JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Takeshiba, Tokyo
SoftBank
Art on the floors
The visitor meeting rooms are each furnished and hung with art differently, so no two feel the same.
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Collection
14 Japanese Offices That Live with Art
Paintings, sculpture and commissioned work — offices in Japan that hang art where people work.
Art in a Japanese office ranges from commissioned sculpture in the lobby to work by staff on the walls. These offices treat art as part of the workplace rather than decoration.
14 officesTokyo 10Osaka 1Hiroshima 1Kyoto 1Nara 19 industries6 added October 2026
02 · Shibuya, Tokyo
GMO INTERNET GROUP
A meeting space, hung with contemporary art
Open meeting spaces are set through the floors, and the company hangs contemporary art in them.
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03 · Roppongi, Tokyo
COLOPL
Artwork by in-house designers
Thirteen visitor rooms are each hung with artwork by the company’s own young designers.
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04 · Chūō, Tokyo
SHINKIN CENTRAL BANK
The entrance hall
A circular piece of sculpture stands in the glazed entrance hall.
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05 · Shibuya, Tokyo
YE DIGITAL
The painting in the entrance
A painting of the sunrise hangs in the entrance.
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06 · Osaka
KINTO TECHNOLOGIES
The artwork in the junction area
The junction area carries an artwork built around the company’s own character.
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07 · Azabudai, Tokyo
BAYCURRENT
The stair and its artwork
An artwork hangs beside the stair in the stone reception.
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09 · TokyoNEW
OGILVY
Artwork across the work floor
Ogilvy & Mather Japan, part of the WPP group, wanted a workplace for the next generation of creative work.
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10 · HiroshimaNEW
OTAFUKU SAUCE
The thread artwork
Otafuku, the Hiroshima maker of okonomiyaki sauce founded in 1922, turned a former warehouse into the Otafuku Borderless Base.
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11 · Minato, TokyoNEW
MITSUI KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY
The organisation artwork
Mitsui Knowledge Industry brought three Tokyo sites into one building near Omotesando in 2026.
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12 · TokyoNEW
JR EAST
Graphic art
JR East’s Tokyo Construction Project Management Office builds and rebuilds stations across Greater Tokyo.
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13 · KyotoNEW
SUKEN SHUPPAN
The gallery
The publisher of the Chart-shiki study guides shows three offices: a Kyoto head office built to sit quietly near the Imperial Palace, a Tokyo building in the publishing district, and a branch in Sumida with a four-storey void and a garden that looks at the Skytree.
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14 · NaraNEW
THE NANTO BANK
The Nanto Gallery
The Nanto Bank opened its new head office in Nara on 10 February 2025, with a low-rise base meant to read as tradition, an upper block meant to read as growth, and a second-floor gallery showing the things found in the ground while it was being built.
Read the THE NANTO BANK office →Questions
About this collection
Which offices in Japan feature in “Art & sculpture”?
WALL has picked 14: SoftBank (Takeshiba, Tokyo), GMO INTERNET GROUP (Shibuya, Tokyo), COLOPL (Roppongi, Tokyo), SHINKIN CENTRAL BANK (Chūō, Tokyo), YE DIGITAL (Shibuya, Tokyo), KINTO TECHNOLOGIES (Osaka), BAYCURRENT (Azabudai, Tokyo), INTLOOP (Tokyo), OGILVY (Tokyo), OTAFUKU SAUCE (Hiroshima), MITSUI KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY (Minato, Tokyo), JR EAST (Tokyo), SUKEN SHUPPAN (Kyoto), THE NANTO BANK (Nara).
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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