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Ports, seasons, historical figures — offices in Japan that name their meeting rooms, and what the names say about the company.
01 · Osaki, Tokyo
A port-city meeting room
Meeting rooms are named after ports around the world — Hong Kong, Incheon, Wellington, Barcelona, Saint Petersburg, Edinburgh, Funafuti. There is no room beginning with Z, because Z would mean the end of the journey.
Read the SEGA SAMMY office →
02 · Tokyo
A meeting room
Rooms are named after colours and seasons. The largest, Momo (peach), has original illustrations on its tables.
Read the PIXIV office →
03 · Akasaka, Tokyo
Room 14: Napoleon
Each room is named after a historical figure linked to the enneagram, which kaonavi uses, with a quote from that person on the wall.
Read the KAONAVI office →
04 · Shibuya, Tokyo
A guest meeting room
Beyond it, guest meeting rooms A to W carry nature names such as Aurora and Beach, chosen from staff suggestions.
Read the SANSAN office →
05 · Marunouchi, Tokyo
AKICHI
So the rooms are named after the places a town uses for that.
Read the UZABASE office →
06 · Roppongi, Tokyo
STADIUM
The rest of the floor is named for what happens there rather than what it contains: FOCUS for concentrating, CHAT for short conversations, STADIUM for the room where everyone can gather
Read the HANASAKU LIFE office →
07 · Shibuya, Tokyo
Scramble Crossing
Rooms named after the place outside: Terminal, Scramble Crossing, Dogenzaka Avenue and Mark City.
Read the SONY BIZ NETWORKS office →
08 · Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo
A meeting room on 12
The two 12th-floor rooms take the names of the warlords Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, with darker, heavier interiors.
Read the ASIRO office →
09 · Umeda, Osaka and Osaki, Tokyo
A meeting-room sign
Each Tokyo meeting-room number is drawn with a food motif worked into it.
Read the NIPPON HAM SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS office →
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