JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Osaka
CAPCOM
The visitor entrance
Capcom’s recruiting site tours two research and development buildings.
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Famous Japanese brands — 16 of Japan’s best
The offices behind Japanese names known around the world — games, cameras, snacks and more.
These companies are known far outside Japan. Their offices show how a Japanese brand with a global name presents itself at home.
02 · Shinjuku, Tokyo
SQUARE ENIX
A motion-capture stage
Square Enix works in Shinjuku Eastside Square, a tower joined directly to Higashi-Shinjuku station.
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03 · Osaki, Tokyo
SEGA SAMMY
The reception area
SEGA SAMMY calls its Osaki head office GRAND HARBOR and designed every area around one idea: a harbour at the start of a great journey.
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04 · Tokyo
BANDAI NAMCO
Inside LIVE-RALLY
On the 12th floor of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s head office sits LIVE-RALLY, an in-house coworking space opened in 2019.
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05 · Minatomirai, Yokohama
KOEI TECMO
The coral reef at the entrance
KOEI TECMO GAMES built its new headquarters, the KT Building, in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai 21 district and completed it on 24 January 2020, marking ten years since the group’s merger.
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06 · Nishi-Oi, Tokyo
NIKON
The lounge
Nikon opened a new head office in 2024 and built it on one rule: choose where you work according to what you are doing.
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07 · Nakano, Tokyo
KIRIN
The 18th floor, where guests are received
Kirin Holdings asked itself a blunt question — if people can work anywhere, what is a head office for?
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08 · Marunouchi, Tokyo
Calbee
Reception
The crisp maker’s head office sits twenty-two floors up in Marunouchi, and the room it is arranged around is called the Patio — an indoor courtyard with trees in it, a long way from any ground.
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09 · Tokyo
MUJI
The open work floor
Ryohin Keikaku, the company behind MUJI, moved to a new head office in February 2024.
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10 · Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo
Rakuten
Main entrance and lobby
Rakuten Crimson House is the group headquarters in Futako-Tamagawa: open desks and video links to fifty offices on the work side; a cafeteria that is free morning, noon and night, a gym, a clinic and a nursery on the life side — all under one roof.
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11 · Takeshiba, Tokyo
SoftBank
Reception
In September 2020 SoftBank began moving into a new headquarters on the Tokyo waterfront at Takeshiba.
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12 · Roppongi, Tokyo
Mercari
CultureHub, Roppongi Hills 25F–26F
In December 2025 Japan’s largest resale marketplace moved two floors up in Roppongi Hills and named the new headquarters CultureHub: an office built to answer one question — when remote work is normal, what is worth coming in for?
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13 · Tokyo
AVEX
The new avex head office
Only a few years after opening its own head-office building in 2017, avex decided to move.
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14 · Tokorozawa, Saitama
KADOKAWA
The Tokorozawa Campus office
In Tokorozawa Sakura Town, KADOKAWA built a single floor of about 9,000 square metres for some 1,000 people.
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15 · Hamamatsucho, Tokyo
KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN
The entrance
Konica Minolta Japan moved head office for the second time in September 2025, and planned the new floor as a row of tenants: each function of the office designed as its own shopfront, so that walking to a meeting takes you past the company’s businesses one after another.
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16 · Chayamachi, Osaka
YANMAR
The spiral stair
Yanmar built its head office where the company started, in Chayamachi in Osaka.
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About this collection
Which offices in Japan feature in “Famous Japanese brands”?
WALL has picked 16: CAPCOM (Osaka), SQUARE ENIX (Shinjuku, Tokyo), SEGA SAMMY (Osaki, Tokyo), BANDAI NAMCO (Tokyo), KOEI TECMO (Minatomirai, Yokohama), NIKON (Nishi-Oi, Tokyo), KIRIN (Nakano, Tokyo), Calbee (Marunouchi, Tokyo), MUJI (Tokyo), Rakuten (Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo), SoftBank (Takeshiba, Tokyo), Mercari (Roppongi, Tokyo), AVEX (Tokyo), KADOKAWA (Tokorozawa, Saitama), KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN (Hamamatsucho, Tokyo), YANMAR (Chayamachi, Osaka).
Where in Japan are these offices?
They are spread across 4 places: Tokyo (12), Osaka (2), Yokohama (1), Saitama (1).
Can I visit these offices?
Most are private workplaces and not open to the public. WALL reports on them from the companies’ own published material; each office page links to its source.
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