 Filming of You Only Live Twice lasted from July 1966 to March 1967 . The film was shot primarily in Japan . Himeji Castle in Hyōgo was depicted as Tanaka 's ninja training camp . His private transportation hub was filmed at the Tokyo Metro 's Nakano @-@ shimbashi Station . As of 2011 , many of the fixtures in the station are unchanged from the time of filming . 
 Filming of You Only Live Twice lasted from July 1966 to March 1967 . The film was shot primarily in Japan . Himeji Castle in Hyōgo was depicted as Tanaka <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>ninja training camp . His private transportation hub was filmed at the Tokyo Metro <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Nakano @-@ shimbashi Station . As of 2011 , many of the fixtures in the station <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>are</mark></a>unchanged from the time of filming . 
Filming of youu Only Live Twice lasted from July 1966 to March 1967 . The film was shot primarily in Japan . Himeji Castle in Hyōgo was depicted as Tanaka  ninja training camp . His private transportation hub was filmed at the Tokyo Metro  Nakano @-@ shimbashi Station . As of 2011 , many of the fixtures in the station unchanged from the time of filming .