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FY2023 START Box: Improving the Creative Environment 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 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 name
START Box Odaiba

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

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

Rental period
137 days between Monday, November 6, 2023 – Wednesday, March 27, 2024
*Cannot be used between Friday, December 29, 2023 – Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
*Installation/dismantling of goods/articles included.

Application period
Monday, September 4 – Thursday, October 5, 2023
*Please check the official website for application details. *In Japanese

Application guidelines
START Box Odaiba application guidelines for artists(PDF) *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 name
START Box SasaHataHatsu

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

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

Rental period
80 days between Monday, October 9 – Wednesday, December 27, 2023
or
80 days between Monday, January 8 – Wednesday, March 27, 2024
or
165 days between Monday, October 9, 2023 – Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Application period

*The reception is now closed.

Tuesday, August 1 – Friday, September 1, 2023
*Please check the official website for application details. *In Japanese

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

Venues

In Tokyo

Credit

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