The total cost may amount to 400 million yen…Inside the “mysterious huge music studio” owned by the former Unification Church in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

I had no idea that that building was a facility of the former Unification Church.

I had no idea that building was a facility of the former Unification Church,” said a neighbor, surprised by the huge building in a residential area of Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. It is a luxurious facility owned by the former Unification Church (now the Family Association for World Peace and Unification). The three-story structure, with a floor space of approximately 270 tsubo (892 m2), was built on a site of approximately 180 tsubo (595 m2), and stands out from the crowd.

The standard unit price per tsubo in this area is 740,000 yen. The price of the land alone is about 130 million yen, and if you include the building, it could easily exceed 400 million yen,” said a local real estate agent.

The name of the former Unification Church is nowhere to be found on the building, only “MCJ Production” written on the wall. What in the world is this building? Another real estate agent with knowledge of the situation told us.

“It was built in the early ’90s as a facility for a private junior college, and many students used to go there. In the mid-1900s, the owner changed to the former Unification Church, and it became a music studio. I remember that entertainers often visited the facility at that time, and some of the world’s most popular artists came to visit.”

The facility was called “MCJ Studio” by those involved with the church and was built for rock musician Kojin Moon (who died in March 2008), the eldest son of Oyasun Moon’s founder, Sun Myung Moon. A blog by a member of the church states that in 2003, three of Moon’s children visited the studio to practice singing for a concert to be held in the United States under the auspices of the church.