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Yamaha Headquarters & offices · Hamamatsu, Japan
Yamaha · Hamamatsu, Japan
A head office whose low wing juts out like a grand piano, joined to an R&D center with one of Japan's largest anechoic chambers.
The buildings, the leave programs and 139 years in Hamamatsu — then the business. Every number from Yamaha's own website, recruiting pages and its builders' project pages.
- 1,500developers gathered in the 2018 Innovation Center
- ≈ 1,000people in the 12-story office building (2024)
- 123days off a year at Yamaha Corporation (FY2024)
- 17,886employees worldwide (March 31, 2026)
Sources: Takenaka Corporation project page · Yamaha news release, July 11, 2024 · yamaha.com recruiting (work-life balance) · yamaha.com corporate profile
Companies / Japan / Musical instruments & audio / Yamaha
THE NEWEST OFFICE · BUILDING 22 · 2024
A 12-story head office joined by walkways to the R&D center
Building 22 brings about 1,000 people from the musical instruments and audio divisions, sales and corporate staff under one roof. Its low wing reaches out like a grand piano and links by walkways to the Innovation Center next door, where engineers on floors 4–7 share a central staircase, open prototype offices and a café-style dining terrace.
- 22,087 m² (≈ 237,700 sq ft)
- 12 floors, base-isolated
- Learning center & satellite work area on 4F
- ZEB Ready · CASBEE S rank
- Design: Obayashi Corporation
- 2025 Good Design Award
Building 22, the 2024 head office
Completed on July 11, 2024, the 12-story Building 22 brings about 1,000 people from the instrument and audio divisions, sales and corporate staff under one roof.
Inside the Innovation Center (2018)
Building 21 gathered 1,500 product developers in 2018, with sound labs, test rooms, open prototype offices and a café-style dining terrace.
Innovation Road, the corporate museum
The Innovation Road corporate museum sits on the first floor of the Innovation Center.
Around the Nakazawa-cho headquarters
The head office and the Innovation Center stand side by side at 10-1 Nakazawa-cho in Hamamatsu, linked by walkways.
Facts: Yamaha news release “Yamaha Corporation headquarters office building completed” (July 11, 2024) · Obayashi Corporation project page “Yamaha Building 22” · yamaha.com Innovation Center page
The Nakazawa-cho headquarters
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Building 22 — head office building (2024) | 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8650, Japan |
| Building 21 — Innovation Center development wing, with the Innovation Road museum (2018) | 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8650, Japan |
Source: yamaha.com corporate profile and Innovation Road guide (Building 21 address) · news release, July 11, 2024 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Takenaka Corporation project page “Yamaha Innovation Center development wing (Building 21)” · Obayashi Corporation project page “Yamaha Building 22” · Yamaha news release, July 11, 2024
Benefits (Yamaha Corporation, Japan)
FY2024. Summer and winter breaks of about a week each, joined to the weekends on either side.
19 days in the first year, 20 days from the next April 1; can be taken in half days.
Two consecutive days off on top of paid vacation, first created for personal and family anniversaries.
Special leave at milestone ages to rethink life plans, for employees with 5+ years of service.
Until the child turns two (April births: to the end of April), split into two blocks; open to men whatever the partner's job. Also applies to same-sex partners.
A company nursery inside the headquarters grounds.
Shorter days or fewer days a week for childcare until the end of elementary school, and for caregiving or medical treatment.
Flextime with a 10:15–15:00 core time; telework allowance of ¥200 a day. Fridays are leave-on-time days with no e-mails after 6 p.m.
Source: yamaha.com recruiting — “Work-life balance” and “New graduate recruiting: working conditions” (2027 intake)
Why people stay: what Yamaha itself says
Yamaha Corporation says it has kept the rate of employees taking and returning from maternity and childcare leave at 100%.
About 80% of employees choose the re-employment program after mandatory retirement at 60, with work up to 65.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare certified Yamaha “Kurumin” in 2008 and “Platinum Kurumin” in 2016.
Yamaha Corporation has been certified as a White 500 health-management company eight times.
