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Asahi Shimbun Okayama Bureau (朝日新聞社岡山総局)

Okayama (Kita-ku), Okayama Prefecture

Sources checked October 2026

“A newspaper bureau in exposed concrete and frosted glass, whose balance of light and shade brings a museum to mind.”

Year: 1999
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Newspaper bureau
Access: Working newspaper bureau; the first-floor hall can be visited (tourist office, October 2026)

Tadao Ando designed the Okayama premises of the daily Asahi Shimbun. Completed in 1999, the building plays on exposed concrete walls and a frosted-glass curtain wall; parking takes the ground floor and offices the two floors above.

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History

The building, designed by Tadao Ando, houses the Asahi Shimbun newspaper's local bureau in Okayama. It was completed in 1999.

Architecture

Exposed concrete walls and a frosted-glass curtain wall make a space where light and shade are balanced, like a museum. The ground floor is a car park; the first and second floors are offices.

Visiting

The first-floor hall can be visited; the offices are working premises. The building is closed on the days when the newspaper takes its regular break. It is about ten minutes' walk from JR Okayama Station.

34.67° N, 133.93° E