# Sakura Tower

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**Sakura Tower** is a 20-story modern office building in [Kyauktada Township](/source/Kyauktada_Township), [Yangon](/source/Yangon), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar). The 100 m (328 ft) tower was completed by [Japanese contractors](/source/Construction_industry_of_Japan) in 1999[1] and had been the [tallest building in Myanmar](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Myanmar) from 1999 to 2016.[note 1]

It stands opposite to [Sule Shangri-La Hotel](/source/Sule_Shangri-La_Hotel) across the [Sule Pagoda Road](/source/Sule_Pagoda_Road).

Yangon Japanese Association resides on the 12th floor.[2]

## Notes

1. According to the tower's web site, [\[1\]](http://www.sakura-tower-yangon.com/), it is a 100 m (330 ft) high 20-story tower, completed in 1999. A 2014 National Geographic article, ["The Race to Save Architecture in Myanmar's Biggest City"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200218235731/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141112-myanmar-burma-yangon-rangoon-heritage-architecture/). *The National Geographic*. 2014-11-13. Archived from [the original](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141112-myanmar-burma-yangon-rangoon-heritage-architecture/) on February 18, 2020., identifies the Sakura Tower as the tallest building in Yangon.

## References

1. ["About Sakura Tower"](http://www.sakura-tower-yangon.com/). 2020-05-20.

1. [Yangon Japanese Association, Myanmar, Yangon, Kyauktada | Yangon Yellow Pages](http://www.yangondirectory.com/listing/yangon-japanese-association-l191462.html)

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