Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Anime film · 2007

5 Centimeters per Second — real-life locations

Iwafune Station, Tanegashima Space Center and more — 23 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Tochigi, Kagoshima. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

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

Locations · 23

Iwafune Station

Tochigi Start here

The snowbound rural station of the first chapter, where Takaki waits for hours.

Getting there
Iwafune Stn (JR Ryomo Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
Sources
岩舟駅 · 秒速5センチメートル

Tanegashima Space Center

Kagoshima Start here

The launch site Kanae watches rockets rise from in the film's second chapter; the road out to the pads is the one she cycles.

Getting there
Bus + car from Nishinoomote Port · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow the on-site guards' instructions
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
種子島宇宙センター · 秒速5センチメートル

Sangubashi Station railway crossing

Tokyo

The crossing of the closing sequence, where the train passes and the other person is gone.

Getting there
Sangubashi Stn (Odakyu Line) · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Oyama Station

Tochigi

Where Takaki changes trains on the night journey of the first chapter, and where the snow strands him.

Getting there
Oyama Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
Sources
小山駅 · 秒速5センチメートル

Gotokuji Station

Tokyo

The Odakyu stop in the Tokyo scenes of the third chapter.

Getting there
Gotokuji Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Sky Tower Nishi-Tokyo

Tokyo

The lattice tower on the Tokyo skyline of the third chapter, seen over the rooftops of the commuter suburbs.

Getting there
Tanashi Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 28 min walk
Before you go
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
スカイタワー西東京

Sangubashi Park

Tokyo

A small park by Sangubashi Station.

Getting there
Sangubashi Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — 秒速5センチメートル 「参宮橋公園」 — · Anime Pilgrimage『秒速5センチメートル』聖地巡礼マップ — 参宮橋公園

Yoyogi Hachimangu

Tokyo

A shrine on the heights of Yoyogi, with a Jomon-period dwelling site in its grounds.

Getting there
Yoyogi-Hachiman Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — 秒速5センチメートル 「代々木八幡宮」 — · Anime Pilgrimage『秒速5センチメートル』聖地巡礼マップ — 代々木八幡宮

Shinjuku Station

Tokyo

The terminal famous for the largest passenger numbers in the world.

Getting there
Shinsen-Shinjuku Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Musashi-Urawa Station

Saitama

A Saikyo Line and Musashino Line station.

Getting there
Musashi-Urawa Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Omiya Station

Saitama

Saitama's largest terminal, where the Shinkansen and conventional lines meet.

Getting there
Omiya Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Kuki Station

Saitama

A station on the Utsunomiya Line and the Tobu Isesaki Line.

Getting there
Kuki Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Nogi Station

Tochigi

An Utsunomiya Line station at the southern tip of Tochigi.

Getting there
Nogi Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Former Tanegashima Airport

Kagoshima

The site of Tanegashima's old airport, in use until the new one opened in 2006.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 30min by car · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
種子島空港 (初代)

Nakawari Post Office

Kagoshima

A small village post office on Tanegashima.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 40min by car · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — 秒速5センチメートル 「中割簡易郵便局」

Shinjuku Front Tower

Tokyo

A high-rise office tower in Shinjuku.

Getting there
Okubo Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Keep your voice down

Seijo Gakuen

Tokyo

A private school in Seijo covering all grades.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Nakatane High School

Kagoshima

A prefectural high school in the middle of Tanegashima.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + bus 50min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
秒速5センチメートル

Yoyogi Park central lawn

Tokyo

The cherry avenue across the middle of Yoyogi Park.

Getting there
Yoyogi Stn · 24 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 秒速5センチメートル

Yoyogi-Hachiman Station

Tokyo

The Odakyu halt on the walk to school.

Getting there
Yoyogi-Hachiman Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 秒速5センチメートル

Mt. Iwafune

Tochigi

A quarried hill above Iwafune in Tochigi, its cut rock faces long used for film work. The area around it is drawn as a setting in the film.

Getting there
Iwafune Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
Sources
岩船山

Nakayama Coast

Kagoshima

A stretch of coast in Kagoshima.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 40 min by car · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 秒速5センチメートル 「中山海岸」

I-Shop Ishido

Kagoshima

A shop in Kagoshima.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + bus 50min · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
anitora5050 — 秒速5センチメートル 「アイショップ石堂」

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