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Kami-Suwa and Lake Suwa: anime and film locations you can walk between

Monster, Saki, Laid-Back Camp and 10 places in all, from 6 titles, inside 2.0 km.

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

Titles · 6

Monster

Film · 2023

Kami-Suwa Station

The station in the lake town the film is set in — there is a foot bath on the platform.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 1 min walk

Lake Suwa lakeside park

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

Tateishi Park

The lookout over Lake Suwa the film returns to; the same view Your Name used.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 15 min walk

Saki

TV anime · 2009

Suwa Seiryo High School

A prefectural high school at Kami-Suwa.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 19 min walk

Lake Suwa lakeside park

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

Laid-Back Camp

TV anime · 2018

Katakurakan

The Suwa bathhouse Rin stops at on her way home from the Takabocchi highlands.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 5 min walk

Takashima Castle

The castle by Lake Suwa, once standing in the water.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 14 min walk

Your Name.

Anime film · 2016

Tateishi Park — Lake Suwa overlook

Widely believed by fans to be a visual reference for Lake Itomori. Not officially confirmed by the studio.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn (JR Chuo Line); a taxi covers the climb in 10 min · 35 min walk

Dead Account

TV anime · 2025

Kamisuwa Onsen Hama-no-Yu

A hot-spring inn on the shore of Lake Suwa.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 5 min walk

MONO

TV anime · 2025

Katakurakan

A 1928 bathhouse at Kami-Suwa famous for its Thousand-Person Bath.

Getting there: Kami-Suwa Stn · 5 min walk

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