Yamashiro owner seeks $100M for famed Hollywood property
Cameron Kiszla
If you’re looking to own an iconic Hollywood property and have $100 million, you’re in luck.
Yamashiro restaurant and the surrounding 7.3 acres are for sale.
The sushi and Asian restaurant, the filming location for blockbusters like “Kill Bill” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” is known as “Hollywood Mountain” and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as reported by Variety.
“The property is owned by an entity named Samaka, which is owned by film producers and entrepreneurs Elie Samaha and Steven Markoff,” the Commercial Observer added.
General atmosphere shot of Yamashiro Hollywood at the HollyShorts Film Festival and Alta Globa Media Oscar Nominee Celebration at Yamashiro Hollywood on Feb. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Greg Doherty/Getty Images for HollyShorts)
General atmosphere shot of Yamashiro Hollywood at the HollyShorts Film Festival and Alta Globa Media Oscar Nominee Celebration at Yamashiro Hollywood on Feb. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Greg Doherty/Getty Images for HollyShorts)
A crowd attends the “This is LA” Season 3 Premiere Party at Yamashiro Hollywood on April 18, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Graves/Getty Images for Circle 8 Productions)
A view of the atmosphere during the Walt Disney Animation Studios “Big Hero 6” Premiere After Party at Yamashiro Hollywood on Nov. 4, 2014, in Hollywood, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
A general view of atmosphere during Funimation Films presents “Your Name” theatrical premiere in Los Angeles, California, at Yamashiro Hollywood on March 23, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Funimation Films)
The hilltop structure, which offers sweeping views of Hollywood and many other parts of Los Angeles, has been used for about 110 years after it was built to resemble a manor in Yamashiro, Japan, the Commercial Observer added.
After a brief shutdown in 2016, the restaurant reopened under the ownership of Chinese developer JE Group after they bought it for almost $40 million, the Los Angeles Times reports.
