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1967 / ON LOCATION

You Only Live Twice — Tokyo

Bond’s 1960s Tokyo moves between modern infrastructure, spectacle and carefully staged cultural encounter.

Explore the world ↓5 places · Screen & city
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A world beyond the screen

Follow You Only Live Twice — Tokyo through 5 real places in Tokyo. Bond’s 1960s Tokyo moves between modern infrastructure, spectacle and carefully staged cultural encounter.

Follow the streets, stages and rooms connected to You Only Live Twice — Tokyo. Each stop explains what happened there, what remains today and how the place fits the wider cultural story.

01 / The map

Find your way in.

5 public-place or area references. Private properties and unlocated historic sites stay off the map.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: Ginza
02 / The places

Where it happened.

Read the connection, see what remains, and plan around the real place.

Ginza in tokyo01
CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

Ginza

Ginza provides Chūō orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.

Before you go

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Tokyo Tower in tokyo02
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Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower provides Minato orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.

Before you go

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Sensō-ji in tokyo03
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Sensō-ji

Sensō-ji provides Asakusa orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.

Before you go

Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.

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Shinjuku Station in tokyo04
CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

Shinjuku Station

Shinjuku Station provides Shinjuku orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.

Before you go

Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.

Explore this place ↗︎
Yoyogi Park in tokyo05
CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park provides Shibuya orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.

Before you go

Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.

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03 / One way through

Follow You Only Live Twice — Tokyo through the city

A suggested story order, with practical access notes at every stop.

Follow the journey →
  1. 01GinzaChūō
  2. 02Tokyo TowerMinato
  3. 03Sensō-jiAsakusa
  4. 04Shinjuku StationShinjuku
  5. 05Yoyogi ParkShibuya
Stay in the world

Wake up close to the story.

Places to stay in Tokyo, selected as practical bases for exploring the mapped locations in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo.

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Shibuya

A Shibuya base for crossing, park and pop-culture routes. Its neighbourhood overlaps the geography mapped in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo.

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K5 Tokyo

Nihonbashi

A small eastern-central base for Ginza, Tsukiji and older-city routes. Its neighbourhood overlaps the geography mapped in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo.

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Hyatt

Park Hyatt Tokyo

Shinjuku

The exact hotel at the centre of the Lost in Translation World. Its neighbourhood overlaps the geography mapped in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo.

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A stay is identified as an actual screen, music or cultural location only where the card says so. Always check the route to the places you want to visit, current room terms and accessibility before booking.

Experience it

Step beyond the map.

Bookable activities anchored to this World’s actual places, with live itineraries left to the operator.

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Experience Ginza and Chūō

Chūō

Search bookable experiences around Ginza, a mapped place in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo. Confirm that the current itinerary includes it before booking.

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Go deeper around Tokyo Tower

Minato

Search bookable experiences around Tokyo Tower, a mapped place in You Only Live Twice — Tokyo. Confirm that the current itinerary includes it before booking.

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Marketplace results are not described as official or title-specific tours unless the operator explicitly says so. Confirm the itinerary, meeting point and access before booking.

What’s happening

A reason to stay longer.

Exact title and mapped-place matches come first. A clearly labelled city film or music programme may follow when it helps extend the journey.

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Official venue programme

What’s on at National Film Archive of Japan

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A current official film and screen programme for visitors extending You Only Live Twice — Tokyo into the wider Tokyo cultural calendar. It is not presented as a title-specific event.

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A shared venue or neighbourhood connects a programme to the map; a city-level programme connects only to the World’s medium. Neither implies a themed event, cast appearance or artist performance. Confirm dates, location, access and tickets with the organiser.

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Take the world home

Watch. Listen. Read. Own.

Exact-title physical editions, records, books, memorabilia and genuinely matched Printed Originals pieces for You Only Live Twice — Tokyo.

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You Only Live Twice — Tokyo on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD

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You Only Live Twice — Tokyo scripts and making-of books

Browse screenplays, making-of books and published histories connected to this World.

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You Only Live Twice — Tokyo memorabilia

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The source notes

Filming locations, live venues, recording history, and lyrical geography are labelled separately. Location photographs are not production stills or exact screen matches.

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