Showrooms & company museums — 13 of the best

01 · Nishi-Oi, Tokyo

NIKON

The showroom

A showroom lets staff walk a visitor through the products, and the Nikon Museum sits beside it.

02 · Shibuya, Tokyo

GMO INTERNET GROUP

The GMO Digital Museum

At the base of the building the group runs a digital museum, lit gold and open to the street.

03 · Nara

THE NANTO BANK

The Nanto Gallery

The Nanto Gallery shows objects recovered from the ground during construction.

04 · Toranomon, Tokyo

NIHON SEKKEI

think++ Museum

The museum keeps the firm’s own work on show.

05 · Kyoto

SUKEN SHUPPAN

The gallery

The gallery shows material published across more than nine decades.

06 · Izumisano, Osaka

FUJI OIL

The product display

A gallery sets out the company’s history as a timeline.

07 · Minamisemba, Osaka

COLANTOTTE

Products on display

The meeting floor doubles as a showroom for all of the company’s brands.

08 · Marunouchi, Tokyo

MITSUI BUSSAN AEROSPACE

The display case

Scale models and a screen at reception show what the company does before anyone says it.

09 · Minatomirai, Yokohama

SONY

Sony products and awards on display

The guest space carries a display of products and of the awards they have won.

10 · Azabu-Juban, Tokyo

Accenture

Exhibits along the street

More than twenty stall-style booths are each dedicated to a theme, and change with the projects in progress.

11 · Tokyo

MUJI

Product displays in the office

MUJI’s own products fill the office, which turns the floor into a place to check the catalogue at a glance.

12 · Osaka

SMAREGI

The showroom

13 · Sakai, Osaka

STELLA CHEMIFA

The history wall

Beside the entrance is a history wall.