Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Shinjuku and Yoyogi: anime and film locations you can walk between

The Garden of Words, Jujutsu Kaisen, Your Name. and 168 places in all, from 94 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 · 94

The Garden of Words

Anime film · 2013

Shinjuku Gyoen — the arbour by the pond

The rainy-morning shelter where Takao and Yukari meet. Recreated shot for shot.

Getting there: Shinjuku-gyoenmae Stn (Marunouchi Line) · 12 min walk

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

Your Name.

Anime film · 2016

NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building

The clock tower that dominates Taki's Tokyo skyline throughout the film.

Getting there: Yoyogi Stn (JR / Toei Oedo Line) · 3 min walk

Love Live! Superstar!!

TV anime · 2021

Alice & Zouroku

TV anime · 2017

Shanghai Xiaochi

A Chinese restaurant in Kabukicho.

Getting there: Seibu-Shinjuku Stn · 5 min walk

Weathering with You

Anime film · 2019

March Comes In Like a Lion

TV anime · 2016

BanG Dream!

TV anime · 2017

Umamusume: Cinderella Gray

TV anime · 2025

Digimon Adventure

TV anime · 1999

Like a Dragon (Yakuza)

TV anime · 2005

Kabukicho

Kamurocho is Kabukicho rebuilt block by block — the arcade, the tower and the alleys are all where the games put them.

Getting there: Seibu-Shinjuku Stn · 4 min walk

5 Centimeters per Second

Anime film · 2007

Skip Beat!

TV anime · 2008

Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit

The stepped plaza at Shinjuku Station's south-east exit.

Getting there: Shinjuku Stn · 3 min walk

Re:Creators

TV anime · 2017

The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!

TV anime · 2018

A Place Further Than the Universe

TV anime · 2018

Oshi no Ko

TV anime · 2023

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night

TV anime · 2024

Hanazono Shrine

A shrine in the heart of Shinjuku's entertainment district.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 5 min walk

Detective Conan

TV anime · 1996

Death Note

TV anime · 2006

B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time

TV anime · 2010

Kuroko's Basketball

TV anime · 2012

Red Data Girl

TV anime · 2013

Shonen Hollywood

TV anime · 2014

Takeshita Street

The youth-fashion street running from Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 4 min walk

Selector Spread Wixoss

TV anime · 2014

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

New Game!

TV anime · 2016

IDOLiSH7

TV anime · 2018

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

I'm Standing on a Million Lives

TV anime · 2020

Shinjuku Central Park

A park ringed by the skyscrapers of Nishi-Shinjuku.

Getting there: Shinjuku Stn · 14 min walk

Rent-a-Girlfriend

TV anime · 2020

Tonikawa

TV anime · 2020

Blue Period

TV anime · 2021

Lycoris Recoil

TV anime · 2022

Ya Boy Kongming!

TV anime · 2022

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

Love Flops

TV anime · 2022

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Kenzo Tange's metropolitan government building in Nishi-Shinjuku.

Getting there: Tochomae Stn · 2 min walk

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

TV anime · 2026

Ocean Waves

Anime film · 1993

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

TV anime · 1994

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Kenzo Tange's metropolitan government building in Nishi-Shinjuku.

Getting there: Tochomae Stn · 2 min walk

Ikki Tousen

TV anime · 2003

Lost in Translation

Film · 2003

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Anime film · 2004

Toradora!

TV anime · 2008

true tears

TV anime · 2008

Eden of the East

TV anime · 2009

Saki

TV anime · 2009

Midnight Diner

TV drama · 2009

Shinjuku Golden Gai

The lanes of tiny bars the series' diner belongs to, unchanged since the 1950s.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 5 min walk

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

TV anime · 2010

Omoide-yokochō

An alley of postwar drinking stalls along the tracks at Shinjuku's west exit.

