TV anime · 1969
Sazae-san — real-life locations
Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum, Sakurashinmachi Station and more — 9 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Fukuoka, 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.
Locations · 9
Tokyo
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Sakurashinmachi is where the author lived and where the Isono family is set; the museum and its memorial hall stand on the same street.
- Getting there
- Sakurashinmachi Stn (Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line) · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- No photography indoors
- Keep quiet indoors
- Sources
- 長谷川町子美術館 · サザエさん
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Tokyo
The station the Isono family's neighbourhood grew around; the platform plays the theme song.
- Getting there
- Sakura-shimmachi Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 桜新町駅 · サザエさん
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Fukuoka
Hasegawa walked the Fukuoka seafront near here when she thought up the family — the street above is named after the strip.
- Getting there
- Nishijin Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 西新駅 · サザエさん
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Chiba
The aquarium Sazae travels to in the episode 'Sazae Goes to Meet the Orca'.
- Getting there
- Awa-Kamogawa Stn · 26 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 鴨川シーワールド
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Nagano
The castle ruins whose Sannomon gate, the entrance to Kaikoen park, appears several times in Sazae-san's opening titles and travel episodes.
- Getting there
- Komoro Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 小諸城
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Ehime
The station that featured in the opening title sequence Sazae-san used through the second half of 2024.
- Getting there
- Shimonada Stn (JR Yosan Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 下灘駅
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Tokyo
The hill park at Oji, opened to the public in the Edo period and still a cherry-blossom ground. Its monorail and the Arakawa tram below appear in the opening used through the first half of 2020.
- Getting there
- Oji-ekimae Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 飛鳥山公園
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Hyogo
A wooden Hojo Railway halt in Hyogo, its 1915 building still standing. It appeared in the series' opening between April and June 2017 as one stop on a tour of Hyogo.
- Getting there
- Hokkeguchi Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Keep your voice down
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
- Sources
- 法華口駅
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Fukuoka
A school in Sawara, Fukuoka. The area around it is the early setting of the series, and the author drew herself standing at its gate. It is a working school; look from the road.
- Getting there
- Nishijin Stn · 8 min walk
- Before you go
- Working school — the grounds are off limits
- Do not enter private property
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 西南学院中学校・高等学校
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