Research labs with greenery

6 research labs in Japan with lawns, planted sites or green walls. Areas include Noda, Shiomi, Kunitachi, Yokohama, Fujisawa, Tsukuba. Each page has interior photos, the architects, whether you can visit, and the careers page.

Open to visitors Famous brands Timber Atriums Greenery Eco buildings Near a station Yokohama Kyoto & Osaka Tokyo Kanagawa

Noda, Chiba

LIXIL Housing Technology R&D Center

A knowledge area on a mezzanine where people and technology meet

Greenery

Shiomi, Tokyo

Shimizu NOVARE

A green hub building joined to a laboratory with a huge test hall

Open to visitorsGreenery

Kunitachi, Tokyo

Yakult Central Institute Basic Research Building

A research building surrounded by woods and water, with labs right next to offices

Famous brandGreenery

The lounge with tents and lawn on the 9th floor

Yokohama, Kanagawa

Shiseido Global Innovation Center

An urban research base with a lounge of tents and lawn

Open to visitorsFamous brandGreenery

The main street that links the research buildings

Fujisawa, Kanagawa

Shonan Health Innovation Park (Shonan iPark)

A “research institute in the forest” with tatami and camp-style meeting spaces

Greenery

An office space with wooden floors and plants

Tsukuba, Ibaraki

Toda Tsukuba Technical Research Institute Green Office

A ZEB research office wrapped in plants and a curved ceiling

TimberGreeneryEco building

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