Hall / theater Shinjuku

Nippon Seinenkan Hall

日本青年館ホール

Exterior of Nippon Seinenkan Hall
© Kakidai / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Max capacity
1,249 people (Nippon Seinenkan Hall (fixed seating), Theater)
Largest room
81㎡
Address
Tokyo 160-0013 4-1 Kasumigaoka-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Nearest stations
Gaienmae Station (Ginza Line) Exit 2b: 5 min walk / Kokuritsu-Kyogijo Station (Oedo Line) Exit A2: 10 min walk / Sendagaya Station and Shinanomachi Station (JR Chuo-Sobu Line, local trains): 12 min walk
Opening hours
The hall office is open for reception 9:00-17:00 (excluding non-performance days and closed days). The rental time slots are 9:00-17:00 / 13:00-22:00 / 9:00-22:00. Inquiries about open dates and provisional bookings are by phone only, with reception 9:00-15:00 (excluding the year-end and New Year period and closed days).
Official website
seinenkan-hall.com Guide for organizers

Rooms and capacity

RoomArea (㎡)Theater
Nippon Seinenkan Hall (fixed seating)1F: 811 seats and 4 wheelchair seats; 2F: 434 seats. The stage has a proscenium width of 19 m (12.6-18 m when the side curtains are used), a depth of 13.4 m (13 m when the horizon curtain is used), and a grid height of 18 m. —1,249
Rehearsal Room (Nara)Located on the dressing room floor on B1F. Double doors for soundproofing. A piano, long tables, chairs and partitions can be used. The usage fee is 10,000 yen per time slot (excluding tax; price list as of January 1, 2026). 81—

Source: seinenkan-hall.com (Capacities are the maximums the venue states; they change with layout and equipment.)

Official documents (floor plans, price lists, terms)

Operating rules (from the official website and documents)

Load-in and load-out

Within Tokyo, the hall has a loading entrance where an 11-ton truck can be parked on level ground (the stage drawing shows the loading entrance and the loading elevator). Loading and unloading from anywhere other than the designated loading and unloading area is prohibited. The basic hall rental time slots are 9:00-17:00 / 13:00-22:00 / 9:00-22:00, and the early-morning and extension fee is 60,000 yen per 30 minutes (excluding tax).

Source: seinenkan-hall.com

Delivery vehicle rules

Parking on the surrounding roads and the like is prohibited. The hall has no dedicated parking lot, and the paid parking lot in the basement of the same building cannot take microbuses or large buses; the entry height limit is 2.4 m.

Source: seinenkan-hall.com

Parking

The hall has no dedicated parking lot. Although there is no partnership, there is a paid parking lot on B1F and B2F of the same building (owned by the Japan Sport Council). From 7:00 to 23:00 it is 410 yen per 30 minutes (maximum 2,460 yen), and from 23:00 to 7:00 the next day it is 210 yen per 60 minutes (maximum 1,050 yen), with no discount for hall users. The vehicle limits are, for flat spaces, length 5.3 m, width 2.05 m, height 2.4 m and weight 2.3 t; for mechanical (lower tier) spaces, length 5.3 m, width 1.95 m, height 1.7 m and weight 2.3 t. Spaces are first come, first served, not reserved.

Source: seinenkan-hall.com

Waiting rooms and dressing rooms

There are 8 rooms on the dressing room floor on B1F: the organizer's waiting room Buna (14㎡, 4 seats, with a safe), Dressing Room 1 Kuri (14㎡), Room 2 Katsura (19㎡), Room 3 Sakura (25㎡), Room 4 Keyaki (25㎡), Room 5 Tochi (44㎡, space for 15 seats), Room 6 Sugi (31㎡, space for 11 seats) and the Rehearsal Room Nara (81㎡). From each room the stage can be checked on a monitor. There are also a lounge, shower rooms (4 in total), a laundry room (1 washing machine and 4 refrigerators), a kitchenette (microwave and refrigerator), a copier (10 yen per black-and-white page, 50 yen per color page) and WiFi.

Source: seinenkan-hall.com

Catering and outside food/drink

Guests are asked to refrain from eating and drinking in the auditorium.

Source: seinenkan-hall.com

Restaurants in the venue or building

Nippon Seinenkan Hotel, in the same building, has the restaurant East Wind Gaien on the 9th floor (120 seats, 200㎡). It is open to non-guests as well. The opening hours are breakfast 7:00-10:00 (last entry 9:30) and lunch 11:30-15:00 (L.O. 14:00).

Source: nippon-seinenkan.or.jp

Operating rules are limited to what each venue’s official website and official PDFs state. Items that are not listed are ones we could not find on the official website. Always confirm with the venue before you book. (Checked: Nov 2, 2026)

Nearby shops for when something goes wrong on the day

Print shops (large volume, large format)

For posters, panels and large print runs.

Convenience stores (multi-copy machines)

Small print runs, drinks, tape, batteries and similar.

100-yen shops

Masking tape, scissors, badge holders, extension cords, plastic bags and similar.

Don Quijote

For late-night or day-of-event shopping.

If you run out of drinks (same-day delivery)

This venue is in Kakuyasu's same-day delivery area. Kakuyasu (Nandemo Sake-ya Kakuyasu) “delivery from store” covers all 23 wards of Tokyo and all of Nishi Ward in Yokohama for same-day delivery (free shipping). Delivery slots are hourly from 10:00 to 22:00 (order cutoff 30 minutes before; some stores also offer the 9:00 slot). Besides alcohol, they also carry soft drinks such as tea.

Source: Kakuyasu: store delivery areas (Japanese) / Kakuyasu: delivery dates and times (Japanese)

Walking minutes are the straight-line distance to the venue divided by 80 m per minute, as a rough guide (the actual walking route is longer). Shop names and opening hours were checked on each company's official store page (as of Nov 2, 2026).

Nearby hotels

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