Tokyo Swindlers Pilgrimage: From the Koanji Temple Location to the Real-Life Crime Scene
Tokyo Swindlers Pilgrimage: From the Koanji Temple Location to the Real-Life Crime Scene
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Tokyo Swindlers Pilgrimage: From the Koanji Temple Location to the Real-Life Crime Scene
In the Netflix series 'Tokyo Swindlers,' an 11.2-billion-yen land scam unfolds across familiar Tokyo cityscapes. From Tozenji Temple in Takanawa (which served as the target, 'Koanji Temple') and Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo where tense negotiations played out, all the way to Conrad Osaka... trace the filming locations and finish at the site of the real-life land fraud incident in Nishi-Gotanda (the former Kaikikan ryokan) that inspired the story. Explore the places where everyday life met high-stakes greed. *Note: Off-limits locations such as abandoned buildings and private properties are not included.
2026.08.23
·Total ~833km
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Tozenji Temple
The main hall of 'Koanji Temple'—the prime target of the 11.2-billion-yen scam in the series—was filmed here at Tozenji Temple in Takanawa. A historic Zen temple that once served as Japan's first British Legation in the late Edo period, this is the central landmark of the pilgrimage.
〒108-0074 東京都港区高輪３丁目１６−１６
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Keigenji Temple
The sprawling plot of land adjacent to 'Koanji Temple' was actually filmed in the parking lot of Keigenji Temple in Kitami, Setagaya, with the Takanawa skyline digitally composited over it. A historic Setagaya temple was the secret behind creating the drama's '10-billion-yen property.'
〒157-0067 東京都世田谷区喜多見４丁目１７−１
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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
A luxury hotel in Sekiguchi, Bunkyo where the swindlers hold multiple business meetings and negotiations. The on-site cafe (Cafe Foret) and the renowned historic garden became backdrops for their intense psychological battles.
〒112-8680 東京都文京区関口２丁目１０−８
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GOOD MORNING CAFE Nishikicho
A cafe in Kanda-Nishikicho used in the scene where one of the swindlers stakes out their target. It's fascinating to see an everyday casual cafe turn into the staging ground for a massive real estate heist.
〒101-0054 東京都千代田区神田錦町３丁目２０ 錦町トラッドスクエア 1F
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Geniee Headquarters
The boardroom scenes for the fictional real estate firm 'ABIRU Holdings' were filmed right here at the corporate headquarters of Geniee, Inc. (who officially announced their filming collaboration), located inside a Shinjuku high-rise.
〒163-6006 東京都新宿区西新宿６丁目８−１ 住友不動産新宿オークタワー6階
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Conrad Osaka
The luxury hotel where Takumi tails and monitors a person connected to the target. Overlooking the city from high above Nakanoshima, it serves as the stage when the story expands to Osaka.
〒530-0005 大阪府大阪市北区中之島３丁目２−４
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Gotanda
The real-life inspiration for the novel and series is the infamous 2017 Sekisui House land scam. Con artists impersonated the owner of Kaikikan, an old inn in Nishi-Gotanda, to swindle roughly 5.5 billion yen (the site is now private property). A fascinating final stop to see where the true crime story actually happened.
〒141-0022 東京都品川区東五反田１丁目２６