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Showroom and touch-and-try

Nikon's current official page says Nikon Plaza Tokyo offers product displays, a touch-and-try corner, events, workshops and exhibition spaces.

Nikon Plaza Tokyo official page

Current location and hours

The facility is currently on 28F of Shinjuku L-Tower, 1-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, around three minutes from Shinjuku Station west-side exits. Current hours are 10:30–18:30, with Sundays and specified company holidays closed.

Service center is part of the same facility

Nikon also operates its Tokyo Service Center inside Nikon Plaza Tokyo for repair and maintenance support. Current service-center guidance says repair/inspection visits use advance registration or reservation procedures.

Use the plaza for fit, then compare the sale

Try the exact body/lens combination, controls, EVF and size. Then compare retail offers separately for price, stock, language, warranty and return conditions.

Use a four-step showroom workflow

  1. Save two body/lens combinations before arriving.
  2. Use the touch-and-try area to compare grip, control layout, viewfinder comfort and lens balance.
  3. Ask support or service questions separately from price, because the Plaza is useful for product understanding and maintenance guidance.
  4. When you later visit a retailer, compare the exact same configuration, market version and included accessories.

This avoids the common mistake of liking one demo combination and then buying a cheaper but materially different kit elsewhere.

Questions worth taking to the Plaza

Prepare a short list that cannot be answered well by a product page: how two lenses balance on the body, whether a control layout suits your hand, what maintenance service is relevant to your existing Nikon equipment, and which accessory is required for the workflow you actually use. That keeps the visit focused and gives you notes you can reuse when comparing retailer offers.

Nikon Plaza and service-center information checked September 29, 2026. Product displays and service procedures can change.