Golden hour in Tokyo
Golden hour in Tokyo starts at 18:21 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 39 minutes from 15:51. The calculator above is preset to Tokyo — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Tokyo
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Golden and blue hour in Tokyo: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Tokyo (35.6762, 139.6503) in the Asia/Tokyo timezone, DST included. Between December (39 minutes) and March (34 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:51 | 16:51 | 07:30 | 16:13 | 17:08 | 10h 00min |
| February | 06:30 | 17:23 | 07:05 | 16:48 | 17:39 | 10h 53min |
| March | 05:54 | 17:49 | 06:28 | 17:15 | 18:04 | 11h 55min |
| April | 05:10 | 18:14 | 05:44 | 17:40 | 18:30 | 13h 04min |
| May | 04:38 | 18:39 | 05:14 | 18:03 | 18:57 | 14h 02min |
| June | 04:26 | 18:59 | 05:04 | 18:21 | 19:18 | 14h 33min |
| July | 04:37 | 18:59 | 05:14 | 18:21 | 19:16 | 14h 21min |
| August | 05:01 | 18:33 | 05:36 | 17:58 | 18:50 | 13h 32min |
| September | 05:24 | 17:51 | 05:58 | 17:18 | 18:07 | 12h 27min |
| October | 05:48 | 17:08 | 06:22 | 16:34 | 17:24 | 11h 20min |
| November | 06:17 | 16:36 | 06:55 | 15:59 | 16:53 | 10h 19min |
| December | 06:44 | 16:30 | 07:24 | 15:51 | 16:48 | 9h 46min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 05:04 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:26.
After sunset, Tokyo still offers the blue hour: from 19:18 to 19:29 in June (12 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Tokyo today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Tokyo from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:21, in mid-December at 15:51.
How long does golden hour last in Tokyo?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 39 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.