For Immediate Release
Roppongi Hills to Become Tokyo’s First Facility to Offer
Both Tax-exemption and Full-time Bilingual Information Services forForeign Tourists
Mori Building also launches FEEL JAPAN Campaign to attract foreign tourists
Tokyo, January 21, 2016—Mori Building, a leading urban developer,
announced today that Roppongi Hills will become the first facility in Tokyo
to house both a one-stop tax-exemption counter for all purchases within
the complex and a tourist information office staffed with full-time bilingual
concierges, both targeted at foreign visitors to Japan, beginning March 14.
The tourist information office, which already is operating, was registeredin December as a Category 2 facility under the Tourist Information Center(TIC) program led by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
Mori Building also announced it would launch the FEEL JAPAN campaign
to promote Japanese culture, food, and fashion at its nine retailcomplexes in Tokyo starting February 1.

Tax-free counter at Roppongi Hills (image)The one-stop tax-free counter will be located on the fourth-floor Westwalk of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower.
Foreign tourists will be able to visit the one-stop counter to receive tax exemptions on all purchases they
make at Roppongi Hills.
JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency, which launched the TIC certification program in2012, have approved over 740 tourist information centers throughout Japan as ofDecember 2015. The program divides tourist-information providers into three
categories based on function. The centers in Roppongi Hills and Omotesando Hills aredesignated as Category 2 facilities with full-time bilingual concierges available toprovide information in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures. The VenusFort center is aCategory 1 facility that has no full-time bilingual staff on duty but can provide
information about Tokyo, including in basic English and other languages. Please visit
www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/travel/guide/voffice.php.
The FEEL JAPAN campaign will target foreign tourists
visiting Tokyo during the Chinese New Year and thecherry blossom seasons from February 1 to May 5. It
will be conducted at Mori Building’s nine retailcomplexes: Roppongi Hills, Omotesando Hills, ArkHills, Toranomon Hills, VenusFort and Laforet
Harajuku, Atago Green Hills, Holland Hills, andAndaz Tokyo
Tokyo City View
Piramide Building. About 190 stores at thesefacilities will promote Japanese culture, food and fashion. Andaz Tokyo hotel and Tokyo City View, anobservation deck at Roppongi Hills, will join the campaign this year.

About Mori Building
Tokyo-based Mori Building Co., Ltd. creates groundbreaking concepts for urban living throughout Japan andthe rest of Asia. As one of Japan's leading urban landscape developers, Mori Building engages in urban
redevelopment, real estate leasing and management, and consultation for leisure complexes, offices andhigh-class residences. Two of its most noted developments are the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo and theShanghai World Financial Center. Mori Building was established in 1959. Visit www.mori.co.jp/en.
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