Tsukiji, next to Ginza. Ten minutes from Tokyo Station.
A pond garden built to be viewed from a seated position, and a sukiya house — both unchanged since the Meiji era.
A 2,600㎡ site full of period furnishings and Japanese detail,
with koi moving through the pond —
the weight of pre-war architecture no set can reproduce,
and genuine furnishings. Several scenes, all on one property.
Ten minutes by taxi from Tokyo Station. You can shoot in a genuine sukiya house and Japanese garden without travelling to Kyoto or Kamakura — which takes a great deal out of both the travel budget and the schedule.
A tatami hall, a pond garden with koi, sukiya corridors, private rooms with shoji and an alcove. Scenes with quite different tones can all be shot on one site, with no time lost moving between locations.
Private rooms set aside as a VIP green room, a crew base and a make-up room. Jisaku's own crew bento and meals keep a long shoot day going.
Hall, garden, corridors and private rooms give you a wide range of angles — from rooms with natural light to the garden lit at night. A quiet enough environment for recording sound on set can also be arranged.
We plan the media arrival route, and projector, screen and sound are all in place. Announcements against a gold-screen stage, or a photo session with the garden behind. Live streaming can be discussed.
For kimono, jewellery, watches, Japanese accessories and cosmetics. From shooting in natural light to styling against period Japanese furnishings — we work flexibly around what you need.
From feature films to television drama and streaming, a great many productions have shot here. (A selection; titles are given in romanized Japanese, and the year is the year of broadcast or release.)
Sockets in every room. High-capacity supply by prior arrangement. Please ask about three-phase 200V and about bringing a generator truck.
A 2-tonne truck can pull up at the door; 4-tonne needs checking in advance. Steps: a ramp can be fitted at the entrance. We will walk you through the loading route at the recce.
Main hall approx. 3m; private rooms approx. 2.7m. A room-by-room list of heights is in the technical pack.
There are rules for protecting the tatami (punch carpet may be laid). Load limits and heavy equipment need checking first. We will advise on protection that will not mark the building.
Window orientation and whether a room can be blacked out varies. We have both rooms that suit shooting in natural light and rooms that can go dark.
A residential part of central Tokyo, and relatively quiet. For sound-on-set suitability and insulation, we recommend checking on site.
Wi-Fi throughout. Wired LAN on request. Do ask about live streaming.
Exclusive use of the whole property is possible, and security staff can be posted. Equipment can be left overnight for multi-day shoots.
We are in Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, a quiet residential and academic district, so the noise of the entertainment quarters does not reach us. Rooms facing the garden are particularly quiet. That said, the building is not fully soundproofed, and an emergency vehicle or a helicopter occasionally carries. If you plan to record sound on set, we recommend checking the specific room in person.
Many rooms take soft light through shoji. Rooms facing the garden and the pond read well both with and against the light. How the light falls varies by orientation and time of day; some rooms can be dimmed or blacked out with shoji and shutters. For a full-day shoot, ask us to work through the light hour by hour.
Normal use runs roughly 10:00–22:00. Early-morning, late-night and overnight (24-hour) shoots can be arranged in advance (out-of-hours surcharge, to be discussed). For multi-day shoots, equipment can be left overnight. Start by telling us the dates and the hours you need.
We have no parking of our own. A crew bus, equipment truck or 2-tonne truck can pull up once confirmed. For larger numbers we will point you to nearby coin-operated and pay-by-the-hour car parks. The loading route is explained at the recce.
Nineteen rooms of various sizes can be set aside as green rooms as you need them. A private room for cast or VIPs, a hair and make-up room, a crew base and an equipment store can all run at once. Two, three or more rooms can be held depending on the scale.
Thirteen rooms on the ground floor and six upstairs — nineteen in all. From the smallest room (about 11㎡) to one of the largest halls in Tokyo (154.22㎡, up to 120 people). Choose by the scale of the shoot. Room-by-room layouts are in the table below and on the rooms and garden page.
