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Last updated: Feb. 3, 2016

This is a list of pro photo labs in Japan where you can process film, make professional photo prints, and scan slides and negatives. The number of pro labs have shrunk quite a bit during recent years.

Tokyo

Horiuchi Color - Aoyama

Address: 東京都渋谷区神宮前3-41-6

Jingumae 3-41-6

Japan

150-0001

Phone: (03) 3479-5351

Fax: (03) 3479-5490

Email:

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#aoyama

Hours: M-F 9:00-19:00, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, 2nd and 4th Sat. 9:00-12:00 pickup only, closed Sun.

Other Info: Aoyama branch of this leading pro lab chain. Also houses the Digital Imaging Center and Archive Support Center.

Japan Near Gaienmae Station (Ginza subway line). Map: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/aoyama.html

Horiuchi Color - Kanda

Address: 東京都千代田区神田小川町2-6-14

Kanda Ogawamachi 2-6-14

Japan

101-0052

Phone: (03) 3295-2191

Fax: (03) 3295-0710

Email:

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#kanda

Hours: M-F 9:00-19:00, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, 2nd and 4th Sat. 9:00-12:00 pickup only, closed Sun.

Other Info: Kanda branch of this leading pro lab chain.

Japan Near Ogawamachi Station (Toei Shinjuku subway line) and Ochanomizu Station (JR and Marunouchi Lines). Map: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/kanda.html

Horiuchi Color - Shinjuku

Address: 東京都新宿区新宿1-6-5

Shinjuku 1-6-5

Japan 160-0022

Phone: (03) 3226-9581

Fax: (03) 3226-9554

Email:

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#shinjuku

Hours: M-F 9:00-19:00, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, 2nd and 4th Sat. 9:00-12:00 pickup only, closed Sun.

Other Info: Shinjuku branch of this leading pro lab chain.

Japan Near Shinjuku Gyoen-mae Station (Marunouchi subway line). Map: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/shinjuku.html

Horiuchi Color - Suginami (Tokyo)

Address: 東京都杉並区和田1-6-7

1-6-7 Wada

Japan

166-0012

Phone: (03) 3383-3321

Fax: (03) 3382-7493

Email:

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#suginami

Hours: M-F 9:00-19:00, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, 2nd and 4th Sat. 9:00-12:00 pickup only, closed Sun.

Other Info: Main office of this pro lab chain.

Japan Near Nakano Fujimi-cho Station (Marunouchi subway line). Map: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/suginami.html

National Photo / Mono Lab National

Address: 東京都渋谷区神宮前6-13-11 NPビル

NP Bldg., Jingumae 6-13-11

Japan

150-0001

Phone: (03) 3486-7761

Fax: (03) 3797-6337

Web Site: http://www.nationalphoto.co.jp/Monolab/index.htm

Hours: 9:30-18:30 (till 17:00 on Sat.), closed Sun. and national holidays

Other Info: Pro B/W lab. Also processes normal color film and rents camera equipment.

Japan Near Jingumae Station on Chiyoda subway line.

Pro-Lab Create - Ginza

Address: 〒104-0061東京都中央区銀座5-1 銀座ファイブ 2F

Ginza Five Bldg. 2nd floor, Ginza 5-1

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Japan 104-0061

Phone: (03) 5537-3721

FAX：(03) 5537-3727

Web Site: http://www.prolab-create.jp/storelist/

Hours: 10:00-19:00, closed year end and New Year's

Other Info: Ginza branch of this pro lab chain. Uses Fuji Film chemicals and products. Near JR Yurakucho Station and Ginza Station.

Pro-Lab Create - Shinjuku

Address: 東京都新宿区西新宿6-12-6

Nishi Shinjuku 6-12-6

Japan

160-0023

Phone: (03) 3342-9811

FAX：(03) 3342-9381

Web Site: http://www.prolab-create.jp/storelist/

Hours: 9:00-21:00 (till 17:00 on Sat. when open), closed 2nd and 4th Sat., Sun., and national holidays

Other Info: Shinjuku branch of this pro lab chain. Uses Fuji Film chemicals and products. A photo gallery is also in the office.

Japan Near JR Shinjuku Station West Exit and Nishi Shinjuku subway station. Close to the Hilton Hotel.

