Outside Tokyo Bitcoin Base near Yotsuya Station. Unveiled on 25 Apr 2025 at the Base’s grand opening.
📖 The story
- Artist
- Valentina Picozzi (Satoshigallery).Sources: Bitcoin Austria: Satoshi statue page
- Unveiled
- 25 Apr 2025, at the grand opening of Tokyo Bitcoin Base (about 100 guests).Sources: Forbes (8 Sep 2025)
- Commissioned by
- Reported Tokyo Bitcoin Base, which was opened by Fulgur Ventures. Who bought the statue has not been stated.Sources: Forbes (8 Sep 2025)
- What the design means
- Seated hacker with a laptop on his lap, built from 61 thin mirror-polished stainless-steel profiles with gaps between them (a technique taken from sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae), on a Corten-steel base. It is clear from the side and almost invisible head-on, standing for Satoshi's anonymity and retreat from public life. Someone standing behind it is reflected in the face, so "We are all Satoshi". The "cliché" hacker deliberately honours all the developers who built Bitcoin. It was unveiled alongside the Base's mission to "make Japan a great Bitcoin nation again".Sources: Bitcoin Austria: Vienna unveiling Forbes (8 Sep 2025)
- Series
- Reported Reported as the 3rd of the series: Forbes called it "currently just one of three in the world" at the opening.Sources: Forbes (8 Sep 2025)
Only facts we could source. Items tagged “Reported” are not fully confirmed.
🧭 Visiting
Getting there
Tokyo Bitcoin Base lists its access as a 6-minute walk from Yotsuya Station, and a 9-minute walk from both Ichigaya Station and Akebonobashi Station. That's from the venue's website as archived in Nov 2025. The live site showed a maintenance notice on 2026-10-21.
Per OpenStreetMap, the nearest Yotsuya Station entrance is about 320 m away, and Akebonobashi (Toei Subway, S03) about 640 m. Parking is unverified.
Exact spot
Outside Tokyo Bitcoin Base, 2-8 Yotsuya-Honshiocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0003 (Forbes: the statue "sits outside of Tokyo Bitcoin Base"). Forbes describes the building as four stories on a relatively quiet block. Pin: 35.68897, 139.72854 (OpenStreetMap node for Tokyo Bitcoin Base).
Photo tip
It's a Satoshigallery design, so the figure is visible from the side and nearly disappears from the front. Take both angles. The exact best viewpoint at this site is unverified.
Generic tip (not from a source): it's a street-side spot, so go early or late to avoid passers-by in the frame.
Hours & access
The statue is outdoors outside the building. Opening hours for viewing it are unverified. Inside, the co-working space offers drop-ins on weekdays from 10:00 to 18:00 for ¥5,500 per day, with Lightning accepted, per the archived Nov 2025 site.
Nearby places that accept bitcoin
6 places within 1 km on BTC Map. The nearest 5:
- cafe3104 – restaurant, 0 m · last verified Nov 2026
- Tokyo Bitcoin Base – 10 m · last verified Jul 2026 – The statue's host venue, with paid drop-in co-working.
- Around Foodtruck – restaurant, 10 m · last verified Mar 2026 – Also appears at other spots nearby, so its location varies.
- Cocorotus Foodtruck – restaurant, 300 m · last verified Jul 2026
- Around Foodtruck – restaurant, 340 m · last verified Mar 2026
Also noted in our guide:
- Cocorotus Foodtruck – Listed at the Base. Its archived site says the food truck runs Tue, Wed and Fri from 11:00 to 14:00.
From BTC Map (checked 2026-11-05); straight-line distances from the map pin, ATMs and unnamed listings left out. Check before you go.
Stay nearby (accepts bitcoin)
No bitcoin-accepting places to stay listed within 15.5 mi (25 km) on BTC Map yet.
Guide sources
- Forbes (8 Sep 2025)
- Tokyo Bitcoin Base (archived Nov 2025)
- Bitcoin Austria: Satoshi statue page
- OpenStreetMap node 12599810937
- BTC Map API
Guide updated 2026-10-21.
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