JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
01 · Kamiyacho, Tokyo
CTC
Outside the president’s office
One photograph is taken in front of the president’s office.
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Executive rooms & boardrooms — 11 of Japan’s best
President’s rooms, executive rooms and boardrooms in Japanese offices.
Japanese companies traditionally gave the president a private room — the shachōshitsu (社長室) — and set aside rooms for the board. These offices show how that part of the building looks today.
02 · Ueno, Tokyo
Shimadzu Diagnostics
The president’s room
Company office tours stop at the door of the executive floor.
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03 · Marunouchi, Tokyo
Mitsubishi Corporation
The boardroom
The remaining rooms include a long dark boardroom and, at the other end of the register, a plain white room furnished with soft coloured poufs instead of chairs.
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05 · Tokyo
KITANOTATSUJIN
The board room
One meeting room is a pale timber table under a lit company mark; the other is a dark board room with a screen at the end.
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06 · Harumi, Tokyo
YAMATO SCIENTIFIC
The executive room
The list closes with four rooms: 倭室, the seminar room, the executive room and the reception room.
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07 · Yonbanchō, Tokyo
MIZUHO MARUBENI LEASING
The president’s room
Meeting booths and free space are provided in quantity, and the president’s room is stop number six rather than a corner nobody passes — its door, the company notes, is usually open.
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08 · Hibiya, Tokyo
BUSINESS BRAIN SHOWA-OTA
The executive room
Sakura is the executive room, named after the flower that stands for Japan.
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09 · Marunouchi, Tokyo
UZABASE
BOARD ROOM
The board room is the one space named for what it is.
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10 · Tokyo
Expedia Japan
Tokyo Tower from the boardroom
At the entrance, a staff-drawn map of the office covers a large blackboard.
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11 · Shibuya, Tokyo
DONUTS
The board room
At the top of the range are a round-table room and a long board room, both kept in the same dark palette as the rest of the floor.
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About this collection
Which offices in Japan feature in “Executive rooms & boardrooms”?
WALL has picked 11: CTC (Kamiyacho, Tokyo), Shimadzu Diagnostics (Ueno, Tokyo), Mitsubishi Corporation (Marunouchi, Tokyo), NET CHART JAPAN (Yokohama), KITANOTATSUJIN (Tokyo), YAMATO SCIENTIFIC (Harumi, Tokyo), MIZUHO MARUBENI LEASING (Yonbanchō, Tokyo), BUSINESS BRAIN SHOWA-OTA (Hibiya, Tokyo), UZABASE (Marunouchi, Tokyo), Expedia Japan (Tokyo), DONUTS (Shibuya, Tokyo).
Where in Japan are these offices?
They are spread across 2 places: Tokyo (10), 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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