Film · 2005
Always: Sunset on Third Street — filming locations
Tokyo Tower, Ueno Station, Umekoji roundhouse — 3 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Kyoto. Each 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.
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Tokyo
Start here
The tower going up through the film — 1958, the year Japan looked up at it for the first time.
- Getting there
- Akabanebashi Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 東京タワー · ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
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Tokyo
Where the film's girl arrives from the north on the night train, into the Tokyo of 1958.
- Getting there
- Ueno Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
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Kyoto
The preserved roundhouse and steam locomotives used for the film's 1958 railway scenes; now part of the Kyoto Railway Museum.
- Getting there
- Umekoji-Kyotonishi Stn (JR Sanin Main Line) · 4 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- No tripods or selfie sticks
- Sources
- ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
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