| Floor | Room | Size | Capacity (guide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2F | Main hall | 154.22㎡ | 50–120 |
| 2F | 栴檀 Sendan | 79.70㎡ | 20–50 |
| 2F | 月 Tsuki | 71.20㎡ | 10–40 |
| 2F | 海棠 Kaido | 49.90㎡ | 10–36 |
| 2F | 南天 Nanten | 46.93㎡ | 10–32 |
| 1F | 隅田 Sumida | 48.33㎡ | 10–36 |
| 1F | 桜 Sakura | 35.95㎡ | 8–16 |
| 1F | 五月 Satsuki・おもと Omoto | 25.86㎡ | 4–8 |
| 1F | りんどう Rindo・なでしこ Nadeshiko | 23.93㎡ | 4–10 |
| 1F | 山吹 Yamabuki and other small rooms | 10.16–16.01㎡ | 2–6 |
※ With exclusive use of the whole property, these rooms plus the garden and corridors let you finish several scenes in a single day. Exact dimensioned drawings are provided at the planning meeting.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Exclusive use | Varies with season, duration and content. Start by telling us the purpose and the dates |
| Stills | Half day ／ full day ／ partial use — quoted |
| Motion | Half day ／ full day ／ multi-day — quoted |
| Events | Press announcements and PR events — quoted |
| Out-of-hours | Early-morning and late-night use by arrangement |
| Overnight storage | Equipment may be left overnight on multi-day shoots |
| Cancellation | The cancellation policy is set out in the contract |
※ Full rules and restrictions are explained at the planning meeting.
A full-length mirror and hanging rail can be provided. A private room for cast and VIP guests, which also works as a make-up room.
A private room held as a base for the crew and production team. It can also serve as equipment storage or a meeting space.
A ryotei's cooking, in a bento box. Crew meals for long shoot days, and individual kaiseki for cast if you need it.
Light food and drinks for press and guests. Coffee, tea and wagashi can also be arranged.
For a reception or a wrap party after the shoot or the event. A kaiseki course gives everyone the ryotei's cooking properly.
Tell us the purpose, the dates and the scale. Production companies and agencies are shown round on a recce free of charge.
Quoted on hours, area and the equipment you are bringing. Permissions, the load-in schedule, protection rules and restrictions are all confirmed in advance.
Load-in the day before is possible. On the day a dedicated member of staff attends, looking after the building and supporting the crew. Leave crew meals to us.
Settled once the site is confirmed as returned to condition. Corporate bank transfer and invoicing afterwards, with qualified invoices issued immediately.
Tsukiji Jisaku values its partnerships with the production companies,
advertising agencies and PR firms who plan location shoots and media events.
From the recce through to running the day, one coordinator handles all of it.
High-resolution images of every room, the garden and the corridors, plus floor plans — ready to use in a client proposal or a recce document.
Loading-door dimensions, power capacity and circuit counts, ceiling heights, floor load limits, protection rules, light conditions and sound environment — the figures you need before a recce, in one document.
Load-in and wrap times, whether you can load in the day before, overnight storage, fire restrictions, protection rules and what we ask regarding the neighbours — all available in advance.
A commission arrangement for agencies, invoicing on account, and flexible payment terms. A dedicated coordinator will host a recce with your client.
As well as taking the whole house, you may hire part of it. To suit the size of your party and your budget, we will propose the best way to use the whole 800-tsubo grounds as your own private space.
Yes. We check power capacity and go through the loading route beforehand. Do ask about using a generator truck.
Load-in the day before, set-up on the morning and rehearsal are all supported. The route for large equipment can be checked in advance. Access and wrap times are open to discussion.
Partial use can be discussed. We adjust the fee to the area you actually need — the garden alone, or a single room.
Yes. The garden lit at night and light coming through shoji both work well. Early-morning and late-night use is by separate arrangement.
To protect privacy and to comply with the law, we ask that filming follow the guidelines below. We take no part in permit or approval procedures with national or local authorities; filming must be carried out in compliance with the law, on the photographer's own responsibility.
[Compliance and where a drone may fly]
Indoors (guest floors and the like): flight in a space enclosed on all sides falls outside the Civil Aeronautics Act.
Semi-outdoors and outdoors (terrace seating, or with windows or doors open): as Tokyo is in principle designated a Densely Inhabited District (DID), the Act applies. Where filming that includes the terrace requires permission or approval from the MLIT and registration of the aircraft, the photographer must complete those procedures in advance without fail. (We may ask to see the permit on the day.)
Privacy and likeness rights: during normal opening hours we decline filming as a rule, as other guests may appear in the footage and their privacy be infringed. Please film only under a private-hire plan.
[Disclaimer]
Should a crash or other incident cause an accident, injury, damage to our fixtures, or a legal dispute with a third party, we can accept no responsibility whatsoever. Safety and all other matters remain the photographer's responsibility.
Jisaku's own crew bento is available, and individual kaiseki can be prepared for cast and VIP guests.
From arranging a recce
through to a quotation — do get in touch.