Akihabara and Ueno: anime and film locations you can walk between

Steins;Gate

Akihabara Radio Kaikan

The building the lab sits above, and the site of the satellite crash that opens the story. Rebuilt in 2014, so the exterior no longer matches the 2011 series.

Getting there: Akihabara Stn (JR / Tokyo Metro) · 1 min walk

• Akihabara Station, Electric Town exit
• Manseibashi Bridge
• Fureai Kaikan
• Akiba Cultures Zone
• Hongo-Sanchome Station
• Ogawamachi Station
• Shin-Ochanomizu Station
• Suehirocho Police Box
• Tsuun Kaikan
• Aisan Denki
• Akiba-kei Idol Shop
• Akihabara Dai Building
• Akihabara UDX
• Bellesalle Akihabara
• Horin Park
• Cafe Mai:lish
• Mihara Shinju
• Mimatsu Tobacco
• Prime Akihabara Building
• remm Akihabara
• Gyudon Senmon Sambo
• Tiger Musen
• Togenkyo
• Yanagimori Shrine

Love Live!

Kanda Myojin Shrine

The shrine beside the school. Its steps and gate appear throughout, and the shrine itself sells series charms.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 5 min walk

• Akihabara Station
• Takemura Sweet Shop
• Akihabara UDX plaza
• Benten Bridge
• Shoheibashi Bridge
• University of Tokyo (Hongo Campus)
• Bellesalle Akihabara
• Cure Maid Cafe
• GENO QCPASS
• Horin Park
• mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi
• Myojin Otokozaka Steps
• Shinobazu Pond
• Sofmap Akiba PC and Digital
• Sonpo Kaikan
• Ueno Zoo

Love Live! Sunshine!!

• Akiba-kei Idol Shop
• Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit Plaza
• Akihabara UDX
• Amanoya
• Atre Akihabara 1
• Bellesalle Akihabara
• Homeikan Main Building
• Manseibashi Bridge
• Myojin Otokozaka Steps
• Nodaji
• Akihabara Radio Kaikan

Blue Period

Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts

The school Yatora is trying to get into, and the exam the whole series builds towards. The Ueno campus grounds are open; the buildings are not.

Getting there: Ueno Stn (JR lines) · 10 min walk

• Statue of Dr. Anthonius Franciscus Bauduin
• Tokyo University of the Arts Museum
• Kiyomizu Kannon-do
• Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
• Ueno Station
• Ueno Zoo
• Yushima Tenmangu Shrine

Kanamemo

Kanda Myojin

The shrine known as the guardian of old Edo.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

• Chosen-ji Temple
• Gyokomon Gate
• Meikei-dori
• Miyamoto Park
• Ochanomizu Park
• Reiun-ji Temple

Mitsuboshi Colors

Ameyoko Market

The market street the three girls patrol, under the Yamanote tracks in Ueno.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn · 2 min walk

Shinobazu Pond

The lotus pond at the bottom of the park, on the route the three walk between cases.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn (Keisei Main Line) · 4 min walk

• Dobutsuen-mae Police Box
• Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station
• National Museum of Nature and Science
• Ueno Park
• Ueno Zoo

Call of the Night

• National Museum of Nature and Science
• Kiminoen Tea Garden
• Nakacho-dori
• Akihabara Radio Center
• Akihabara Radio Kaikan
• Ueno Station
• Ueno Zoo

Oreimo

• Akihabara Station
• Akihabara UDX
• Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan
• Mitsuwa Denki
• Akihabara Radio Kaikan
• Sofmap Akiba PC and Digital

Touring After the Apocalypse

• Akihabara Electric Town Exit Plaza
• Akihabara Park
• Akihabara UDX
• Handa Building
• Juntendo University Hospital
• Suidobashi Bridge

Suzume

Hijiribashi Bridge, Ochanomizu

The Tokyo keystone sequence unfolds around this bridge and the railway ravine below it.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 2 min walk

• Juntendo University
• Ochanomizu Station
• Ochanomizu Bridge

Kochikame

• Akihabara
• Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station
• Hijiribashi Bridge

Blood-C: The Last Dark

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The Mitsubishi Iwasaki family's estate, with a Western mansion by Josiah Conder.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 9 min walk

• Awajicho Station
• Hongo-sanchome Station

Etotama

Kanda Myojin

The shrine known as the guardian of old Edo, and today of Akihabara.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

• Horin Park
• Myōjin Assembly Hall

The Great Passage

Tokyo Dome City

The Suidobashi complex of Tokyo Dome and its amusement park.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 5 min walk

• Homeikan Main Building
• Tadonzaka

Blend S

Horin Park

A ward park behind Akihabara.

Getting there: Hongo-sanchome Stn · 17 min walk

• Akihabara Station
• Atre Akihabara 1

Dropkick on My Devil!

Kanda Matsuya

A Kanda soba restaurant founded in 1884.

