Wolf Children
Mamoru Hosoda's film (2012): Hana falls in love with a wolf-man and, left alone, raises their two half-wolf children, Yuki and Ame. To protect them she moves to the countryside, to an old house in Kamiichi (Toyama), the director's homeland, whose rural landscapes and Tateyama mountains inspire the film.
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Hana's House (Ōkami Kodomo no Hana no Ie)Hana's house
An 1887 traditional house in the Kamiichi mountains that served as the model for the home where Hana raises Yuki and Ame. Restored by volunteers and open to visitors since 2015; it's the heart of the pilgrimage.
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Kamiichi townthe town
The rural town of Kamiichi, director Mamoru Hosoda's homeland, with its terraced rice fields and Mt. Tateyama views that inspire the countryside where the wolf children grow up.
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Mikurigaike PondAme's transformation
A volcanic pond on the Murodō plateau of the Tateyama Alpine Route, with the peaks behind. It's the setting where the grown Ame transforms for good into a wolf.