Top “Gold” rating seven years in a row (PRIDE Index 2025); all-gender restrooms in some buildings.
Long-term study-abroad leave, overseas volunteer leave, and re-hiring of employees who left to follow a spouse posted abroad.
Source: yamaha.com Sustainability — Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (FY2026) · yamaha.com recruiting — Work-life balance
Who works here
employees in the group (plus 5,730 temporary on average)
women in management at Yamaha Corporation (FY2026; group 19.6%)
targets for women managers by FY2028 (company / group)
non-Japanese among new hires (FY2026; target 5%+)
Source: yamaha.com corporate profile (March 31, 2026) · Sustainability — DE&I (FY2026) · recruiting page (hiring record)
Pay at Yamaha
Source: yamaha.com recruiting, “New graduate & second-new-graduate recruiting — working conditions” (2027 intake; April 2026 actuals). Monthly base pay only; bonuses are paid twice a year (June, December).
Yamaha's average salary appears only in its PDF securities report, which we did not use. Starting pay, above, is the closest official number on its web pages.
Office history: 139 years in Hamamatsu
- 1887 A broken reed organ at a Hamamatsu school
Torakusu Yamaha, a watchmaker who repaired medical equipment, was asked by an elementary school in Hamamatsu to fix its reed organ. He repaired it, drew up its inner workings and built his own organ the same year — the start of the Yamaha brand.
Source: yamaha.com “History” and “Origins of the Yamaha Brand”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1889 An organ workshop of 100 people
Two years later the business employed 100 people and made some 250 instruments a year.
Source: hub.yamaha.com, “The Yamaha Story”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1897 Nippon Gakki is incorporated
Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. — today's Yamaha Corporation — was incorporated on October 12, 1897. Upright pianos followed in 1900 and grand pianos in 1902.
Source: yamaha.com corporate profile and History · hub.yamaha.com
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - c. 1935 The Hamamatsu head office and factory
Nippon Gakki's own 1935 brochure for its Magna Organ shows the whole Hamamatsu headquarters and factory.
Source: Nippon Gakki brochure “Introduction of the Magna Organ” (October 1935), via Wikimedia Commons
Nippon Gakki head office and factory, Hamamatsu, 1935 · Nippon Gakki (Yamaha Corporation) / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1987 Renamed Yamaha Corporation
For its 100th year, Nippon Gakki took its founder's name and became Yamaha Corporation.
Source: yamaha.com History
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2007 A plan to rebuild the headquarters
To give employees a better place to work and to replace ageing buildings for business continuity, Yamaha began planning a step-by-step rearrangement of its headquarters buildings.
Source: Yamaha news release, July 11, 2024
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018 The Innovation Center opens
Building 21 gathered 1,500 product developers who had been spread across the old factory site and beyond, with sound labs, test rooms and the Innovation Road corporate museum on the first floor.
Source: Takenaka Corporation project page · yamaha.com Innovation Center
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2024 Building 22 becomes the head office
A 12-story office building completed on July 11, 2024 brought about 1,000 people from the instrument and audio divisions, sales and corporate staff together, linked by walkways to the Innovation Center buildings.
Source: Yamaha news release, July 11, 2024 · Obayashi Corporation project page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
The story began at an elementary school in Hamamatsu in 1887, and the head office is in the same city today, about 2 minutes' walk from Enshu Railway's Hachiman Station.
- 1 · 1887Hamamatsu (city) — An elementary school in Hamamatsu where Torakusu Yamaha repaired a reed organ; Yamaha does not publish the address, so the pin marks the city.
- 2 · Today10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu — Headquarters: Building 22 (2024) and the Innovation Center (2018).
Addresses: yamaha.com corporate profile and History · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Yamaha does
Yamaha began with a repaired reed organ in 1887 and is now a maker of pianos, digital instruments, wind, string and percussion instruments, plus audio equipment for homes, professionals and cars. Yamaha Motor, the motorcycle maker, was split off in 1955 and is a separate company.
