"The rebuilding plan of the former main building of the Abe Nobashi Terminal Building (department store western pavilion, designed by Kuno) which Osaka Railway, the predecessor of the Kinki Nippon Railroad, has been operating at Osaka Abe Nogashi Station premises in 1937 (Showa 12) The building scale is 300 m in height, the total floor area is 212,000 m 2, 60 floors above ground and 5 stories below the ground (SRC · S).
Ground construction began in February 2011, completed in March 2014, Grand opening was on March 7 of the same year.
At the height of 300 m as of August 2012 under construction, the height of the Yokohama Landmark Tower (height 296 m) was surpassed and the title of ""Japan's tallest building"" moved to Osaka.
""Harkus"" of the building name is derived from the old word ""Harukazu"", and in the 95th stage of the ""Ise-Monogatari"" written during the Heian period, ""In the face of the strokes, unfamiliar There is a passage called ""Thinking thing, a little Haruka-san"".
This word has the meaning of ""making people's mind clearer"", feeling refreshing by looking at the scenery from the upper floors of the building and feeling comfortable to the visitors in a versatile and fulfilling facility The thought that I want to receive is put in it.
Although the place name is ""Aeno"", there were also plans such as ""Osaka"" ""Tennoji"" ""upper"" etc.
However, by becoming a top skyscraper in Japan, ""Abeno"" was adopted by the intention of wanting ""Aeno"" to be a national ward if it can raise the name recognition."
