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Anime film · 2011

From Up on Poppy Hill — real-life locations

Harbour View Park, Yokohama Marine Tower and more — 13 places you can visit, in Kanagawa, 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 · 13

Harbour View Park

Kanagawa Start here

The bluff garden above Yokohama harbour that gives the film its hillside town; Umi raises her signal flags to the ships below.

Getting there
Motomachi-Chukagai Stn (Minatomirai Line) · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
港の見える丘公園

Yokohama Marine Tower

Kanagawa

The 1961 tower on the Yamashita waterfront, standing in the film's harbour skyline.

Getting there
Motomachi-Chukagai Stn (Minatomirai Line) · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
横浜マリンタワー

Gohyaku Rakanji

Tokyo

The Meguro temple of five hundred arhat figures used for the film's Tokyo interiors.

Getting there
Fudo-mae Stn (Tokyu Meguro Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Worshippers come first
  • No photography indoors
Sources
五百羅漢寺

Daikanzaka Slope

Kanagawa

A Yokohama slope; the Miyazaki flower shop standing halfway up it, in business since 1873, is drawn in the film.

Getting there
Motomachi-Chukagai Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
Sources
代官坂

Yamashita Park

Kanagawa

The seafront park where Umi and Shun walk at night; the museum ship Hikawa Maru moored there also appears in the film.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん コクリコ坂から聖地巡礼 — 海と俊が夜歩いた公園

Motomachi Maruei Butcher Shop

Kanagawa

The butcher's shop, open since 1951, modelled as the place where Umi and Shun buy croquettes.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん コクリコ坂から聖地巡礼 — 海と俊がコロッケを買った肉屋

Kanagawa Prefectural Government Building

Kanagawa

One of the buildings drawn into the night skyline as Umi and Shun walk through Yamashita Park; its exterior is little changed since the 1960s.

Getting there
Nihon-odori Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん コクリコ坂から聖地巡礼 — 山下公園の夜景に描かれた建物

Yokohama Customs House

Kanagawa

The other landmark drawn into the night skyline behind the Yamashita Park walk, still looking much as it did in the film's era.

Getting there
Nihon-odori Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん コクリコ坂から聖地巡礼 — 山下公園の夜景に描かれた建物

Former Yagishita Residence

Kanagawa

A residence in Kanagawa.

Getting there
Yamate Stn · 29 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — コクリコ坂から 「根岸なつかし公園 旧柳下邸」

Yato-zaka

Kanagawa

A slope in Kanagawa. It appears in the film.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — コクリコ坂から 「谷戸坂」

Kibogaoka High School

Kanagawa

A high school in Kanagawa.

Getting there
Ryokuen-toshi Stn · 42 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — コクリコ坂から 「神奈川県立希望ケ丘高等学校」

Yokohama Midorigaoka High School

Kanagawa

A high school in Kanagawa.

Getting there
Yamate Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — コクリコ坂から 「神奈川県立横浜緑ケ丘高等学校」

Osaragi Jiro Memorial Museum

Kanagawa

A memorial museum in Kanagawa.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
Sources
triplog — コクリコ坂から 「大佛次郎記念館」

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