Three reporting segments: Musical instruments, Audio equipment, and Others (automobile interior wood components, factory-automation equipment, recreation).
Where the money came from · Revenue by segment · FY2026 (year to March 31, 2026)
Source: Yamaha IR “Our Performance” (revenue by business segment, IFRS) · corporate profile (segments). From FY2026, mobility audio moved from Others into Audio equipment.
Source: Yamaha IR “Our Performance” and “Financial Data” pages (2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
¥451.4B → ¥465.3B
Earlier counts are only in PDF reports
Fiscal years end March 31 (FY2026 = April 2025–March 2026). Revenue (IFRS): Yamaha IR “Our Performance”. Employees: yamaha.com corporate profile. Older years are published only in PDF reports, which we did not use.
Chief executives
President and Representative Executive Officer since April 2024. Joined Yamaha in 1992 as an engineer and led digital musical instruments development.
President and Representative Director from June 2013 (Representative Executive Officer from 2017); Chairman of the Board since April 2024.
Founder: Torakusu Yamaha (1887).
Source: yamaha.com Directors and Officers (as of June 29, 2026) · History
Yamaha: questions people ask
Where is Yamaha's headquarters?
At 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8650, Japan — about a 2-minute walk from Hachiman Station on the Enshu Railway, or about 8 minutes by taxi from JR Hamamatsu Station.
Source: yamaha.com corporate profile · Head Office (Hamamatsu) access page
Is Yamaha Corporation the same company as Yamaha Motor?
No. Yamaha Motor was set up in 1955 when Nippon Gakki (today's Yamaha Corporation) split off its motorcycle division. This page is about Yamaha Corporation, the musical instrument and audio company in Hamamatsu.
Source: yamaha.com History
Who designed Yamaha's headquarters buildings?
Obayashi Corporation designed the 12-story office building, Building 22 (2024). Takenaka Corporation designed and built the Innovation Center development wing, Building 21 (2018).
Source: Obayashi Corporation and Takenaka Corporation project pages
How big is Yamaha's headquarters?
Building 22 has 22,087 m² (about 237,700 sq ft) on 12 floors for about 1,000 people; Building 21, the Innovation Center development wing, has 35,497 m² (about 382,100 sq ft) on 7 floors for some 1,500 developers.
Source: Yamaha news release, July 11, 2024 · Takenaka Corporation project page
Can you visit Yamaha's headquarters?
Yes — the Innovation Road corporate museum in Building 21 is free and open to the public by reservation, in three two-hour slots a day (up to 50 visitors per slot). English guided tours may be offered when staff are available.
Source: yamaha.com Innovation Road guide
What benefits does Yamaha offer?
At Yamaha Corporation in Japan: 123 days off a year (FY2024), 19–20 days of paid vacation, a two-day Family Holiday, milestone-age Life Cycle leave, childcare leave until a child turns two, and a nursery inside the headquarters grounds.
Source: yamaha.com recruiting — Work-life balance and working conditions
Does Yamaha allow remote work?
Yes. Telework is one of the ways of working, used flexibly depending on the job, with a telework allowance of ¥200 a day. Yamaha also uses flextime, with a core time of 10:15–15:00 at the head office.
Source: yamaha.com recruiting — Work-life balance and working conditions
How many people work at Yamaha?
17,886 employees across the group on March 31, 2026, plus an average of 5,730 temporary employees. About 1,000 work in the new head-office building and about 1,500 developers in the Innovation Center.
Source: yamaha.com corporate profile · news release, July 11, 2024 · Takenaka project page
What is the starting salary at Yamaha?
For new graduates joining Yamaha Corporation, monthly base pay (April 2026) was ¥280,000 with a bachelor's degree, ¥302,000 with a master's and ¥317,000 with a doctorate, plus bonuses twice a year.
Source: yamaha.com recruiting — working conditions (2027 intake)
Who is Yamaha's CEO?
Atsushi Yamaura, President and Representative Executive Officer since April 2024. He joined Yamaha in 1992.
Source: yamaha.com Directors and Officers
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