Toho · 1954 · Tokyo built at 1:25 in Seijo
Shinagawa, Ginza, the Diet and Kachidoki Bridge were not filmed in the street. They were built as models on Toho’s lot in Seijo and knocked down there. The real places are still standing, and so is the studio sign in the photograph.
The walk
The model monster crosses the city in a few minutes of film. Pick a stop by its minute.
About 43 minutes in
Tokyo Fox says Godzilla “promptly destroys” Shinagawa Station about 43 minutes in. It gives no address.
Wikipedia says that after surfacing from Tokyo Bay, Godzilla attacks Shinagawa.
A working interchange station; walk in with a ticket or look from the street.
The scale
Wikipedia says Godzilla stands 50 m tall in the film and most miniatures were built at 1:25. The Diet’s central tower is 65.45 m, taller than he is. Set the scale for the Diet model and watch it against the monster, shown at 1:25.
2.62 m Diet tower at 1:25
2.00 m monster at 1:25
At 1:25 the Diet tower stands 2.62 m and the monster 2.00 m. The building looms over him.
The film’s Diet was built at 1:33 so it would look smaller than Godzilla.
Wikipedia says the Diet Building was completed on 7 November 1936, has nine floors and a central tower 65.45 m tall. The film’s miniature of the Diet was built at 1:33 so that it would look smaller than Godzilla, Wikipedia says.
Wikipedia says most of the film was shot on the Toho lot, and most miniatures were built at 1:25 scale. The Ginza miniature was built by Kintaro Makino’s crew of 30 to 40 carpenters in about a month, Wikipedia says.
Bravo
Wikipedia says the tuna boat Daigo Fukuryu Maru was exposed to fallout from the US Castle Bravo test at Bikini Atoll on 1 March 1954, with 23 crew.
Wikipedia says the 1954 Toho film was inspired in part by the event. The hall opened on 10 June 1976 and shows the actual ship, with panels on the radiation damage, the anti-nuclear movement and nuclear testing, the official site says.
Outside are a memorial to Aikichi Kuboyama, the ship’s engine and a tuna memorial.
Open 9:30 to 16:00, closed every Monday (or the next weekday after a Monday holiday); admission is free. It is a short walk from Shin-Kiba Station.
Yumenoshima, Tokyo
The boat itself, under a steel roof in Yumenoshima Park. Open 9:30 to 16:00, closed Mondays, admission free.
See the hallGo and find it
Wako, the Diet, Shinagawa, Kachidoki Bridge, Godzilla Square and the exhibition hall are open to see. The studio is a working lot, seen from the road. Ijika’s fishing port, where Odo Island was shot, is named by the sources and not pinned.
8 places to see in Tokyo and Mie, from the Ginza crossing to a shrine in Toba.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A small shrine in the town of Toba. Walk in quietly; the shrine is a place of worship. The fishing port at Ijika, where other Odo Island scenes were shot, is a separate trip along the coast and is not pinned.
Odo Island, Mie · Kata Shrine, Toba, Mie Prefecture
Wikipedia says the Odo Island scenes were shot on location on the Shima Peninsula in Mie Prefecture, with the crew based in Toba. Odo Island itself is fictional.
A small shrine in the town of Toba. Walk in quietly; the shrine is a place of worship. The fishing port at Ijika, where other Odo Island scenes were shot, is a separate trip along the coast and is not pinned.
Stay
A hotel a short walk from the Wako clock tower.
Ginza, Tokyo
A hotel on Ginza Renga-dori in 3-chome, a short walk from the Wako clock tower at the 4-chome crossing. Pictured: Wako, 2024.
Check roomsGo there
The hall that keeps the ship, and walking tours of Ginza.
Yumenoshima, Tokyo
The boat itself, under a steel roof in Yumenoshima Park. Open 9:30 to 16:00, closed Mondays, admission free.
See the hallGinza, Tokyo
Live marketplace results for walks of Ginza and central Tokyo. Check which routes pass Wako, Kachidoki Bridge or Godzilla Square.
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Kata Shrine, Toba, Mie Prefecture
The island village and its festival dance are shot in Toba, Mie, with Ijika’s port and Kata Shrine standing in for a fictional island.
Toho Studios, Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo
Ginza and the rest of Tokyo are built as 1:25 models at Toho Studios and knocked down on the lot.
Shinagawa Station, Minato, Tokyo
Godzilla comes out of Tokyo Bay and destroys Shinagawa Station, about 43 minutes in.
Wako building, Ginza 4-chome, Chuo, Tokyo
Godzilla rips the clock from the Wako building about 59 minutes in.
In June 1954 the real clock begins sounding Westminster-style chimes; the film opens that October.
National Diet Building, Nagatacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
The Diet is damaged about three minutes after the clock scene, in a model built smaller than Godzilla.
Kachidoki Bridge over the Sumida River, Chuo, Tokyo
Godzilla destroys Kachidoki Bridge about 63 minutes in, on his way back to the sea.
Yumenoshima Park, Koto, Tokyo
Fallout from the Castle Bravo test reaches the Daigo Fukuryu Maru on 1 March 1954; the film is inspired in part by it.
Godzilla Square, Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
A Godzilla statue stands in the Hibiya and Yurakucho district of Tokyo.
Places to stay
Facing the Imperial Palace at Yurakucho.
1, 千代田区, 100-0006 · Source · Check dates on Expedia (Ad / affiliate)
A setting in 1Q84 (2010). Where Shirō Ōtsuji died.
4, Toranomon, Minato, 105-0001 · Source · Check dates on Expedia (Ad / affiliate)
Seen in You Only Live Twice, with a garden dating back four centuries.
1, Chiyoda, 102-8578 · Source · Check dates on Expedia (Ad / affiliate)
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National Film Archive of Japan · 650 m from Wako, Ginza 4-chome
National Film Archive of Japan · 650 m from Wako, Ginza 4-chome
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