Facilities

Outline

Name Suntory Hall
InaugurationOctober 12, 1986
Address1-13-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Architectural design Shoichi Sano (Yasui Architects & Engineers Inc.)
Structual design Shin Miyake (Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers )
Acoustic designMinoru Nagata (Nagata Acoustics)
ConstructorKajima Corporation
Building site3,022 m2
Total floor area12,516 m2
Number of floors3 above ground and 2 basement levels

Main Hall

Seating capacity2,006Lower floor: 858 /
Upper floor: 1,148
Stage area250 m2 ;width: 21 m, depth: 12 m
Dressing rooms10 rooms, 270 m2(6 private / 4 large dressing room)
Artists' lounge (green room)130 m2
Piano storage
area
70 m2

Blue Rose (Small Hall)

Seating capacity 384 / 432 / 380 (when standard concert seating is selected)
Stage98 / 62.5 / 57.6 m2
Dressing rooms4 (2 private / 2 large dressing room)

Other

Rehearsal room 100 m2
Sound control room, Lighting control room, Stage mechanisms control room, Recording room, Camera room, Cloakroom, Gift shop, Bar and refreshment lounge

House Instruments

Concert organ (Main hall):
Made by Rieger Orgelbau (Austria), 74 stops with remote consoles
Positive (continuo) organ:
Made by Rieger Orgelbau (Austria)
Piano:
Steinway Model D (concert grand),
Bösendorfer Imperial (full concert), Érard (1867)
Harpsichord: Made by William Dowd-Paris