CINE-FI Lalaport PIT Drive-In
2 Chome-1-1 Hamacho,
Funabashi,
Chiba
273-8530
2 Chome-1-1 Hamacho,
Funabashi,
Chiba
273-8530
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Correction: When the drive-in was relocated to the adjacent Wangan Minami Parking Lot and twinned on February 16, 1993, the first screen opened that evening, while the second screen opened the following month on March 13, 1993. At the time, it was managed by both Daijiro Kuwata and Tetsuo Mikami, and as mentioned above is Shochiku operated.
It was also marked one of the largest drive-in theaters ever in Japan at the time, housing 430 cars from both screens (250 in Screen 1 and 180 in Screen 2). The total capacity of the drive-in is an average size of a normal drive-in theater in the United States.
After its relocation, the original drive-in site that operated from its August 16, 1981 opening with 208 cars until its relocation in February 1993 became a parking lot.
Actual opening date is August 16, 1981 with a capacity of 208 cars. It was twinned on February 16, 1993 when it partially relocated to the adjacent Wangan Minami Parking Lot for a racing track but kept the same address, and expanded its car capacity to 430 cars (with 250 cars in Screen 1 and 180 cars in Screen 2). This was due to the change to a paid parking lot.
This was actually the second ever drive-in theater to operate in Japan. The first one, the Western Drive-In in Tokyo, opened by Toho in November 1962. However, this was the first drive-in to be operated by Shochiku.