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Ueda: anime and film locations you can walk between

Summer Wars, Aoi: Tokugawa Sandai, Castle Defense and 8 places in all, from 3 titles, inside 1.0 km.

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

Titles · 3

Summer Wars

Anime film · 2009

Ueda Castle — Higashi-Koguchi Yagura Gate

The Jinnouchi family's home town. The castle and its gate anchor the film's setting.

Getting there: Ueda Stn (Hokuriku Shinkansen) · 12 min walk

Ueda City Hall

The city hall shown behind Yorihiko as he pilots his avatar by mobile phone; the old building drawn in the film was demolished after 2021.

Getting there: Ueda Stn · 9 min walk

Nagano Prefectural Ueda High School

The school where Ryohei, a relative of the heroine, plays on the baseball team whose run through the Nagano prefectural tournament is followed in the film.

Getting there: Ueda Stn · 7 min walk

Ueda Castle Ruins Park

The castle park at Ueda, the town the Jinnouchi family home is set outside.

Getting there: Ueda Stn · 15 min walk

Ueda Station

Where Kenji and Natsuki arrive for the summer. The castle town beyond it is the Jinnouchi family's.

Getting there: Ueda Stn (Hokuriku Shinkansen) · At the station

Unnomachi Shopping Street

The arcaded street running north from Ueda Station towards the castle.

Getting there: Ueda Stn · 8 min walk

Aoi: Tokugawa Sandai

TV drama · 2000

Ueda Castle

The Sanada castle that held up the Tokugawa army on its way to Sekigahara in 1600.

Getting there: Ueda Stn (JR Hokuriku Shinkansen) · 15 min walk

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

Ueda Castle

The Sanada castle, known for turning back two Tokugawa armies.

Getting there: Ueda Stn · 13 min walk

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