Makoto Shinkai's film, which grossed over 25 billion yen in Japan. Taki lives in Tokyo and Mitsuha in Itomori, a fictional town in the mountains of Gifu; when Taki goes looking for her, he travels around the real town of Hida-Furukawa. Its Tokyo and Hida settings are drawn with great fidelity and made the film one of the great drivers of anime pilgrimage.
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Suga Shrine Steps — The Final Scenefinal scene
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The film's most iconic setting: on these stone stairs leading up to Suga Shrine, Taki and Mitsuha finally cross paths and ask each other's name in the final scene. The background in the scene is very faithful to the real place (the promotional poster exaggerates the heights a little). It is a quiet residential area, so avoid blocking the way when taking photos. About 10 minutes on foot from Yotsuya Station.
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Yotsuya Station — meeting Okuderameeting point
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Taki and Okudera-senpai meet here for their date, and the station appears again later, when they meet up years afterwards to take a walk and talk about their trip to Itomori. The film's shots are easiest to recognise from the Akasaka exit (Marunouchi Line).
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The National Art Center, Tokyo — the Roppongi datedate
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Part of Taki and Okudera-senpai's date takes place in this museum with a wavy glass façade designed by Kishō Kurokawa. They have lunch at Salon de Thé Rond, the round café on top of an inverted cone on the 2nd floor, whose glasses and plates look like the ones in the film. Entry to the building is free. Closed on Tuesdays. Directly connected to Nogizaka Station.
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Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills) — the date's observation deckthe date
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Taki and Okudera-senpai's date begins at Roppongi Hills, and during it they go up to this observation deck in the Mori Tower, with views across Tokyo all the way to Tokyo Tower. Admission is charged.
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Shinanomachi footbridge — the farewellsthe farewell
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This footbridge in front of Shinanomachi Station appears twice, at the end of both of Taki's meetings with Okudera-senpai. After the date, when she leaves, Taki gets a message from Mitsuha and tries to call her. From the station side you can see the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building at the same angle as in the film, where it appears several times (for example, when Mitsuha runs near the end).
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Shinjuku Station South Exit — "Tokyo!"first day in Tokyo
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Mitsuha, in Taki's body, comes out of Shinjuku Station's south exit and, on the pavement in front of Lumine 2 looking towards Marui Annex, gazes up at the skyscrapers and exclaims "Tokyo!". Another of the film's views can be seen from the footbridge linking the south exit with Busta Shinjuku.
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Crossing behind Shinjuku Police Station — the round traffic lightthe time-lapse
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Its round traffic light, with the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower behind it, features in the short time-lapse after Taki and Mitsuha realise they are swapping bodies, set to RADWIMPS' "Zenzenzense". Do not stand in the road to take the photo.
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Shintoshin footbridge — crossing paths in the snowcrossing paths in the snow
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On this footbridge in Nishi-Shinjuku, near Takarazuka University, Taki and Mitsuha cross paths in the snow: they almost recognise each other but say nothing. The blue lettering in the window on the left also exists in real life.
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Café La Bohème Shinjuku Gyoen — Taki's restaurantmodel
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It is the model for the Italian restaurant where Taki and Okudera-senpai work, called Il Giardino delle Parole in the film ("The Garden of Words", like Shinkai's previous film). In the film it is larger and next to a busy road; the real one is in a quiet area next to Shinjuku Gyoen.
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Hida-Furukawa Station — arriving in Hidaarriving in Hida
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Taki, accompanied by Okudera-senpai and Tsukasa, gets off the train here to look for the town he has drawn. The waiting room, the bus roundabout (where they question a taxi driver) and the footbridge over the tracks all appear. According to Hida City (August 2026), trains line up on tracks 1 and 2, as in the film, only once a day, at 9:57.
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Hida City Library — the Itomori recordsthe research scene
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This is the library where Taki looks through the records of the comet disaster that destroyed Itomori. Inside there is a corner dedicated to the film, and for the 10th anniversary the bookmarks that became popular in 2016 have been reissued. Ask at the counter before taking photos inside.
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Keta Wakamiya Shrine — asking aroundasking about Itomori
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According to Hida City, the stairs of this Furukawa shrine are the setting of the scene where Taki goes around asking people about the landscape in his drawing. It is not the model for the Miyamizu shrine of Mitsuha's family. About 15 minutes on foot from the station.
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Ochiai bus stop — no leadsno leads
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At this rural stop, Taki and his companions wait for the bus, dejected after finding no leads. It had fallen out of use; after the film's release a sign evoking the scene was put up, and today the city's loop bus uses it. It is about 18 minutes by car north of Keta Wakamiya Shrine.
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Lake Suwa from Tateishi Park — Itomori's lake?believed to be a model
model / inspiration · unconfirmed identification
Lake Suwa in Nagano (Shinkai's home prefecture) is believed to be the model for Itomori's lake, though this has not been officially confirmed. Fans come above all to this park on the hillside above Kamisuwa, whose view of the lake at dusk recalls the film's "twilight" (kataware-doki).
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