Roppongi Hills was born to become the "world's ultimate destination" where people around the world would visit "the cultural heart of Tokyo" in concept. A place for communication and interaction of real value, an assembly of top performers, and the latest information. A place offering both security and hospitality, stimulation and relaxation, space that accommodates diverse life and work styles with ease. This new cultural heart of Tokyo will be a beacon drawing people from around the globe, a nexus for inter-cultural exchange, and a source for the latest in culture and information.

The Mori Arts Center, on the upper levels of the Mori Tower, is the symbol of Roppongi Hills' aim to become "the cultural heart of Tokyo." An enormous cultural complex unparalleled anywhere else in the world, the Mori Arts Center will contain the Mori Art Museum featuring contemporary art from around the world; Tokyo City View and offering a stunning 360° panorama of the city; and the Roppongi Hills Club and Roppongi Academyhills, designed specifically for intellectual exchange. At Roppongi Academyhills, we aim to concentrate the best people, technology, funding and information from around the globe to provide an ongoing venue for creativity, interaction and communicating the latest innovations to the outside world. As well as operating as a forum for major international symposia and press conferences employing the latest state-of-the-art technology, Roppongi Academyhills will include a spacious members-only library featuring comprehensive services providing support for members' "knowledge work." The complex also will offer a choice of schools aimed at all urban dwellers, starting with the professional schools founded in 1987 targeted at people on the front line of businesses.

Public Zone The spatial concept of Roppongi Academyhills is one of a totally new kind of "library space" that captures Tokyo–a city in constant transformation–"now." The walls of the Library Bookstore will be covered in bookshelves offering a selection of new books with a Tokyo focus, as well as collections assembled by opinion leaders in a variety of sectors from their personal libraries, reflecting the era and the intellectual currents of Tokyo the dynamic metropolis. The library cafe meanwhile, with a selection of more than 100 different magazines and newspapers from around the world, will offer the perfect place to relax and unwind.

Library Office Zone Location for the activities of the "My Library Fellow" consisting of university researchers, managers, entrepreneurs, artists, architects and journalists, and for the "My Library Office Member". An "offime" space combining office and home, equipped for intensive "knowledge work" in individual workspaces, and with expansive areas for relaxation. My Library Zone Space available to the"My Library Community Member" equipped with individual carrels for study, and featuring a comprehensive selection of advanced reference books, an invaluable tool for individuals engaged in independent knowledge work. School Zone/Forum Zone Conference center for international symposia, seminars, meetings and school classes. A venue for reading groups centered around individual authors, an activity program including seminars, and a variety of school programs including those at the ARK Toshijuku.