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Hiroshima: anime and film locations you can walk between

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless, In This Corner of the World, Aoi: Tokugawa Sandai and 15 places in all, from 9 titles, inside 2.5 km.

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

Titles · 9

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless

TV anime · 2016

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

The park near the hypocentre, laid out by Kenzo Tange around the cenotaph for the bomb's victims.

Getting there: Genbaku Dome-mae Stn · 6 min walk

In This Corner of the World

Anime film · 2016

Hiroshima Station

Suzu's journeys between Eba and Kure pass through here; the film draws the pre-war station and its trams.

Getting there: Hiroshima Stn · At the station

Aoi: Tokugawa Sandai

TV drama · 2000

Hiroshima Castle

The Mori castle the drama's politics run through, rebuilt after the bomb flattened it.

Getting there: Jōhoku Stn · 6 min walk

Teppan

TV drama · 2010

Hiroshima Station

The station the heroine passes through between Onomichi and Osaka; the okonomiyaki thread of the story runs from here.

Getting there: Hiroshima Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · At the station

Busou Shinki

TV anime · 2012

Big Order

TV anime · 2016

Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima's World Heritage ruin, kept as a witness to the atomic bombing. Appears in episode 5.

Getting there: Hondōri Stn · 7 min walk

Your Name.

Anime film · 2016

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

The Dangers in My Heart

TV anime · 2023

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