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Matsukawa Park, Yamadaya, Toyama Park and more — 7 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Hiroshima. 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 · 7

Matsukawa Park

Tokyo Start here

A small playground in residential Takadanobaba.

Getting there
Takadanobaba Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students

Yamadaya

Tokyo

A diner in Narimasu.

Getting there
Narimasu Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

Toyama Park

Tokyo

A metropolitan park on the Waseda heights.

Getting there
Waseda Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
君のいる町

Michi-no-Eki Takano

Hiroshima

A roadside station in the Chugoku mountains, on the pass road north of Shobara.

Getting there
40 min by car from Bingo-Shobara Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 君のいる町

Takano Junior High School (exterior only)

Hiroshima

The junior high of the mountain village at the north end of Shobara. A working school — from the road.

Getting there
40 min by car from Bingo-Shobara Stn · 3 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 — 君のいる町

Takano Onsen

Hiroshima

A day-visit hot spring at Takano in Shobara.

Getting there
40 min by car from Bingo-Shobara Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 君のいる町

Gion Shrine, Shobara

Hiroshima

A village shrine at Shimoyukawa in Shobara.

Getting there
30 min by car from Bingo-Shobara Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 君のいる町

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