J-Drama Pilgrimage | 家族ノカタチ Kazoku no Katachi (2016) — BEACON Tower Residence / Daisuke & Hanako’s Apartment Exterior

Drama: TBS『家族ノカタチ』 / Kazoku no Katachi / THE STATE OF UNION (2016), scoped to the original 10-episode TBS television series broadcast from 17 January to 20 March 2016.

The filming-location record identifies BEACON Tower Residence in Shinonome, Koto, as the recurring high-rise used for the apartment building where Nagasato Daisuke and Kumagai Hanako live. The premise is established in Episode 1, broadcast 17 January 2016: Daisuke has finally bought the condominium he wanted, only to find his carefully controlled single life disrupted by family, while Hanako lives one floor above him.

The real building remains an active private residential tower at 1-9-43 Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo. Current property information describes a 41-storey, 440-unit residence completed in 2009. This memory is therefore anchored to the building/site rather than to any private unit. Production references sometimes associate the fictional characters with particular floor or room numbers, but those should not be treated as visitor-accessible destinations.

Pilgrimage note: view only from lawful public space and respect residents’ privacy. Do not enter residential areas, lobbies, corridors, parking areas, or other private facilities for drama sightseeing. The stored coordinate is a building-level map pin, not an exact doorway, balcony, apartment, actor position, or camera mark.