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
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 Friday, April 11, – Sunday, June 29, 2025
or
2. 80 days between Wednesday, July 9 – Friday, September 26, 2025
or
3. 169 days between Sunday, April 11, – Friday, September 26, 2025
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.
Usage fee
1. Sasazuka
80 days：44,800 yen
169 days：94,640 yen
2. Hatagaya
80 days：39,200 yen
169 days：82,810 yen
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
169 days between Friday, April 11, – Friday, September 26, 2025
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.
Usage fee
169 days：201,110 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.
Thursday, January 16 – Monday, February 17, 15:00, 2025
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.
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Planning Division, Planning Department, Arts Council Tokyo
TEL：03-6256-8853（Weekday 10:00-18:00）
form
April – September, 2025
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