Getting there: Awajicho Stn · 3 min walk

• Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan
• Meiji University

Death Note

University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo's Hongo campus, known for its Red Gate and Yasuda Auditorium. Appears in episode 10.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 14 min walk

• University of Tokyo Main Gate

Mr. Osomatsu

• Yoyogi Animation Academy
• Ueno Station

Akiba's Trip: The Animation

Manseibashi Bridge

A bridge over the Kanda river. Appears in episode 2.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

• Star Kebab Akiba Terrace

Re:Creators

• Akatsuka
• Akihabara UDX

22/7

• Dobutsuen-dori
• Ueno Station

Oshi no Ko

• Atre Akihabara 1
• Tokyo Dome

Heavenly Delusion

Manseibashi Bridge

A bridge over the Kanda river. Appears in episode 7.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

• Akihabara UDX JR-side Deck

Pseudo Harem

• Amanoya
• Kanda Myojin

The Tiger and Her Wings

Meiji University, Surugadai

The law school the drama's heroine studies at — Japan's first women's law course was taught here.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · 5 min walk

• Takemura Sweet Shop

Akane-banashi

Yushima Tenmangu

The Yushima shrine to Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, famous for its plum blossom. Appears in episode 12.

Getting there: Hongo-sanchome Stn · 12 min walk

• Kanda Myojin Hall

Shabake

Yushimaseido Temple

A Confucian academy founded in 1690, with a hall dedicated to Confucius.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 3 min walk

• Shohei Bridge

You and I Are Polar Opposites

• National Museum of Nature and Science
• National Museum of Western Art

3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei

• Ueno Zoo

Saint Seiya

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The Mitsubishi Iwasaki family's estate, with a Western mansion by Josiah Conder.

Getting there: Yushima Stn · 5 min walk

Only Yesterday

• Ueno Station

Neon Genesis Evangelion

• Akihabara

Hajime no Ippo

Korakuen Hall

The home of Japanese boxing and pro wrestling. The series uses real venues, and Korakuen Hall appears many times in Hajime no Ippo; in the anime it features in episode 6 of Rising.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 5 min walk

Hamtaro

Kanda Myojin

The shrine known as the guardian of old Edo.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

Sakura Wars

• Ueno Park

Tsukihime, Lunar Legend

Tokyo Dome City

The Suidobashi complex of Tokyo Dome and its amusement park.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 6 min walk

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

• University of Tokyo

Always: Sunset on Third Street

• Ueno Station

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Tokyo National Museum

Where Kazuko's aunt restores paintings, and where the film returns at the end.

Getting there: Uguisudani Stn · 6 min walk

Lucky Star

• Akihabara

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

• Ameya-Yokocho

Bakuman.

• Ueno Zoo

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

• Former Tokyo Music School Sogakudo

Joshiraku

• Ueno Zoo

Nisemonogatari

• University of Tokyo Agricultural Science Museum

Teekyu

Butayaro

An eatery at Ochanomizu.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 1 min walk

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

• National Museum of Western Art

Little Witch Academia

Akihabara UDX

A mixed-use tower by Akihabara Station.

Getting there: Akihabara Stn · 4 min walk

Outbreak Company

• Akihabara Station

Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!

• Korakuen Hall

Gate

• Akihabara UDX

My Love Story!!

Ueno Zoo

Japan's oldest zoo, opened in 1882.

Getting there: Nezu Stn · 6 min walk

Erased

• National Museum of Western Art

Kizumonogatari

Ueno-hirokoji Station

A Ginza Line station.

Getting there: Ueno-hirokoji Stn · At the station

New Game!

• Akihabara UDX

March Comes In Like a Lion

• Ueno Station

Touken Ranbu

• Tokyo National Museum

Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The Mitsubishi Iwasaki family's estate, with a Western mansion by Josiah Conder.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 9 min walk

Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu

• Tokyo National Museum

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale

• Akihabara Station

Tsuki ga Kirei

• Tokyo Dome City

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

• Ueno Zoo

Comic Girls

• Seiwa Park

Persona 5 the Animation

• Akihabara Station

Segodon

Ueno Park

Saigo's bronze statue stands here, at the edge of the park where the last shogunate loyalists made their stand.

Getting there: Ueno Stn · 4 min walk

Shinkalion

• Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station

The Quintessential Quintuplets

Shinobazu Pond

The Ueno pond and its lotus beds in the series' Tokyo scenes.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn (Keisei Main Line) · 4 min walk

Dropout Idol Fruit Tart

• Tokyo Dome

Jujutsu Kaisen

• Ueno Zoo

Rent-a-Girlfriend

• Ueno Station

In/Spectre

• The University Art Museum

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard

National Museum of Nature and Science

The national natural history museum in Ueno Park.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 15 min walk

Higehiro

• Akihabara Station

Mieruko-chan

• Satake Shopping Street

My Senpai Is Annoying

• Shin-Ochanomizu Ekimae Post Office

Tokyo Revengers

• Shohei Bridge

Otherside Picnic

• Shin-Ochanomizu Station

Akiba Maid War

Manseibashi Bridge

A bridge over the Kanda river, beside the remains of the old Manseibashi station.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

Chainsaw Man

• Aoi Building

Cue!

• Ijinzaka

A Couple of Cuckoos

Kanda Myojin

The shrine known as the guardian of old Edo.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

Lycoris Recoil

• Ameyoko Market Street

The Idolmaster Million Live!

Catholic Kanda Church

A 1928 Catholic church in Kanda, an Important Cultural Property.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · 6 min walk

A Galaxy Next Door

Ueno Zoo

Japan's oldest zoo, opened in 1882.

Getting there: Nezu Stn · 6 min walk

Blue Archive The Animation

• Sofmap Akiba Amusement

Summer Pockets

• Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

Takopi's Original Sin

• Ueno Station

Tamon's B-Side

• Tokyo Dome

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

• Meiji University Museum