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Question · Working in Japan

Do Japanese offices have rooftop terraces?

Not often — which is why the ones that do make a point of it. A terrace or roof garden is one of the rarest spaces in a Japanese office, and some of the best are outside Tokyo.

The sky terrace on 21F
The sky terrace on 21F

01 · Over Shibuya

Tokyu Land ends the climb outside

Tokyu Land’s Shibuya office ends its climb on the 21st floor, on a terrace open to the sky over the city.

The sky terrace on 21F
The sky terrace on 21F

02 · Seasons on the roof

Suken plants cherry and maple in Kyoto

Suken’s Kyoto building carries a roof garden with cherry blossom in spring and maple in autumn.

The rooftop garden
The rooftop garden

03 · Off the café

ECO RING’s roof garden

At ECO RING in Himeji the roof garden opens straight off the café, so a break can move outdoors.

The roof garden from above
The roof garden from above

04 · Below the desks

A terrace with the canteen

Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank puts the canteen and the roof terrace below the working floors, so lunch and fresh air sit together.

The roof terrace
The roof terrace

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TOKYU LAND
“From the hall to the 21st floor”
Tokyo · Real estate
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SUKEN SHUPPAN
“Ninety years of Chart-shiki, in a case by the door”
Kyoto & Tokyo · Publishing
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ECO RING
“HŌKO: a treasure house”
Hyogo · Reuse
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HAMAMATSU IWATA SHINKIN BANK
“Engawa and hanare, in a bank”
Shizuoka · Banking

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