.

Observation decks

Observation Deck

Floor · Outdoor

288m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 4% places Abeno Harukas in the near-zero vanity category. Almost all of its architectural height is occupiable - a rare outcome in tall building design.

Comparable buildings

In context

Sources and methodology

Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.

Per-field source notes

architectural_top_m
Wikipedia - Abeno Harukas, 300.0m
highest_occupied_floor_m
Official Abeno Harukas facility guide: elevator to 60th floor observatory at 288m; Harukas 300 observation deck confirmed at 288m
note
Japan's tallest building; mixed-use (department store, office, hotel, museum, observatory)