JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Shin-Osaka, Osaka
SHINEI SHOJI
The Japanese room
A tatami room with a raised platform sits at one end of the floor: shoes off, then a drink at the bar at the other end.
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Tatami & Japanese rooms — 5 of the best
Tatami, engawa and Zen corners — offices in Japan that keep a room from the Japanese house.
02 · Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
HAMAMATSU IWATA SHINKIN BANK
Seating behind the screens
The engawa is the wooden veranda of a Japanese house, brought indoors as a named place.
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03 · Azabu-Juban, Tokyo
Indeed Japan
The Zen space
A Zen space sits beside the stage for 500.
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04 · Tokyo
Expedia Japan
A room drawn with Japanese landscapes
A meeting room drawn with Japanese landscapes, among rooms named after Fuji and Yakushima.
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05 · Furukawa, Miyagi
ALPS ALPINE
The tatami guest room for eight
Among several guest rooms on the ground floor, the most popular with overseas guests is a Japanese room for eight, with a carved ranma transom, shoji screens and a tokonoma alcove.
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