Film Commissions are non-profit organizations to support and facilitate on-location shooting for the films, TV and other media. Himeji City established the Himeji Film Commission for that purpose and it has been successfully assisting various kinds of on-location shooting.

Himeji City is located in the central part of the Harima Plains in the southwest of Hyogo Prefecture. It has been developed as a hub for traffic in Western Japan since ancient times. Himeji is a rich repository of history; Himeji Castle, a National Treasure and World heritage; old rows of houses which produce an atmosphere of an old castle town; shrines and temples of distinctive grace, and so on. Himeji lies nestled between the gently undulating mountains with beautiful countryside at the foot and the calm Inland Sea. Many excellent films chose Himeji for location; "You Only Live Twice" starring Sean Connery, "Kagemusha" and "Ran" directed by a great director Akira Kurosawa are among them. The more recent one is "The Last Samurai" starring Tom Cruise. The experienced staff of the Film Commission who know fully about on-location shooting and local people who are eager to help develop film culture in Himeji. We all extend a cordial welcome to you!


On-location shooting of foreign films, domestic films, commercials, etc.


Office of the Himeji Film Commission 68 Honmachi, Himeji, Japan 670-0012 Phone: 81-792-87-3653 Fax: 81-792-87-3657 E-mail/fc@city.himeji.hyogo.jp


●All the services necessary for film production; scouting locations, research, etc. ●Permission to use premises and streets; Himeji Castle, Koko-Garden, Himeji Central Park, Engyo Temple on Mt. Shosha, etc. ●Finding accommodations ●Finding volunteer translators ●Finding extras

Himeji FC became a full member of AFCI, the Association of Film Commissioners International, on February 18, 2003.

●What is AFCI？
AFCI is an international organization for film commissioners who assist film, television and video production throughout the world. It has a network of film liaison professionals and offers location-related information to promote film industry.
AFCI was founded in 1975 and has expanded into a worldwide network of more than 300 commissions from 25 countries.
The head office is in Helena, Montana, USA.
Himeji FC became the sixth full member from Japan after Osaka, Kobe and so on.

●Benefits of AFCI membership
AFCI provides us a network and information on current events through its website. By becoming a member, we can use it to send a message from Himeji to attract people worldwide. It will lead to another successful promotion of on-location shooting for film and other media.

AFCNet, Asian Film Commissions Network, was established in Pusan, Korea with the participation of 18 film commissioners from Asia on October 10, 2004.

●What is AFCNet?
It is a network to promote mutual exchange and cooperation among film commissioners and film supporting organizations in Asia. It intends to activate film-related production in each area by building network and hope to contribute to the development of film culture of the world.

●Purpose of AFCNet
More and more films, TV dramas including international co-productions are being shot in foreign countries everywhere in Asia. Some cases, unfortunately, cased troubles because of differences in culture and the way of shooting. By sharing information among the film commissions concerned, we are trying to solve the problem and make the best location environment.

●AFCNet regular members

The name of the country	The name of the commission
Japan	Sapporo Film Commission
	Tokyo Location Box
	Yokohama Film Commission
	Nagoya Location Navi
	Osaka Film Commission
	Kobe Film Office
	Himeji Film Commission
	Fukuoka Film Commission
	Nagasaki Film & Media Commission
	Okinawa Film Office
Korea	Busan Film Commission
	Namdo Film Commission
	Seoul Film Commission
China	Western Movie Group Corp
China	Changchun Film Studio
Russia	Vladivostok Film Commission
Indonesia	Bali Film Commission
Malaysia	Multimedia Development Corporation