JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Meguro, Tokyo
Amazon Japan
The 3ma cafeteria
3ma, named after the rakugo story “Meguro no sanma”, is a Japanese-style canteen with a view of the cherry trees along the Meguro river.
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24 Office Cafeterias in Japan — How Amazon, Rakuten and Mercari Feed Staff
Where companies in Japan eat, meet and pause — from free meals to half-price buffets.
The staff canteen — shashoku (社食) — is one of the oldest fixtures of the Japanese workplace. In these offices it has become a café, a meeting place and a reason to come in, not just somewhere to eat.
24 officesTokyo 17Yokohama 2Osaka 2Kanagawa 2Kyoto 110 industries6 added October 2026
02 · Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo
Rakuten
The cafeteria
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are free, with more than ten dishes a day — pasta, curry, udon and soba, set meals, grill — on a high floor with a view over Tokyo.
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03 · Shibuya, Tokyo
MIXI
Staff cafeteria
The staff cafeteria (weekdays 11:00–16:00) serves a buffet, curry and daily noodles at half price; the in-house Byron Bay Coffee is subsidised by half too.
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04 · Roppongi, Tokyo
Mercari
The renewed café
The café was rebuilt for the move: soft downlights, quiet tones, coffee in hand.
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05 · Osaki, Tokyo
SEGA SAMMY
The canteen
The staff canteen is designed as the inn where the journey rests: buffet and à la carte menus, darts and cards for the people who want to talk, and a bar in the evening.
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06 · Toyosu, Tokyo
NTT DATA
The staff canteen
Each building gives two whole floors to the staff canteen. A dedicated nutritionist plans the daily menus, from buffet to set meals, and outside meal hours the floors open up as meeting space with a view over Toyosu.
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07 · Minatomirai, Yokohama
KOEI TECMO
Cafeteria CORAL
The cafeteria is called CORAL, and a coral reef marks its entrance. There are terrace seats too.
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08 · Shinagawa, Tokyo
OBAYASHI
The canteen
The canteen seats many people, has a shop and a fine view, with art on the walls.
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09 · Tokyo
GUNGHO
GungHo Café
The staff-only café has counter seats along the windows and a menu of freshly brewed coffee and seasonal drinks, served by the café team.
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10 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo
MITSUI FUDOSAN
CAFE Crossing
CAFE Crossing and the hotel-like CROSSING Lounge give the building places to work that feel nothing like a work floor.
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11 · Nagaokakyo, Kyoto
MURATA
The canteen
a canteen renewed in January 2025 with counter and family-style seating
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12 · Nishi-Oi, Tokyo
NIKON
The dining counter
The dining area is set up for eating well and talking while you do it.
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13 · Marunouchi, Tokyo
UZABASE
CAFE
A square, a street, a park, a library, a café — and an akichi, the vacant lot with nothing built on it.
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14 · Tamachi, Minato, Tokyo
MITSUBISHI AUTO LEASING
MAL cafe
MAL cafe sits at the centre of the floor, with planting, a long counter and pendant lighting carrying the company mark.
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15 · Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
KPMG AZSA
The café area
The café area on the 20th floor is used for coffee, for breaks and for large internal meetings.
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16 · Tokyo
AVEX
The cafeteria
From a café stand called POP IN, staff serve coffee, fresh-squeezed orange juice and salads.
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17 · Osaka
CAPCOM
The 4F canteen
The fourth-floor canteen has colourful chairs and daylight, crowded at lunchtime, with small tables by the window for people eating alone.
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18 · Umeda, Osaka
ASTRAZENECA
The café
The in-house café serves drinks, light meals and a daily lunch.
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19 · Shinagawa, TokyoNEW
SONY
The staff canteen
Sony Group’s head office stands a short walk from Shinagawa Station, and the company describes its workplaces with a line from its 1946 founding prospectus: a “free, open-minded and enjoyable ideal factory”.
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20 · Atsugi, KanagawaNEW
SONY
The canteen
Sony’s Atsugi Technology Center has been producing the company’s leading technology since it opened.
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21 · TokyoNEW
KONAMI
The Tokyo Technical Center cafeteria
Konami Group introduces its workplaces through six sites: its next-generation research and development base, Konami Creative Front Tokyo Bay, along with Konami Creative Center Ginza, Konami Osaka Studio, and technical centres in Kanagawa and Kobe and a business site in Ichinomiya.
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22 · Shiodome, TokyoNEW
SHISEIDO
The cafeteria
Shiseido renovated its Shiodome head office, the Global Vision Center, and its Shiseido Japan office around a new way of working it calls “Work x Life x Beauty”.
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23 · YokohamaNEW
NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The cafeteria
Nomura Research Institute moved its Tokyo head office and carried out large relocations in Yokohama and Osaka, aiming for a next-generation office that cares for diversity and health.
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24 · Kawasaki, KanagawaNEW
NEC
The canteen and a mural
At its Tamagawa plant in Kawasaki, NEC rebuilt the 4,000 m² staff canteen as “FIELD Tamagawa” — a place to work and meet as well as eat.
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About this collection
Which offices in Japan feature in “Office cafés & cafeterias”?
WALL has picked 24: Amazon Japan (Meguro, Tokyo), Rakuten (Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo), MIXI (Shibuya, Tokyo), Mercari (Roppongi, Tokyo), SEGA SAMMY (Osaki, Tokyo), NTT DATA (Toyosu, Tokyo), KOEI TECMO (Minatomirai, Yokohama), OBAYASHI (Shinagawa, Tokyo), GUNGHO (Tokyo), MITSUI FUDOSAN (Nihonbashi, Tokyo), MURATA (Nagaokakyo, Kyoto), NIKON (Nishi-Oi, Tokyo), UZABASE (Marunouchi, Tokyo), MITSUBISHI AUTO LEASING (Tamachi, Minato, Tokyo), KPMG AZSA (Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo), AVEX (Tokyo), CAPCOM (Osaka), ASTRAZENECA (Umeda, Osaka), SONY (Shinagawa, Tokyo), SONY (Atsugi, Kanagawa), KONAMI (Tokyo), SHISEIDO (Shiodome, Tokyo), NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Yokohama), NEC (Kawasaki, Kanagawa).
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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