Anime film · 2019

Hello World — real-life locations

Kyoto Station, Asagiri Bridge, Higashi Honganji and more — 20 places you can visit, in Kyoto. 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 · 20

Kyoto Station

Kyoto Start here

The film's Kyoto is a digital copy of the real one; the station's steel canyon opens it.

Getting there

Kyoto Stn · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Very crowded — expect queues
Do not block the path or road

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画)

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Asagiri Bridge

Kyoto Start here

The vermilion bridge to the Uji sandbank, the location the film returns to more than any other.

Getting there

Uji Stn (JR Nara Line) · 9 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Very crowded — expect queues
Do not block the path or road

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画) · 旅する亜人ちゃん — HELLO WORLD 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Higashi Honganji

Kyoto

The great wooden hall a few minutes from the station, drawn into the film's rebuilt Kyoto.

Getting there

Gojō Stn · 7 min walk

Before you go

Worshippers come first
Keep your voice down
No photography indoors

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画)

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Kisen Bridge

Kyoto

The bridge on the poster, crossing to the sandbank from the Byodoin side.

Getting there

Uji Stn (JR Nara Line) · 13 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Very crowded — expect queues
Do not block the path or road

Sources

旅する亜人ちゃん — HELLO WORLD 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Fushimi Inari Taisha

Kyoto

The thousand torii of the mountain path, where the film's second self first appears.

Getting there

Inari Stn (JR Nara Line) · 13 min walk

Before you go

Worshippers come first
Very crowded — expect queues
A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画) · 旅する亜人ちゃん — HELLO WORLD 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Byodoin

Kyoto

The Phoenix Hall across the pond, the Uji landmark the film's skyline is anchored on.

Getting there

Uji Stn (JR Nara Line) · 9 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
No photography indoors

Sources

旅する亜人ちゃん — HELLO WORLD 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Kyoto Tower

Kyoto

The tower in front of Kyoto Station where the film's climax plays out; at one point it is pulled from its base and swung as a weapon.

Getting there

Kyoto Stn · 4 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画)

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Kamigamo Shrine

Kyoto

One of the Kyoto landmarks the film puts on screen, along with Fushimi Inari Taisha and the Kamo river delta at Demachiyanagi.

Getting there

Kitayama Stn (Karasuma Line) · 25 min walk

Before you go

Worshippers come first
Keep your voice down

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画)

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To-ji Temple

Kyoto

The morning-after scene once Naomi has spent the night restoring the burnt book-fair stock; the shot is framed at To-ji's south gate.

Getting there

Toji Stn · 7 min walk

Before you go

Worshippers come first
Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues

Sources

【聖地巡礼まとめ】ハローワールド／渚屋Blog — 燃えた古本市の本を一晩で再生した翌朝のシーン

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Kyoto City Minami Library

Kyoto

The library where, early in the film, a crow snatches the book Naomi has just borrowed.

Getting there

Kujo Stn · 4 min walk

Before you go

Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors
Do not photograph residents or students

Sources

【聖地巡礼まとめ】ハローワールド／渚屋Blog — 直実が借りた本をカラスに取られる図書館

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Horikawa High School

Kyoto

The model for the film's Nishiki High School; its gate features in the scene where the books are hauled in by handcart.

Getting there

Omiya Stn · 7 min walk

Before you go

Working school — the grounds are off limits
Do not enter private property
Visiting hours are limited

Sources

【聖地巡礼まとめ】ハローワールド／渚屋Blog — 作中の「錦高校」のモデル

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Former Main Building of the Kyoto Prefectural Office

Kyoto

The 1904 Renaissance-style landmark used as the model for the film's Kyoto History Project Centre; closed Mondays and Sundays.

Getting there

Marutamachi Stn · 11 min walk

Before you go

Closed on Mondays
Keep quiet indoors
Do not photograph residents or students

Sources

【聖地巡礼まとめ】ハローワールド／渚屋Blog — アルタラの設備がある「京都歴史事業センター」のモデル

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Kamogawa Delta

Kyoto

The confluence of the Kamo and Takano rivers, where the drone falls on Naomi's head and injures him.

Getting there

Demachiyanagi Stn · 1 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Very crowded — expect queues
Do not block the path or road

Sources

HELLO WORLD (映画) · 鴨川デルタ · 【聖地巡礼まとめ】ハローワールド／渚屋Blog — ドローンが直実の頭に落ちて怪我をするシーン

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A wooded hill logged as the location for chapter 05 "Naomi's Purpose"; the blogger photographs the entrance and a clearing that may be the training ground, noting he is not certain the clearing is the exact spot.

Getting there

Omuro-Ninnaji Stn · 8 min walk

Before you go

Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
Keep your voice down

Sources

映画 HELLO WORLD 聖地巡礼の記録 Version 1.3 — チャプター05「ナオミの目的」

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Shijo-Ohashi Bridge

Kyoto

The Kamo riverbank by this bridge is where Naomi and Ruri exchange presents in the closing scene; the blogger writes that he had wrongly assumed it was the Kamo Delta until he checked.

Getting there

Gion-shijo Stn · 1 min walk

Before you go