Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Marunouchi and the Imperial Palace: anime and film locations you can walk between

Gate, Love Live!, Jujutsu Kaisen and 86 places in all, from 66 titles, inside 2.6 km.

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

Titles · 66

Gate

TV anime · 2015

Love Live!

TV anime · 2013

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

Detective Conan

TV anime · 1996

YuruYuri

TV anime · 2011

Golden Time

TV anime · 2013

Love Live! Sunshine!!

TV anime · 2016

March Comes In Like a Lion

TV anime · 2016

Your Name.

Anime film · 2016

Suzume

Anime film · 2022

Mashle

TV anime · 2023

Gyoko Street

The grand avenue between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. Appears in the ending sequence.

Getting there: Tōkyō Stn · 7 min walk

Girls Band Cry

TV anime · 2024

Berabou

TV drama · 2025

Nihonbashi

The bridge all distances in Edo were measured from, and the publishing quarter the drama's hero works in.

Getting there: Nihombashi Stn · 2 min walk

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus

TV anime · 2025

Patlabor

TV anime · 1989

Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan!

TV anime · 2002

Death Note

TV anime · 2006

NANA

TV anime · 2006

The Garden of Sinners

Anime film · 2007

Eden of the East

TV anime · 2009

JIN

TV drama · 2009

Edo Castle (East Gardens)

The shogun's castle the time-slipped surgeon is summoned into; the gardens are open to walk.

Getting there: Takebashi Stn · 6 min walk

Kanamemo

TV anime · 2009

Saki

TV anime · 2009

Summer Wars

Anime film · 2009

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

TV anime · 2009

Nihonbashi Bridge

A 1911 twin-arch stone bridge, the point from which Japan's road distances are measured.

Getting there: Mitsukoshimae Stn · 3 min walk

Bakuman.

TV anime · 2010

Hanasaku Iroha

TV anime · 2011

Chihayafuru

TV anime · 2011

The Wings of the Kirin

Film · 2012

Nihonbashi Bridge

The 1911 stone bridge whose bronze kirin the film is named for; the victim walks here to die beneath the wings.

Getting there: Nihombashi Stn (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) · 2 min walk

Sword Art Online

TV anime · 2012

Otemachi Station

The Marunouchi subway station where five lines meet. Appears in episode 1.

Getting there: Otemachi Stn · At the station

Kiniro Mosaic

TV anime · 2013

Minami-ke Tadaima

TV anime · 2013

Wadakura Fountain Park

The fountain park in the outer gardens of the Imperial Palace.

Getting there: Otemachi Stn · 3 min walk

Tokyo Ravens

TV anime · 2013

Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!

TV anime · 2013

Haikyu!!

TV anime · 2014

Tokyo Ghoul

TV anime · 2014

Castle Town Dandelion

TV anime · 2015

Nippon Budokan

The 1964 martial-arts arena in Kitanomaru Park.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · 13 min walk

Assassination Classroom

TV anime · 2015

Aikatsu Stars!

TV anime · 2016

Kudanshita Station

A Hanzomon, Tozai and Shinjuku Line station, the nearest to the Budokan.

Getting there: Kudanshita Stn · At the station

The Great Passage

TV anime · 2016

Shin Godzilla

Film · 2016

Tokyo Station

The station the film freezes Godzilla in front of, in the shot the whole plan is built around.

Getting there: Tokyo Stn · At the station

BanG Dream!

TV anime · 2017

Dive!!

TV anime · 2017

Saga of Tanya the Evil

TV anime · 2017

Tokyo Station

Tokyo's central station, famous for its red-brick Marunouchi building. Appears in episode 2.

Getting there: Tōkyō Stn · At the station

Comic Girls

TV anime · 2018

Mirai

Anime film · 2018

Persona 5 the Animation

TV anime · 2018

Shinkalion

TV anime · 2018

Takunomi.

TV anime · 2018

Tokyo Station

Tokyo's central station, famous for its red-brick Marunouchi building.

Getting there: Tōkyō Stn · At the station

Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko

TV anime · 2018

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood

TV anime · 2018

Jimbocho Station

A Hanzomon, Mita and Shinjuku Line station, the gateway to the second-hand book district.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · At the station

A Place Further Than the Universe

TV anime · 2018

Run with the Wind

TV anime · 2018

Tada Never Falls in Love

TV anime · 2018

Smile Down the Runway

TV anime · 2020

The Aquatope on White Sand

TV anime · 2021

Blue Period

TV anime · 2021

Mars Red

TV anime · 2021

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

TV drama · 2021

Edo Castle (East Gardens)

The castle the drama's hero serves the last shogun in, and where the surrender was negotiated. The gardens are open; the palace is not.

Getting there: Takebashi Stn · 6 min walk

Otherside Picnic

TV anime · 2021

My Dress-Up Darling

TV anime · 2022

Lycoris Recoil

TV anime · 2022

Oshi no Ko

TV anime · 2023

Akane-banashi

TV anime · 2025

Apocalypse Hotel

TV anime · 2025

Nijubashi Bridge

The iron bridge over the moat at the Imperial Palace's main gate. Appears in episode 1.

Getting there: Hibiya Stn · 12 min walk

Ninja vs. Gokudo

TV anime · 2025

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