Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Tokorozawa: anime and film locations you can walk between

My Neighbor Totoro, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Sword Art Online and 10 places in all, from 8 titles, inside 2.7 km.

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

Titles · 8

My Neighbor Totoro

Anime film · 1988

Horiguchi Tenman Tenjin Shrine

A Tokorozawa shrine, near the woods the film draws its hills from.

Getting there: Koku-koen Stn · 5 min walk

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park

The park on Japan's first airfield, in the town the film was made in.

Getting there: Koku-koen Stn · 8 min walk

Tokorozawa Station

Tokorozawa is where Miyazaki lived while making the film, and the woods it draws are a bus ride from here.

Getting there: Tokorozawa Stn · At the station

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

TV anime · 2011

Tokorozawa Station

The junction on the Seibu line the characters change at between Chichibu and Tokyo.

Getting there: Tokorozawa Stn (Seibu Ikebukuro Line) · At the station

Sword Art Online

TV anime · 2012

National Defense Medical College Hospital

Named as the model for the hospital Kirito and Asuna lie in.

Getting there: Koku-koen Stn · 9 min walk

Tari Tari

TV anime · 2012

Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium

Tokorozawa's civic gymnasium. Appears in episode 5.

Getting there: Shin-Tokorozawa Stn · 12 min walk

Samurai Flamenco

TV anime · 2013

Tokorozawa Station

The Seibu junction north of the city.

Getting there: Tokorozawa Stn · 6 min walk

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

TV anime · 2014

Shin-Tokorozawa Station

A Seibu Shinjuku Line station.

Getting there: Shin-Tokorozawa Stn · At the station

Blue Box

TV anime · 2024

Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium

Tokorozawa's civic gymnasium. Appears in episode 4.

Getting there: Shin-Tokorozawa Stn · 12 min walk

Momentary Lily

TV anime · 2025

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park

A park on the site of Japan's first airfield.

Getting there: Koku-koen Stn · 13 min walk

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