Anime film · 1988
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) — real-life locations
Sannomiya Station, Niteko Pond and more — 12 places you can visit, in Hyogo. 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 · 12
Hyogo
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The station where Seita dies; the film opens on the present-day Sannomiya and then slips back into the wartime concourse.
- Getting there
- Sannomiya Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 三ノ宮駅 · 火垂るの墓
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Hyogo
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The pond with the hillside shelter the two of them live in after the fire.
- Getting there
- Kurakuenguchi Stn · 8 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not enter private property
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 火垂るの墓 · 旅する亜人ちゃん — 火垂るの墓 「ニテコ池」
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The pond the siblings shelter beside — the cave scenes are set on this water.
- Getting there
- Kurakuenguchi Stn · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 火垂るの墓
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The stretch of shore where Setsuko plays, at the mouth of the Shukugawa.
- Getting there
- Koroen Stn · 17 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
- 火垂るの墓
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The river the siblings walk down towards the sea, lined with pines and cherry trees.
- Getting there
- Kurakuenguchi Stn · 4 min walk
- Before you go
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Keep your voice down
- Do not enter private property
- Sources
- 夙川河川敷緑地
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The general hospital facing Koroen beach whose surroundings appear in the film; only the cycad by the entrance survives the rebuildings.
- Getting there
- Koroen Stn · 16 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Private building — use the tenant entrance only
- Sources
- 西宮回生病院 · 火垂るの墓 · 【聖地巡礼】「火垂るの墓」 兵庫県西宮市内のスポット／西宮流 — 作中に風景が出てくる香櫨園浜前の病院
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The public hall seen in the film; gutted by wartime bombing but still standing, now a registered cultural property.
- Getting there
- Ishiyagawa Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 神戸市立御影公会堂 · 火垂るの墓 · 火垂るの墓の舞台はどこ？神戸駅から始まる聖地の詳細解説！ — 映画に登場する公会堂
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The ruined building above the river in the film is Ishiyagawa Station, which still sits on a bridge over the stream.
- Getting there
- Ishiyagawa Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 火垂るの墓の舞台はどこ？神戸駅から始まる聖地の詳細解説！ — 映画で川の上の崩壊した建物として描かれた駅
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The station where Seita and Setsuko get off when they are taken in by their aunt in Nishinomiya.
- Getting there
- Shukugawa Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 火垂るの墓 · 火垂るの墓の舞台はどこ？神戸駅から始まる聖地の詳細解説！ — 清太と節子が西宮へ移る際に降りた駅
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The shore Seita and Setsuko come to play on, winter birds on the water now.
- Getting there
- Koroen Stn · 19 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 火垂るの墓 「御前浜」
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Kobe's central hub for the Hankyu, Hanshin and subway lines, adjoining the JR station where the film's opening scene is set.
- Getting there
- Kobe-Sannomiya Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 火垂るの墓 「神戸三宮駅」
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The city hall in central Sannomiya, whose observation lobby in Building 1 looks over the port and the city.
- Getting there
- Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Follow staff instructions
- Do not block the path or road
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 火垂るの墓
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