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QUESTIONS › ARE DRINKS FREE IN JAPANESE OFFICES?

Question · Working in Japan

Are drinks free in Japanese offices?

At many companies, no — there is a vending machine and you pay. But a growing number of Japanese offices give drinks away, and some design the whole floor around the coffee.

The counter
The counter

01 · Free, at a counter

ATLUS serves it under a lit canopy

At ATLUS a counter with a lit canopy over it serves coffee, tea and fruit water at no charge, with booth seating and low tables around it.

The counter
The counter

02 · Free, by survey

Cygames lets staff choose what is in the machines

In Cygames’ Osaka studio the drinks machines are free, and what goes in them is decided by an internal survey and rotated.

The drinks machines
The drinks machines

03 · Free, next to a shop

MIXI’s drink bar

MIXI’s Shibuya floor has a free drink bar, with a Lawson convenience store beside it for everything else.

Byron Bay Coffee
Byron Bay Coffee

04 · Free, at the door

SEGA XD puts coffee at the entrance

SEGA XD opens its office with a bar counter and a coffee stand that staff may use for free.

The bar counter
The bar counter

05 · And the vending machine

COLOPL’s beef-bowl machine

The vending machine never went away. COLOPL’s office has one from the beef-bowl chain Matsuya, alongside a bento service.

The vending machines
The vending machines

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