Nikon HQ Museum
Having recently become a Nikon user earlier in 2024, I felt it was only natural to pay a visit to Nikon’s newly opened headquarters and museum. Although I did not own a Nikon camera growing up, I have always had great respect for their technology and craftsmanship. Seeing their lineage first hand was pretty cool, and shows how far things have evolved over more than 100 years.
The museum area itself is free to the public and does not require a reservation. It sits only a stone’s throw away from Tokyo’s city center in the outskirts of Shinagawa. Perhaps the best part was the hands-on area, offering visitors a chance to mess around with some of the brand’s microscopes and older film cameras. Outside the museum, the HQ campus is a pretty inspiring space in itself, with shards of lens glass embedded into some of the floor tiles. Here’s to hoping it continues to encourage more innovation from the staff for the next century to come.
Shot on December 14, 2024 - Travel, Japan, Nikon
Photos taken with the Nikon Z9 and Z 14-24mm f2.8 S lens