Stock Footage of Tokyo

Imperfect Takes

Clips with one small technical flaw, priced about 30% below standard footage. Each clip’s page explains the flaw.

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Licensing Japan & Toronto footage, the short version

What the studio filmed in Tokyo

The studio shot this library to cover the real city from the air and the street. You will find drone aerials over dense residential suburbs and rooftops at dusk. On the ground, they filmed suburban and JR trains, the Shinkansen, and railway crossings at night. There are establishing shots of Tokyo Tower, Shibuya Crossing, quiet streets, and the river waterfront with boats and bridges. Mastered in 4K and 5K Apple ProRes.

Who this library is for

If you are cutting a travel documentary, a city promo, a real-estate film, or a brand spot that needs Japan or Toronto on screen — without the budget to put a crew on location — this is the catalogue I point people to. It is built by Sacraw Studios, an independent Toronto studio that shoots every clip itself on location in Canada and Japan: Tokyo, Nikko, Hakone and Mount Fuji, a few smaller towns, plus the Toronto skyline and waterfront. It is not a contributor marketplace; nothing enters the library that the studio did not film. That is why it holds hundreds of clips instead of hundreds of thousands — and why it does not look like everyone else's b-roll.

What you actually download

Every purchase delivers the same file regardless of licence tier: a full-resolution Apple ProRes QuickTime master — 4K minimum (3840×2160 landscape, 2160×3840 vertical), with many clips at 5K, 6K or 8K where the source allows. No watermarks, no re-encodes, no quality tiers. Each product page carries a watermarked preview you can watch in full before buying, so you can judge framing, motion and grade with confidence. Some clips were shot in log; if you need the ungraded flat profile, the studio will tell you whether it is available for your clip.

How buying works

This page is the window; checkout, licensing and delivery all happen with the studio at sacrawstudios.com:

1. Pick a collection or clip here — links open the studio's store in a new tab.
2. Choose your licence tier — Social, Commercial or Broadcast — on the product page. The tier table above mirrors the store's own terms.
3. Check out in your local currency. Prices quoted on this page are CAD.
4. Download immediately: a secure link arrives by email. Keep a backup of your files.

Licences are worldwide and perpetual, and are held by the legal entity using the footage — if you are a freelancer cutting for an agency, the agency buys the licence. If a project outgrows its tier, you upgrade by paying the difference; there is no admin fee and no need to re-buy the clip.

Disclosure: Sacraw Studios is a commercial partner of this site — purchases made through these links support StevieTheWanderer.