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Anime film · 2011

From Up on Poppy Hill — filming locations

3 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 · 3

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

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