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Tokyo

capital and largest city of Japan

Japan · 35.6894, 139.6917

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Tokyo is recorded as a filming location for 14 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Tokyo, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 34 more. 26 video games, 27 anime and 2 manga are also set here.

68 productions were filmed at 301 places inside Tokyo rather than at Tokyo itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Principal photography began in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, with the scene in which Saito first hires Cobb during a helicopter flight over the city.”
Inception (2010) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Tokyo

The 4 most widely covered are above. The other 11 filmed in Tokyo:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Tokyo as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

And 112 more, per Wikipedia:

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Tokyo

68 productions shot at 301 places inside Tokyo, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Tokyo itself.

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 8, each with the place inside Tokyo it was shot at:

  • Little Glee Monster 5th Celebration Tour 2019 〜MONSTER GROOVE PARTY〜 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  • Makihara Noriyuki Concert Tour 2011-12 "Heart to Heart" Tokyo International Forum
  • MONSTA X,JAPAN 1st LIVE TOUR 2018 "PIECE" Tokyo International Forum
  • NEVER END BEATNIK TOUR 08-09-THE ONE NIGHT STAND-Live at BUDOKAN Nippon Budōkan
  • Scandal Japan Title Match Live 2012: Scandal vs Budokan Nippon Budōkan
  • The Locker 2 Shibuya
  • ULTIMATE MC BATTLE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 -THE JUDGEMENT DAY- LIQUIDROOM
  • らき☆すた in 武道館〜あなたのためだから〜 Nippon Budōkan

The 120 most notable are above. Every place inside Tokyo, A to Z, with how many productions each carries:

Set here

Video games, Anime, Manga and Animated films that take place here. None of them is filmed anywhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

And 58 more set here:

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Tokyo, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

And 166 more, per Wikipedia:

Drawn from this place

Productions whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Tokyo as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Tokyo?

228 productions are recorded as filmed in Tokyo, 68 of them at places inside it, including Inception (2010), Lost in Translation (2003) and Tokyo Vice (2022–2024). 146 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Tokyo?

Inception (2010), covered by 97 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Tokyo?

Tokyo is in Japan. Its coordinates are 35.6894, 139.6917. The day trip guide for Tokyo, Japan lists 306 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Tokyo?

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (under 1 km), Nishi-Shinjuku (under 1 km), Greater Tokyo Area (under 1 km), Shinjuku Central Park (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Tokyo, Japan: 306 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.