Shashin Kosha　写真引社

Address: 東京都中央区銀座2-9-14 銀座サービスセンター

Ginza Service Center (PhotoArt Ginza)

Ginza 2-9-1 Chuo-ku, Tokyo

JAPAN 104-0061

Phone: (03) 3561-6109 (Ginza Service Center)

Fax: (03) 3563-0372 (Ginza Service Center

東京都千代田区鍛冶町2-8-9 神田サービスセンター

Kanda Service Center

Kajicho 2-8-9

Japan 101-0044

Phone: (03) 3254-3521 (Kanda Service Station)

Fax: (03) 3254-3583 (Kanda Service Station)

Web Site: http://www.shashinkosha.co.jp/english/

Hours: Unknown

Other Info: Besides film processing and printing, they offer print matting/mounting and other services. There are two stores: Ginza Service Center is near Ginza subway station and Ginza Itchome Station. Kanda Service Center near JR Kanda Station.

THE PRINTS

Address: 東京都新宿区中井2-7-24

Japan 2-7-24 Nakai

Japan

161-0035

Phone: 03-3953-1918

Fax: 03-3953-9027

Web Site: http://www.theprints.jp/

Hours: M-F 10:00-19:00

Other Info: Services: B+W processing / printing, C type prints, Platinum+Palladium Prints, Alternative Photographic Processes

Near Nakai station on the Oedo and Seibu-Shinjuku lines, 5-minute walk.

Osaka

Horiuchi Color - Osaka

Address: 大阪府大阪市北区万歳町3-17

Banzai-cho 3-17

Japan 530-0028

Phone: (06) 6313-2351

Fax: (06) 6313-3575

Email: osaka@horiuchi-color.co.jp

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#osaka

Hours: M-F 9:00-21:00, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, 2nd and 4th Sat. 9:00-12:00 pickup only, closed Sun.

Other Info: Osaka branch and head office of this leading pro lab chain. It also houses the Archive Support Center and Osaka Media Center.

Near Nakazaki-cho Station (Tanimachi subway line). Also walkable from JR Osaka Station East Exit. Map: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/osaka.html

Pro-Lab Create - Osaka

Address: 〒541－0053大阪市中央区本町4丁目6番17号　IS本町ビル1F

IS Honmachi Bldg. 1st floor

Honmachi 4-6-17, Chuo-ku, Osaka

Japan 541－0053

Phone: (06) 6261-2323

FAX：(06) 6261-3737

Web Site: http://www.prolab-create.jp/storelist/

Hours: 9:00-18:00, closed Sat., Sun., national holidays

Other Info: Near Honmachi Station on Yotsubashi/Midosuji subway line.

Central Japan

Horiuchi Color - Nagoya

Address: 愛知県名古屋市中区錦1-11-20

Nishiki 1-11-20, Naka-ku

Japan 460-0003

Phone: (052) 211-6151

Fax: (052) 204-0374

Email: nagoya@horiuchi-color.co.jp

Web Site: http://www.horiuchi-color.co.jp/office/index.html#nagoya

Hours: M-F 9:00-18:00, 1st and 5th Sat. 9:00-17:00, closed Sun.

Other Info: Nagoya branch of this leading pro lab chain.

Near Fushimi Station (Higashiyama subway line).

FAQ

Which pro labs are the best?

In Tokyo, Horiuchi Color and Pro Lab Create (which uses Fuji Film materials) are among the most patronized professional labs, especially in Tokyo. They have branches in other Japanese cities.

Anybody can use these pro labs, not only pro photographers. Processing time for color transparency film is usually about 2 hours. If you want your film or print to be processed to exact specifications, use a pro lab. Most of these labs also offer digital imaging services.

What about other pro labs besides those listed in PhotoLabs?

Of course there are more pro labs than you see in the PhotoLabs listings.

The September issue of Commercial Photo magazine (published by Genkosha) has a pro lab supplement which lists the major pro labs across Japan.

How do I communicate in Japanese at a pro lab or photofinisher?

See PhotoJapanese and PhotoWords. It teaches basic phrases and vocabulary that will come in handy when you deal with the lab or photofinisher. They include print sizes (5 x 7, 8 x 10, etc.).