Shingekijo Theater

50sSNIPES on February 22, 2026 at 1:46 am

There’s not a lot of information that I can find about this one. The Egawa Theater opened in May 1930, and was renamed the Asakusa Shochiku New Theater in December 1931. As of that time, it was designed by Kato Architects and Engineers, and is a steel-framed reinforced concrete structure with one basement floor and three aboveground floors.

It was last known as the Asakusa New Theater since 1953, and had that name until its October 21, 2012 closure. The exact address is 2-9-11 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo. This was never known as the Chueigekijo Theater. There is a second theater nearby called the Asakusa Meigaza, which opened in 1955 and closed on that same day.