Anime film · 2016

In This Corner of the World — real-life locations

Kure Station, Hiroshima Station, Mt. Haigamine and more — 15 places you can visit, in 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 · 15

Kure Station

Hiroshima Start here

The gateway to the film's Kure. The naval town Suzu marries into is built from the streets around here.

Getting there

Kure Stn (JR Kure Line) · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Do not block the path or road

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この世界の片隅に聖地巡礼ロケ地ガイド

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Hiroshima Station

Hiroshima Start here

Suzu's journeys between Eba and Kure pass through here; the film draws the pre-war station and its trams.

Getting there

Hiroshima Stn · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Do not block the path or road
Very crowded — expect queues

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この世界の片隅に

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Mt. Haigamine

Hiroshima

The ridge above Kure that looks down on the harbour, matching the film's wide shots of the bay.

Getting there

Kure Stn + taxi 30 min · 10 min walk

Before you go

Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
Watch for traffic — do not step into the road

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灰ヶ峰

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Nikou Park

Hiroshima

The Kure park where the Hojo family goes to see the cherry blossom.

Getting there

Kure Stn · 20 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Residential area — people live here

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二河公園 · この世界の片隅に

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Aioi Bridge

Hiroshima

The T-shaped bridge at the centre of Hiroshima, drawn before the bomb and after.

Getting there

Genbaku Dome-mae tram stop (Hiroden) · 3 min walk

Before you go

Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Keep your voice down
Very crowded — expect queues

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この世界の片隅に

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Aoyama Club (former navy petty officers' club)

Hiroshima

The old navy petty officers' club building that Suzu walks past, and beside which she meets her husband, in the wartime autumn 1944 sequence.

Getting there

Kure Stn · 11 min walk

Before you go

Do not enter private property
Keep your voice down
No photography indoors

Sources

この世界の片隅に聖地巡礼ロケ地ガイド — 中巻第15回「19年9月」の下士官兵集会所

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Rekishi no Mieru Oka (History Viewpoint)

Hiroshima

A hillside viewpoint over Kure harbour; the guide identifies it as the slope down which a three-wheeled fire engine comes in the film.

Getting there

Kure Stn · 22 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Do not block the path or road

Sources

この世界の片隅に聖地巡礼ロケ地ガイド — 映画で三輪消防車が坂を下がってきた場所

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Koharu Bridge

Hiroshima

The bridge Suzu and Shusaku walk out on together.

Getting there

Kure Stn · 8 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Residential area — people live here

Sources

旅する亜人ちゃん — この世界の片隅に「小春橋」

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Genbaku Dome

Hiroshima

Hiroshima's World Heritage ruin, kept as a witness to the atomic bombing.

Getting there

Hondōri Stn · 7 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Do not enter private property
Do not block the path or road

Sources

原爆ドーム

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Yokogawa Bridge

Hiroshima

A bridge over the Hon River in Hiroshima.

Getting there

Yokogawa Stn · 9 min walk

Before you go

Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Do not block the path or road
Keep your voice down

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アニメ旅 — この世界の片隅に

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Sumiyoshi Bridge

Hiroshima

A bridge over the Hon River at Funairi in Hiroshima.

Getting there

Hondōri Stn · 25 min walk

Before you go

Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Do not block the path or road
Keep your voice down

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アニメ旅 — この世界の片隅に

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Honkawa Bridge

Hiroshima

A bridge over the Hongawa in central Hiroshima. The stepped landing drawn in the film stood at its eastern end; the bank there is built differently now.

Getting there

Hondōri Stn · 13 min walk

Before you go