Do you love watching in a movie theater or a cinema (or whatever you call it in your country)?
Yeah I do.
But I’ve been living in Japan for 15 months now and I have never been to any of their cinemas, not even once because aside from there were no great movies to watch, I find it quite expensive for one movie. My boyfriend and I usually watch movies at least once a month in the Ph because it’s way cheaper than Japan. However, last Saturday, Iza and the guys wanted to watch Black Panther and me being a cheapo asked my friends who watched it already to make sure that the movie is gonna be worth it. This isn’t going to be a review but I’ll rate the movie later *wink.
After convincing myself to try, I finally decided to give it a try it but before that I did some research. HAHA. The only cinema available near my place is TOHO CINEMA, it is located just infront of my workplace, usually TOHO cinemas are located within a shopping mall and in my city it’s located in ZAZA City, on the 3rd floor.
So here are the prices just incase you want to experience watching movie in Japan.
For the regular price:
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General
¥ 1,800
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University/College Student
¥ 1,500
(Bring your student ID card)
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High school student
¥ 1,000
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Middle / elementary school student (Jr. High, Elementary)
¥ 1,000
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Infant (3 years old ~)/Child (3 & up)
¥ 1,000
They also offer discount service, just like what we did last Saturday, we bought the late show and it only cost us 1,300 JPY each, we saved 500 JPY.
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TOHO CINEMAS DAY (every 14th of the month)
¥ 1,100
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Cine MILEAGE Day (Tuesdays)
¥ 1,400
(If you’re a member, you’ll only have to pay 1,400 JPY on Tuesdays)
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First Day (e.g March 01)
¥ 1,100
(On the 1st of every month, the movie is only 1,100 yen.)
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Women’s Day or Ladies’ Service Day (Wednesdays)
¥ 1,100
(You can treat your sister or mother and only pay 1,100 JPY each).
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AU Monday (Mondays)
General · Undergraduate ¥ 1,100
High school student or less ¥ 900(for AU smartpass, AU smartpass premium and videopass members only)
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Late Show (showings after 20: 00)
¥ 1,300
(Admission fee after 8 p.m. is 1,300 yen.)
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Senior Discount (60 & up)
¥ 1,100
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PWD Discount
¥ 1,000
(One accompanying adult can also get a discount same as the PWD).
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Senior Couple Discount (One person over 50 years old)
Two people \ 2,200
(If you’re a senior couple over 50 year old, you can get ticket for only 2,200 JPY for two).
You can visit their website here.
You can purchase tickets in advance online, they have English translation, or just get it at the ticket booth.





Shin-Chan! Na-miss ko iyan ah! =)) “Mommy! Mommy!” “Hoy Carmen Bilbil!”
On a side note, karamihan din ng film studios ay nag-diversify sa pagtatayo ng movie houses. Parang attempt din sa pag-diversify into real estate, but mostly for film distribution. 🙂 Yung Toho kasi, puro kaijuu films yung specialty nila (e.g. the original Godzilla noong 60s and 70s.)
Another example would be yung Shaw Brothers; yun naman, film studio yun na puro period kung-fu yung specialty. Di na sila masyadong active sa paggawa ng movies nowadays, pero may mga tinayo silang sinehan sa Singapore that are still active today. 🙂
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Wow! That’s really an interesting fact about cinemas, it’s funny that I know nothing about TOHO and the like (kasi I’m too lazy to read stuff). I’ve never heard about Shaw Brothers too 😦
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Oh my gosh, looks so awesome!! I’d love to go to the movies in Japan!
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You gotta try a lot of things too when you come here lol 😀
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I really hope I do get to go to Japan someday!
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Went with my teenage son and daughter. I really enjoyed the movie. Great post. I’ll have to show my kids later. We love reading about your adventures in Japan. So funny that everyone is silent. I have an uncle that loves asking questions and talking through the whole movie. People get mad and I was always shushing him throughout the whole movie…politely of course. It was like he didn’t hear me, along with everyone else saying shhhhhh…
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Wow that was really sweet, I don’t think I have a memory of me going in a cinema with my mom. They always go together with my dad but never without the kids (us) hahaha. I can see that you’re really close with your kids.
Thank you for showing my clogs to them, this is one of the reasons why I kept sharing things hehe.
You’ll be surprise how silent the people are here, if you’re gonna watch with your uncle here please tell him in advance haha. I can imagine you shusing a very innocent uncle asking questions about the movie lol, we have a friend who’s always like that because he always miss the joke and would ask why everyone is laughing.
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Forgot to mention to you that I nominated you for the Versatile blogging award. It was about a week ago, been kind of busy. Check it out here https://ourlittleredhouseblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/versatile-blogger-award/
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I just checked it now, I didn’t know you nominated me because it didn’t appear on my notification. Thank you. For nominating me btw 😭😭 that is tears of joy 😘 I’ll be happy doing it after doing my stuff here. Again, thank you so much 😊
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Medj funny yung mga photobombers mo. I like how you confidently wear that lippie. Ang off-topic ng mga observations ko. HAHAHAHAHA.
Parang ang hirap nung tahimik. Wahahahaha. Hindi ko yata kaya ito. Hahahaha. Di ko pa napapanood yang Black Panther. Sana may magyaya sakin tapos ilibre ako. Haha.
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ganyan yang mga yan, kaso nakakahiyang magrequest ng solo pic hahaha, minsan ang banat ko “I’ll take photo of you” tapos after nun titingin ako ng me-too hahaha
yung lippie yan yung gamit ko nung meetup pero medyo faded na sya nung dumating ka, sayang naman hindi ko magagamt kasi bawal sya sa school so take every opportunity to wear 😀
itay ko na ba yung pwede man libre sayo? haha
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HAHAHAHAHA ayun lang. Wala ko mareply. Antok.
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Grabe, medyo hassle naman yung hindi pwede magreact! Haha
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hahahahahahaha, kaya wag manood ng horror dito or comedy lol
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Hello Sensei! Hala, parang ayaw ko na manood ng sine sa Japan. Malakas pa naman akong tumawa!
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