Ikebukuro and Zoshigaya: anime and film locations you can walk between

BanG Dream!, Durarara!!, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! and 100 places in all, from 42 titles, inside 2.9 km.

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

Titles · 42

BanG Dream!

TV anime · 2017

Chitose Bridge

The bridge carrying Mejiro-dori over Meiji-dori, a much-drawn view down onto the traffic.

Getting there: Takadanobaba Stn · 18 min walk

Durarara!!

TV anime · 2010

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

The plaza the whole cast keeps arriving at — the headless rider, the gangs, the courier work that ties them together.

Getting there: Ikebukuro Stn · 1 min walk

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

TV anime · 2023

Kishibojinmae Stop

A Toden Arakawa tram stop at the entrance to the Kishimojin temple approach.

Getting there: Kishibojinmae Stop · At the station

Saekano

TV anime · 2015

Toden Zoshigaya Stop

A stop on the Toden Arakawa tram line, the slow single-car railway the Toshima neighbourhood scenes are built around.

Getting there: Toden Zoshigaya Stop · At the station

Oniai

TV anime · 2012

Otomeyama Park

An Ochiai park of spring water and wooded slopes.

Getting there: Mejiro Stn · 9 min walk

Tokyo Fuji University

“Ikebukuro West Gate Park (IWGP)” is what the story calls this park. It was used as a location for the 2000 TBS drama, where the hero Makoto and his sidekick Masa are always hanging out here. It reopened in November 2019, rebuilt as a plaza with an open-air theatre.

Getting there: Ikebukuro Stn · 1 min walk