Getting there: Shinjuku-nishiguchi Stn · 1 min walk

Hanasaku Iroha

TV anime · 2011

Kamisama Dolls

TV anime · 2011

Mawaru Penguindrum

TV anime · 2011

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

TV anime · 2012

Joshiraku

TV anime · 2012

Suehirotei

A rakugo theatre at Shinjuku 3-chome, with its wooden auditorium intact.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 1 min walk

Barakamon

TV anime · 2014

Black Bullet

TV anime · 2014

Studio Alta

The building at Shinjuku Station's east exit famous for its giant screen.

Getting there: Shinjuku-nishiguchi Stn · 3 min walk

Nisekoi

TV anime · 2014

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station. Appears in episode 2.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

Wake Up, Girls!

TV anime · 2014

Terror in Resonance

TV anime · 2014

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Kenzo Tange's metropolitan government building in Nishi-Shinjuku.

Getting there: Tochomae Stn · 2 min walk

Gate

TV anime · 2015

Suzaki Nishi The Animation

TV anime · 2015

Active Raid

TV anime · 2016

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Kenzo Tange's metropolitan government building in Nishi-Shinjuku, with a free observation deck.

Getting there: Tochomae Stn · 2 min walk

Bubuki Buranki

TV anime · 2016

Hanazono Shrine

A shrine in the heart of Shinjuku's entertainment district.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 5 min walk

Kizumonogatari

Anime film · 2016

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

TV anime · 2016

Matoi the Sacred Slayer

TV anime · 2016

Harajuku Station

A Yamanote Line station.

Getting there: Harajuku Stn · At the station

Super Lovers

TV anime · 2016

Kabukicho Bus Stop

A bus stop in Kabukicho.

Getting there: Seibu-Shinjuku Stn · 4 min walk

Welcome to the Ballroom

TV anime · 2017

Dream Festival! R

TV anime · 2017

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale

Anime film · 2017

Meiji Jingu

The shrine to Emperor Meiji, wrapped in 70 hectares of planted forest.

Getting there: Yoyogi Stn · 17 min walk

Urahara

TV anime · 2017

Takeshita Street

The youth-fashion street running from Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 4 min walk

Comic Girls

TV anime · 2018

Persona 5 the Animation

TV anime · 2018

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

TV anime · 2019

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

TV drama · 2019

Hanazono Shrine

The Shinjuku shrine the couple pass on the walks the series builds its quiet episodes around.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line) · 5 min walk

Darwin's Game

TV anime · 2020

Yoyogi Park

The large city park behind Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 14 min walk

Hentatsu

Anime film · 2020

Smile Down the Runway

TV anime · 2020

Mieruko-chan

TV anime · 2021

Shinjuku Park

A small park at Shinjuku 3-chome.

Getting there: Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 8 min walk

Tokyo Revengers

TV anime · 2021

Deaimon

TV anime · 2022

Engage Kiss

TV anime · 2022

Shinjuku Gyoen

The great city garden that was once an imperial estate.

Getting there: Shinjuku-gyoemmae Stn · 7 min walk

Kamikuzu Idol

TV anime · 2022

My Dress-Up Darling

TV anime · 2022

Odd Taxi: In the Woods

Anime film · 2022

Shinjuku Central Park

A park ringed by the skyscrapers of Nishi-Shinjuku.

Getting there: Shinjuku Stn · 14 min walk

The Dangers in My Heart

TV anime · 2023

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

TV anime · 2023

Zom 100

TV anime · 2023

Style of Hiroshi Nohara: Lunch

TV anime · 2024

Yoyogi Station

A station on the Yamanote, Chuo-Sobu and Oedo lines.

Getting there: Yoyogi Stn · At the station

You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story

TV anime · 2024

Takeshita Street

The youth-fashion street running from Harajuku Station.

Getting there: Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 4 min walk

Narenare: Cheer for You!

TV anime · 2024

I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class

TV anime · 2025

Harajuku Station

A Yamanote Line station at the entrance to Meiji Shrine and Takeshita-dori.

Getting there: Harajuku Stn · At the station

Honey Lemon Soda

TV anime · 2025

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

TV anime · 2025

WataNare

TV anime · 2025

Yaiba: Samurai Legend

TV anime · 2025

You and I Are Polar Opposites

TV anime · 2026

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