Film · 1954
Godzilla — filming locations
6 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Mie. 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 · 6
Tokyo
Start here
The clock tower Godzilla tears down in the 1954 film. The building still stands unchanged at the Ginza crossing.
- Getting there
- Ginza Stn (Ginza / Marunouchi / Hibiya Line) · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- Wikipedia『ゴジラ (1954年の映画)』— 和光の時計塔破壊の記述
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The bascule bridge Godzilla crosses on its way into the city.
- Getting there
- Kachidoki Stn (Toei Oedo Line) · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 勝鬨橋 · ゴジラ (1954年の映画)
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Where Godzilla first steps into Tokyo in the 1954 film, and where every version since has crossed.
- Getting there
- Kitashinagawa Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 国道15号 · ゴジラ
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The rail yard the original film wrecks on the way into the city.
- Getting there
- Shinagawa Stn · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 品川駅 · ゴジラ
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Mie
The kagura dance of the island scene was filmed here in Toba — the masks and the dance are the shrine's own, not the film's.
- Getting there
- Toba Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 賀多神社
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Tokyo
Gone
Godzilla wrecks the Nichigeki theatre that stood here in the 1954 film; the building went in 1981.
- Getting there
- Ginza Stn · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- No longer exists — nothing remains at the site
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- 有楽町マリオン · ゴジラ
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