Anime film · 2013

The Wind Rises — real-life locations

Mampei Hotel, Tamana City Hall and more — 5 places you can visit, in Nagano, Kumamoto, Aichi. 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 · 5

Mampei Hotel

Nagano Start here

A classic Karuizawa hotel, in business since 1894.

Getting there

Karuizawa Stn · 29 min walk

Before you go

Paying guests have priority
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors

Sources

万平ホテル

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Tamana City Hall

Kumamoto

The town hall in Tamana, where the designer went to school.

Getting there

Tamana Stn · 16 min walk

Before you go

Follow staff instructions
Do not block the path or road
Keep your voice down

Sources

聖地巡礼マップ — 風立ちぬ

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Tamana High School (exterior only)

Kumamoto

The Kumamoto school the designer attended. A working school — look from the road.

Getting there

Tamana Stn · 11 min walk

Before you go

Working school — the grounds are off limits
Do not enter private property
Residential area — people live here

Sources

聖地巡礼マップ — 風立ちぬ

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Satsuki and Mei's House

Aichi

The full-size reproduction of the film house in Aichi, furnished down to the objects on its shelves. The same house is also given as the model for the home where Jiro spends his boyhood in this film.

Getting there

Aichikyūhaku-kinen-kōen Stn · 17 min walk

Before you go