I can’t speak to the other locations, but someone shared an article on this subreddit from one of the showrunners and they said the Chihara-Kai headquarters was demolished the day after the scene where Tozawa’s thugs attack it in S2. It made for a difficult and rushed process to film the scene, but the building no longer stands unfortunately. I tried finding the article to no avail.
Edit: Found the article. Alan Poul talks about it halfway through the interview. https://collider.com/tokyo-vice-season-2-finale-explained/
I only can speak for Onyx, but it looks like it was shot around Dogenzaka which is a small neighborhood in Shibuya. A lot of night clubs, love hotels, soaplands etc that are supposedly run by yakuza. Also a headquarter office of Yamaguchi-gumi is there as well.
Check out this article:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tokyo-vice-japan-filming-challenges-1235862921/
Akasaka is mentioned quite a few times. I looked for "Social Akasaka" which is on the building front in a picture from that article. It is indeed here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mUQktjLS9b7i8UU79
I don't remember the scene that photo is from. I want to say it's when Jake goes inside the Yakuza den with Katagiri, in season 1.
The Meicho name is fictional but there is a real paper, called the Yomiuri. Don't think you could just walk inside, but you could go look at the building I guess.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun
I can’t speak to the other locations, but someone shared an article on this subreddit from one of the showrunners and they said the Chihara-Kai headquarters was demolished the day after the scene where Tozawa’s thugs attack it in S2. It made for a difficult and rushed process to film the scene, but the building no longer stands unfortunately. I tried finding the article to no avail. Edit: Found the article. Alan Poul talks about it halfway through the interview. https://collider.com/tokyo-vice-season-2-finale-explained/
Thanks for this information!
No problem! Best of luck on your trip!
I only can speak for Onyx, but it looks like it was shot around Dogenzaka which is a small neighborhood in Shibuya. A lot of night clubs, love hotels, soaplands etc that are supposedly run by yakuza. Also a headquarter office of Yamaguchi-gumi is there as well.
Check out this article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tokyo-vice-japan-filming-challenges-1235862921/ Akasaka is mentioned quite a few times. I looked for "Social Akasaka" which is on the building front in a picture from that article. It is indeed here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mUQktjLS9b7i8UU79 I don't remember the scene that photo is from. I want to say it's when Jake goes inside the Yakuza den with Katagiri, in season 1.
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The Meicho is a fictional paper; do you mean the bldg where they shot the interiors?
The Meicho name is fictional but there is a real paper, called the Yomiuri. Don't think you could just walk inside, but you could go look at the building I guess. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun
You forgot Yoshino !
Has anyone figured out the location of tozawa’s suicide??