The Minato Mirai 21 project, launched in the mid-1980s, was intended to turn a huge tract of neglected waterfront north and east of Sakuragi-cho into a model city of the future, integrating business, exhibition, and leisure facilities.
The Minato Mirai 21 project was supposed to gentrify the waterfront area.
The Minato Mirai 21 project aimed to build more hotels in the city center.