JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo
SEGA XD
The booth seats
Beside the formal rooms are booth seats in the style of a Japanese family restaurant, for meetings that do not need a room.
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Booth seating — 10 of Japan’s best
Family-restaurant booths and banquettes — the seat offices in Japan use for a quick meeting.
Booth seating — two benches facing across a table, like a diner — has become a favourite in Japanese offices for quick meetings and solo work.
02 · Toranomon, Tokyo
MIZUHO LEASING
Booth seating
Family-restaurant booths are used for meetings, for work and for talking about nothing much.
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03 · Shinagawa, Tokyo
ATLUS
A booth
Booths sit around a lit counter serving free coffee, tea and fruit water.
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04 · Tokyo
KITANOTATSUJIN
Booth seating
Booth seating runs along a curved band of green on the working floor.
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05 · Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato, Tokyo
MARUBENI FOODS
The booths
Booth seating is set against the window.
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06 · Tokyo
MITSUBISHI ESTATE IT SOLUTIONS
Booth and round table
Standing booths take meetings held upright.
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07 · Nagatachō, Tokyo
MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Counter and booth seating
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Questions
About this collection
Which offices in Japan feature in “Booth seating”?
WALL has picked 10: SEGA XD (Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo), MIZUHO LEASING (Toranomon, Tokyo), ATLUS (Shinagawa, Tokyo), KITANOTATSUJIN (Tokyo), MARUBENI FOODS (Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato, Tokyo), MITSUBISHI ESTATE IT SOLUTIONS (Tokyo), MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Nagatachō, Tokyo), Dwango (Higashi-Ginza, Tokyo), Expedia Japan (Tokyo), SONY (Minatomirai, Yokohama).
Where in Japan are these offices?
They are spread across 2 places: Tokyo (9), Yokohama (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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