Sakura Theater

50sSNIPES on October 27, 2026 at 7:33 pm

There’s not a lot of information that I can find about this theater, but there are actually two theaters that were named the Sakura Theatre. The original Sakura Theater at Building 630 opened in 1954 as a 20,776 square-foot single-screener and operated for 62 years until the original theater’s closure on June 30, 2016, when a newer theater opened. Unfortunately, the original Sakura Theater was immediately demolished after closure in order to expand their Child Development Center.

A newer Sakura Theater opened the next day nearby on July 1, 2016, as a major upgrade to the Command Assembly Hall which was constructed with an estimate $28 million that lasted for more than two years between September 2013 and March 2016 with an additional $1.5 million spent furnishing the facility, featuring a modern stage with a large high-leveled widescreen CinemaScope screen, state-of-the art seating, four ticket windows, guest lockers, an updated and expanded concession stand with five soda fountains, 2D and 3D digital projection, and a surround-sound system. The newer Sakura is located on 1 Chome Misumimachi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi 740-0025, Japan.