Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Yanaka and Ueno-Sakuragi: anime and film locations you can walk between

Patlabor, Tokyo ESP, Those Snow White Notes and 17 places in all, from 14 titles, inside 1.7 km.

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

Titles · 14

Patlabor

TV anime · 1989

Tokyo ESP

TV anime · 2014

National Museum of Western Art

The Le Corbusier museum in Ueno Park, named as the site of the fight.

Getting there: Shin-Okachimachi Stn · 18 min walk

Those Snow White Notes

TV anime · 2021

Tokyo Story

Film · 1953

Tokugawa Ieyasu

TV drama · 1983

Chibi Maruko-chan

TV anime · 1990

Genroku Ryoran

TV drama · 1999

Sword Art Online

TV anime · 2012

Wizard Barristers

TV anime · 2014

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

TV anime · 2015

Segodon

TV drama · 2018

Okko's Inn

Anime film · 2018

Nezu Shrine

A Bunkyo shrine with halls from 1706, known for its azalea garden and tunnel of torii.

Getting there: Hongo-sanchome Stn · 24 min walk

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

TV drama · 2021

Sakamoto Days

TV anime · 2025

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