The Hillside Terrace is the history of the architect, Fumihiko Maki. It is also the history of the Daikanyama neighborhood. In 1960s the area was essentially only made up of the Asakura family house and other residences. This all changed when Maki approached the area to design a cluster of homes, shops, offices, and galleries. Until the year 1998, many other buildings were added over the course of thirty or so years, including the building complexes of the Hillside Estate, the Annex, Hillside Plaza, and Hillside West. We recommend the visitors to experience the order in which things were built.

As you walk around you may notice something. The architect Maki didn’t just create housing, but also a small “city” where people could gather. One may see visitors gathering around the symbolic trees designed in the complex. This type of ingenuity can be seen in various parts of the complex.

The Hillside Terrace and the Royal Danish Embassy were also built by the hands of the architect Fumihiko Maki. Through Daikanyama, perhaps one could imagine the story of the architect and the city growing together