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NIWAKA Building (俄ビル)

Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto

Sources checked October 2026

“A bare-concrete building designed by Tadao Ando's office that fits in with Kyoto's traditional streets.”

Year: 2009
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Head office and store of a jewellery house
Access: NIWAKA head office; its Kyoto store, upstairs, opens from 11:00 to 20:00, with irregular closing days (NIWAKA website, October 2026)

This 2009 building, designed by Tadao Ando's office, houses the head office and the main Kyoto store of the NIWAKA jewellery house. It stands near the crossing of Tominokōji and Sanjō streets, and its bare concrete fits in with the city's traditional townscape.

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History

Founded in 1983, the NIWAKA jewellery house moved its flagship store and head office in 2009 into a new building designed by Tadao Ando's office, in central Kyoto, near the crossing of Tominokōji and Sanjō streets.

Architecture

It is a fair-faced concrete building, which its owner presents as an innovative piece of contemporary architecture in harmony with Kyoto's traditional streets.

Use today

The building houses NIWAKA's head office and, upstairs, its main Kyoto store.

Visiting

The store is on the first floor. It opens from 11:00 to 20:00, with irregular closing days and a closure over the New Year holidays; booking a visit on the NIWAKA website avoids waiting.

35.01° N, 135.77° E