Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Anime film · 2023

The Boy and the Heron — real-life locations

2 places you can visit, in Tokyo. 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 · 2

Mitaka Yuzo Yamamoto Memorial Museum

Tokyo Start here

The museum shown in the film.

Getting there
Mitaka Stn · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

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Tonogayato Garden

Tokyo

The place shown in the film.

Getting there
Kokubunji Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

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