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START Box SasaHataHatsu
START Box Odaiba
2nd 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


A creative activity space that utilizes an unused/vacant municipal property along the waterways of Shibuya-ku (Tokyo Metropolitan Road Route 431, Tsunohazu Izumi-cho line). All spaces are private rooms, making it easy to concentrate. There is also a socializing space on the Sasazuka side.

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
1. 80 days between Monday, October 7 – Wednesday, December 25, 2024
or
2. 80 days between Wednesday, January 8 – Friday, March 28, 2025
or
3. 167 days between Monday, October 7, 2024 – Friday, March 28, 2025
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.
*In the case of 3, dates exclude Sunday, December 29 2024 – Friday, January 3 2025.

Usage fee
1. Sasazuka
80 days:44,800 yen
167 days:93,520 yen
2. Hatagaya
80 days:39,200 yen
167 days:81,830 yen

START Box Odaiba


A creative activity space provided through a tie up with Tokyo Metropolitan housing corporations and utilizing a vacant property in public housing in Odaiba.

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
167 days between Monday, October 7, 2024 – Friday, March 28, 2025
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.

Usage fee
167 days:198,730 yen
*(for reference) Monthly rental price (30 days): 35,700 yen
* You can also pay in monthly instalments.

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, July 1 – Sunday, July 28, 2024

How to apply

Please read the Application Guidelines and Terms and Conditions and apply using the application form on the official website.
Documents summarizing past achievements and activity history (activity record, portfolio, etc.) (any format, up to 10MB) are required.

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

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Credit

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