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Ginza and Kyobashi: anime and film locations you can walk between

Sword Art Online, Tada Never Falls in Love, Sgt. Frog and 9 places in all, from 7 titles, inside 1.3 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 7

Sword Art Online

TV anime · 2012

Ginza 4-chome Crossing

The central Ginza crossing with the Wako clock tower, used for the on-screen news interview introducing the Augma device.

Getting there: Ginza Stn · 5 min walk

Yurakucho Marion

The Yurakucho complex (Yurakucho Center Building) that appears in a shot in Sword Art Online II.

Getting there: Ginza Stn · 5 min walk

Tada Never Falls in Love

TV anime · 2018

Azuma Inari Shrine

An Inari shrine in a Ginza back lane.

Getting there: Ginza Stn · 4 min walk

Kyobashi Park

A park in Ginza 1-chome.

Getting there: Ginza Stn · 7 min walk

Sgt. Frog

TV anime · 2004

Tsukijigawa Ginza Park

A long, narrow park on the filled-in bed of the Tsukiji River. In episode 302 Fuyuki and Keroro sit chatting on one of its benches.

Getting there: Tsukijishijo Stn · 7 min walk

Bakemonogatari

TV anime · 2009

Turtle Fountain Plaza, Caretta Shiodome

The sunken plaza with the turtle fountain at the foot of Caretta Shiodome.

Getting there: Shimbashi Stn · 4 min walk

Log Horizon

TV anime · 2013

Hamarikyu Gardens

The shogunal garden, with its tidal pond and duck ponds.

Getting there: Shiodome Stn · 5 min walk

Selector Spread Wixoss

TV anime · 2014

Taimei Elementary School (exterior only)

A 1929 school of curved concrete in Ginza, still in use. Look from the road.

Getting there: Ginza Stn · 6 min walk

Gate

TV anime · 2015

Ginza 6-chome Crossing

A crossing on Chuo-dori in the middle of Ginza.

Getting there: Higashi-Ginza Stn · 5 min walk

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