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FY2022 START Box: a creative activity space for artists

We are utilizing an unused, vacant property and opening it as a new creative activity space for artists. To lighten some of the burden involved in the creative work of artists, in addition to renting out the space at an affordable rate the aim is also to provide opportunities for new encounters and exchange by dint of having artists from diverse genres making use of the space at the same time.

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 name
START Box SasaHataHatsu

Facility location

  • Space I (three areas)
    1F, Building No. 42-15, Toei Sasazuka 2-chome Apartment, 2-42 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
  • Space II (three areas)
    1F, Building No. 52-1, Toei Hatagaya 2-chome Apartment, 2-52 Hatagaya. Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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

Application period
Monday, January 30 – Thursday, March 2, 2023

Rental period
73 days between Monday, April 17 – Wednesday, June 28, 2023
or
80 days between Monday, July 10 – Wednesday, September 27, 2023

START Box SasaHataHatsu application guidelines for artists(PDF) *In Japanese

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

START Box Roppongi *The application is now closed.

Ahead of full-scale implementation of this project, there will be a soft opening in Minato-ku’s Roppongi district under the name of “START Box Roppongi.”

Facility name
START Box Roppongi

Facility location
1F Yaguchi Bldg., 5-10-31 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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

Application period
Thursday, November 24 – Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Rental period
Tuesday, January 10 – Saturday, March 18, 2023

START Box Roppongi application guidelines for artists(PDF) *In Japanese

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

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