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After destroying the [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]] bombers that had attacked and injured him with [[GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator|Massive Ordnance Penetrator]] bunker busters, [[Godzilla (Shin Godzilla)|Godzilla]] began firing his atomic breath indiscriminately at Tokyo, destroying great swathes of the city in mere minutes. The Wako Main Building was among the buildings destroyed in this attack; Godzilla's atomic breath cut through the building's roof below its clock, cutting the clock | After destroying the [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]] bombers that had attacked and injured him with [[GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator|Massive Ordnance Penetrator]] bunker busters, [[Godzilla (Shin Godzilla)|Godzilla]] began firing his atomic breath indiscriminately at Tokyo, destroying great swathes of the city in mere minutes. The Wako Main Building was among the buildings destroyed in this attack; Godzilla's atomic breath cut through the building's roof below its clock, cutting both cleanly off the rest of the building. Immediately afterwards, as the roof and clock tower began to fall towards the ground, the remainder of the building was caught in the ensuing fireball, presumably destroying it in its entirety. | ||
====''[[Godzilla Minus One]]''==== | ====''[[Godzilla Minus One]]''==== | ||
[[File:Minus One - The damaged Wako clock tower.png|thumb|200px|The damaged Wako Main Building in ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'']] | [[File:Minus One - The damaged Wako clock tower.png|thumb|200px|The damaged Wako Main Building in ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'']] |
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SEIKO HOUSE GINZA (セイコーハウス銀座, known before Seikō Hausu Ginza)2022 as the Wako Main Building (和光本館 Wakō Honkan)[1] and colloquially as the Ginza Wako (銀座和光, is a famous clock tower in Ginza Wakō)Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo. Inaugurated on June 10, 1932,[1] it is the headquarters of retail company Wako as well as the registered office of its parent company Seiko,[2][3] and is home to multiple Seiko facilities, including the largest Wako department store.[4] Though not as prominent a Tokyo landmark as places like Tokyo Tower or the National Diet Building, the Wako building's appearance during Godzilla's iconic rampage in his 1954 debut film has led to it making several appearances throughout the Godzilla franchise, most recently in the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One.
History
- Godzilla (1954)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012)
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
- Godzilla Singular Point (TV 2021)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Showa era
Godzilla
During Godzilla's rampage through Tokyo, he eventually entered Ginza, and continued his attack. As he marched through the area, he eventually walked right up to the Wako Main Building. As its iconic clock tower began to chime, Godzilla roared menacingly at it, as well as a small group of citizens who were sheltering nearby, before effortlessly demolishing the clock tower with a single swipe, causing the building to partially collapse.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
During an establishing shot of Tokyo, the Wako Main Building is briefly seen.
Reiwa era
Shin Godzilla
After destroying the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bombers that had attacked and injured him with Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker busters, Godzilla began firing his atomic breath indiscriminately at Tokyo, destroying great swathes of the city in mere minutes. The Wako Main Building was among the buildings destroyed in this attack; Godzilla's atomic breath cut through the building's roof below its clock, cutting both cleanly off the rest of the building. Immediately afterwards, as the roof and clock tower began to fall towards the ground, the remainder of the building was caught in the ensuing fireball, presumably destroying it in its entirety.
Godzilla Minus One
In 1947, with Japan still under the Allied military occupation following the end of World War II, the Wako Main Building was in use as a post exchange facility by Allied soldiers and military staff. During Godzilla's assault on Ginza, he briefly stopped near the Wako building when a detachment of Type 4 Chi-To medium tanks began firing on him from the National Diet Building. The Wako building was almost directly in the path of the shockwave of the nuclear explosion generated by Godzilla's atomic breath; as the dust cleared, it was revealed to still be standing, but was almost entirely destroyed, with its clock tower leaning dangerously to one side.
Attractions
- Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994)
Monster Planet of Godzilla
When an alien Godzilla was transported to Chiyoda, Tokyo from the Monster Planet, he destroyed part of Tokyo Station before moving on to Ginza, traveling down Chuo-dori Street toward the Wako Main Building. There he was intercepted by fighter jets, then an alien Mothra, and finally the spaceship Earth. Though Godzilla shrugged off the former two, the Earth managed to coat him and the other alien monsters in a powder which encapsulated them in bubbles and floated them back to their planet.
Trivia
- SEIKO HOUSE GINZA is 30.3 meters tall from its base to its roof, with the clock adding 9.09 meters and the lightning rod another 8 meters.[1]
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