Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

TV anime · 1989

Patlabor — real-life locations

Shōwa Memorial Park, Shibuya River, Yasukuni-dori Avenue and more — 28 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Saitama. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

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Locations · 28

Shōwa Memorial Park

Tokyo Start here

A national park on the site of the former Tachikawa air base.

Getting there
Nishi-Tachikawa Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students

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Shibuya River

Tokyo

The culverted river through Shibuya, drawn in the background.

Getting there
Ebisu Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Yasukuni-dori Avenue

Tokyo

The avenue the airship comes down along.

Getting there
Shinjuku-sanchome Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Ueno Station forecourt

Tokyo

The forecourt where the machines come through the city.

Getting there
Inaricho Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Tokyo Station

Tokyo

Where the two patrolmen arrive from out of town.

Getting there
Otemachi Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Azuma Bridge

Tokyo

The Sumida bridge the unidentified labor comes ashore at.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 4 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office

Tokyo

The city's medical examiner's office, where the body is looked at.

Getting there
Otsuka-ekimae Stn · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Shin-Kiba Station

Tokyo

Where the army vehicles gather in front of the station.

Getting there
Shin-Kiba Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Higashi-Sengoku Bridge

Tokyo

The canal bridge in the Shin-Kiba timber yards, where the fight happens.

Getting there
Shin-Kiba Stn · 11 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Tokyo Teleport Station

Tokyo

The Odaiba station the unit is called out to on Christmas Eve.

Getting there
Tokyo Teleport Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Kachidoki Bridge

Tokyo

The 1940 bascule bridge over the Sumida, its leaves last raised in 1970.

Getting there
Ginza Stn · 22 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Tsukuda Ohashi Bridge

Tokyo

The bridge that replaced the Tsukuda ferry in 1964.

Getting there
Ginza Stn · 22 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Eitai Bridge

Tokyo

The blue steel arch over the Sumida, rebuilt after the 1923 earthquake.

Getting there
Hatchōbori Stn · 19 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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National Diet Building

Tokyo

The 1936 parliament building, drawn in the standoff scenes.

Getting there
Kasumigaseki Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Kaminarimon-dori

Tokyo

The Asakusa avenue running past the great lantern.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Uguisudani Station

Tokyo

The Yamanote halt behind Ueno, hemmed in by the cutting.

Getting there
Uguisudani Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Urayama Dam

Saitama

A 156 m concrete dam in the Chichibu hills; the crest is open to walk.

Getting there
Urayamaguchi Stn · 21 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Yoyogi Park

Tokyo

The park on the old Olympic village ground.

Getting there
Yoyogi Stn · 24 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Takeshiba Pier

Tokyo

The island-ferry pier on the bay.

Getting there
Monorail Hamamatsucho Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Zojo-ji

Tokyo

The Tokugawa temple under Tokyo Tower.

Getting there
Daimon Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Harumi Wharf

Tokyo

A wharf at the mouth of the Sumida; the passenger terminal that stood here in the 1990s closed in 2022.

Getting there
Hamamatsucho Stn · 27 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Nippon Budokan

Tokyo

The octagonal hall in Kitanomaru Park, built for the 1964 games.

Getting there
Kudanshita Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Tokyo National Museum

Tokyo

The oldest museum in Japan, at the head of Ueno Park.

Getting there
Ueno-hirokoji Stn · 21 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Sakurada Gate

Tokyo

The 1620 gate of the outer moat, opposite the police headquarters.

Getting there
Kasumigaseki Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Wakasu Bridge

Tokyo

The bridge from Shinkiba to Wakasu, with the Gate Bridge beyond the canal.

Getting there
15 min by bus from Shinkiba Stn · 5 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
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 機動警察パトレイバー

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Rainbow Bridge

Tokyo

The suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba, taken to be the model for the Tokyo Bay crossing that appears in the second feature film.

Getting there
Shibaura-futo Stn (Yurikamome) · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
レインボーブリッジ

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Akihabara

Tokyo

The electronics and hobby quarter around Akihabara Station, and a natural haunt for a story about machines. It appears in the series.

Getting there
Akihabara Stn (JR Yamanote Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
秋葉原

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Shimbashi Station

Tokyo

The Tokyo terminus of Japan's first railway, its 1930s Tokyo Rapid Transit platform sealed beneath the concourse. That abandoned station appears in the second feature film.

Getting there
Shimbashi Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
新橋駅

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