Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Nagano
241 places from 68 titles, including MONO, Tsurune, Waiting in the Summer.
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Titles · 68
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 2018
A shrine north-west of Zenkoji. Appears in episode 9.
Getting there: Zenkojishita Stn · 15 min walk
TV anime · 2012
The Shinkansen stop for the Saku plain the series is set on.
Getting there: Sakudaira Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2018
TV anime · 2016
A bridge in Matsumoto.
Getting there: Matsumoto Stn + bus 10min · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2002
The lake the series is set on — one of the first anime pilgrimages, and the local trains still run beside it.
Getting there: Inao Stn · 9 min walk
The unstaffed halt by Lake Kizaki that the series' station is drawn from, one of the earliest pilgrimage sites in Japan.
Getting there: Uminokuchi Stn (JR Oito Line) · At the station
The old high school building Kizaki High is drawn from, timber halls kept as they were.
Getting there: Matsumoto Stn · 25 min walk
TV anime · 2010
A Matsushiro shrine dedicated to the scholar Sakuma Shozan.
Getting there: Nagano Stn + bus 30min · 5 min walk
Anime film · 2009
The Jinnouchi family's home town. The castle and its gate anchor the film's setting.
Getting there: Ueda Stn (Hokuriku Shinkansen) · 12 min walk
TV anime · 2009
TV anime · 2025
An ancient shrine in Chikuma city, known for its December Daito festival. Appears in the opening sequence.
Getting there: Obasute Stn · 32 min walk
TV anime · 1996
TV anime · 2003
An Oito Line station on the shore of Lake Kizaki.
Getting there: Uminokuchi Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2009
The Nagano lake the national-tournament arc looks out on; the promenade on the Kamisuwa shore is the view used.
Getting there: Kamisuwa Stn (JR Chuo Main Line) · 12 min walk
TV anime · 2018
A shopping arcade off Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza.
Getting there: Karuizawa Stn · 23 min walk
TV anime · 2014
The park around the National Treasure keep of Matsumoto Castle.
Getting there: Kita-Matsumoto Stn · 13 min walk
TV drama · 1988
The shrine Shingen took as his protector after conquering Suwa; its Onbashira festival still fells trees on the mountain.
Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn + 15 min by bus · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2015
The station with a great wooden canopy over its Zenkoji exit.
Getting there: Nagano Stn · At the station
TV drama · 1996
The station the seven friends meet and part at across the series and its specials; Matsumoto is the whole drama's ground.
Getting there: Matsumoto Stn (JR Shinonoi Line) · At the station
Anime film · 2016
The lake Itomori is drawn from, ringed by the town it sits in.
Getting there: Shimo-Suwa Stn · 44 min walk
TV anime · 2017
Film · 2023
The lookout over Lake Suwa the film returns to; the same view Your Name used.
Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 15 min walk
The lake the film's town sits on; the promenade on the Kamisuwa shore appears throughout.
Getting there: Kamisuwa Stn (JR Chuo Main Line) · 13 min walk
Anime film · 1991
An unstaffed Iida Line station.
Getting there: Tagiri Stn · 1 min walk
TV drama · 2007
The plain of the 1561 battle the drama's Yamamoto Kansuke dies on.
Getting there: Bus from Nagano Stn · 3 min walk
TV drama · 2011
The way into the Azumino country the drama is set in, under the Northern Alps.
Getting there: Matsumoto Stn · At the station
The Azumino skyline the drama opens on; the peak stands over the wasabi fields and buckwheat of the story.
Getting there: Taxi from Hotaka Stn, then trail · 360 min walk
TV anime · 2013
TV anime · 2013
Anime film · 2014
The lakeside villa the Marsh House is drawn from, verandah out over the water.
Getting there: Naka-Karuizawa Stn · 34 min walk
TV anime · 2024
The oldest of Suwa Taisha's four shrines.
Getting there: Chino Stn · 28 min walk
TV anime · 2024
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 1969
Film · 1983
The station for the Otari valley where the film was shot over a year of real seasons.
Getting there: Minami-Otari Stn · At the station
TV anime · 1984
A Hokuriku Shinkansen station.
Getting there: Sakudaira Stn · At the station
TV drama · 1999
TV drama · 2000
TV anime · 2000
A temple in Chikuma.
Getting there: Chikuma Stn · 26 min walk
Anime film · 2001
Anime film · 2004
TV anime · 2006
A street in Nagano. It appears in episode 16.
Getting there: Karuizawa Stn · 24 min walk
TV anime · 2008
TV anime · 2010
Film · 2011
The black keep the film's Matsumoto is built around — a National Treasure, and the town's fixed point.
Getting there: Kita-Matsumoto Stn · 12 min walk
Film · 2011
The valley the mountain-rescue story starts from, and the gateway to the Hotaka range above it.
Getting there: Matsumoto Stn + 90 min by train and bus (closed in winter) · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2011
The lake in the Suwa basin, known for the ice ridges of the Omiwatari.
Getting there: Shimo-Suwa Stn · 44 min walk
Film · 2013
Anime film · 2013
A classic Karuizawa hotel, in business since 1894.
Getting there: Karuizawa Stn · 29 min walk
TV anime · 2013
TV anime · 2013
TV anime · 2014
TV anime · 2015
TV anime · 2015
TV anime · 2015
TV anime · 2016
TV anime · 2016
TV anime · 2017
A four-storey wooden inn at Shibu hot springs.
Getting there: Yudanaka Stn + bus 10min · 3 min walk
TV anime · 2017
TV anime · 2017
Anime film · 2018
TV anime · 2018
TV anime · 2020
TV anime · 2021
TV anime · 2024
TV anime · 2024
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 2025
A hot-spring inn on the shore of Lake Suwa.
Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2025
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