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START Box SasaHataHatsu
START Box Odaiba
1st recruitment

“START Box” offers new spaces for artists seeking places for creation

START Box is aimed at artists looking for an environment where they can create artworks. To support artists’ ongoing activities, the project provides creative activity spaces that utilize unused/vacant municipal and public housing properties at an affordable rental rate.


Facility
1. START Box SasaHataHatsu
2. START Box Odaiba

Target genres
Fine art, photography, visual arts such as media arts etc. (excluding theater, dance, etc.)

*Please check the official website for application details. *In Japanese

START Box SasaHataHatsu


We are opening START Box SasaHataHatsu on April 17, 2023 as a creative activity space for artists in Shibuya-ku’s Sasazuka and Hatagaya areas (within the SasaHataHatsu area of the “SasaHataHatsu Area Vision” plan formulated by Shibuya-ku).

Facility location
1. Sasazuka (three areas)
1F, Building No. 42-15, Toei Sasazuka 2-chome Apartment, 2-42 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

2. Hatagaya (three areas)
1F, Building No. 52-1, Toei Hatagaya 2-chome Apartment, 2-52 Hatagaya. Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Usage time
9:00-21:00 during the preferred periods as below

Rental period
80 days between Wednesday, April 10 – Friday, June 28, 2024
or
80 days between Sunday, July 7 – Tuseday, September 24, 2024
or
168 days between Wednesday, April 10 – Tuseday, September 24, 2024
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.
*One facility each in Sasazuka (three areas) and Hatagaya (three areas) may be utilized long term.

Usage fee
1. Sasazuka
80 days:44,800 yen
168 days:94,080 yen
2. Hatagaya
80 days:39,200 yen
168 days:82,320 yen

START Box Odaiba


We are opening START Box Odaiba on November 6, 2023 as a creative activity space for artists. The large space can be used by groups for collaborative production or individual creation.

Facility location
Building No. 4-101, Tomin Heim Daiba 5bangai, 1-5-4 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
*Comprises 1 x 57㎡ area

Usage time
9:00-21:00 during the preferred periods as below

Rental period
168 days between Wednesday, April 10 – Tuseday, September 24, 2024
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.

Usage fee
168 days:199,920 yen
*(for reference) Monthly rental price (30 days): 35,700 yen

Group usage
*If using in a group, all users must meet application requirements.
*In principle, up to 6 people including the applicant can use the facility as a group at the same time.

Application period

Monday, January 29, 2024 – Wednesday, February 28, 2024

How to apply

Please read the Application Guidelines and Terms of Use and apply online or by mail.

Application by online
Please fill in the necessary information in the application form on the official website.
*Please attach documents such as portfolios (only applicants need to supply portfolios)

Application by mail
Please send your application to the following address.

【Address】
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Coordinator, Planning Section, Planning Department, Arts Council Tokyo
Kudan First Place 5F & 8F, 4-1-28, Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073

Application guidelines *In Japanese

・START Box SasaHataHatsu[PDF
・START Box Odaiba[PDF

Contact

Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Coordinator, Planning Section, Planning Department, Arts Council Tokyo
TEL:03-6256-8853(Weekday 10:00-18:00)
form

Facility location

START Box SasaHataHatsu
– Sasazuka
1F, Building No. 42-15, Toei Sasazuka 2-chome Apartment, 2-42 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
– Hatagaya (three areas)
1F, Building No. 52-1, Toei Hatagaya 2-chome Apartment, 2-52 Hatagaya. Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

START Box Odaiba
Building No. 4-101, Tomin Heim Daiba 5bangai, 1-5-4 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Credit

Operation by
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)