A few days ago, Yuji Naka tweeted pictures of himself and his kids giving a fond farewell to SEGA’s old headquarters in Otorii, Tokyo. The company moved out of the building last year, relocating to a building in Ousaki, Tokyo. According to Silconera (via Gamebiz) the building was recently sold for 5.2 billion yen. It was this that prompted Yuji Naka to visit the building. He told his kids that he developed Sonic the Hedgehog on the building’s seventh floor.
Check out Yuji Naka’s tweets and photos below:
セガ・エンタープライゼス本社の場所と建物が無くなると言うので、子供達と写真撮って来ました。ここの7階でパパがソニック作ったんだよと言ったら「へーそうなんだ」と言う感想でした。
たくさん人が集まって来たので、みんなセガの写真撮りに来たのかと思ったらポケモンGOのレイドバトルでした。 pic.twitter.com/o4XkFB0AFV— Yuji Naka / 中 裕司 (@nakayuji) February 24, 2019
— Yuji Naka / 中 裕司 (@nakayuji) February 24, 2019
As a bonus, here’s another tweet with some additional photos of the building’s exterior:
Sad to hear that the old SEGA office will be torn down. Much of my childhood was spent playing on consoles and games that were conceived in this building. pic.twitter.com/M6RfIOSAyJ
— 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙯𝙞 (@nathanshabazi) February 27, 2019
You can check out some additional photos of the the building, as well as get a look at SEGA’s new offices, over at our source for the tweet translations, Kotaku.
