Film · 1969
Tora-san — filming locations
4 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Chiba. 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.
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Tora-san's home temple. Forty-eight films begin and end on this approach, and the sweet shops along it are the ones on screen.
- Getting there
- Shibamata Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
- Sources
- 柴又帝釈天 · 男はつらいよ
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The Kuruma family's sweet shop set, moved from the studio and rebuilt whole, by the Edogawa embankment.
- Getting there
- Shibamata Stn · 8 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Keep quiet indoors
- Closed on Mondays
- Sources
- 葛飾柴又寅さん記念館 · 男はつらいよ
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The neighbourhood shrine a few streets from the temple, in the Shibamata the films walk through.
- Getting there
- Shibamata Stn · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Residential area — people live here
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 柴又八幡神社 · 男はつらいよ
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The pilgrimage temple Tora-san's trade takes him to; the approach of old shops is his kind of ground.
- Getting there
- Narita Stn (JR Narita Line) · 16 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Sources
- 男はつらいよ
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