Anime film · 2001

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro) — real-life locations

Dogo Onsen Honkan, Kodakara-yu Bathhouse and more — 17 places you can visit, in Gunma, Ehime, 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 · 17

Dogo Onsen Honkan

Ehime Start here

One of the bath houses Miyazaki has named as a source for the film's Aburaya — a working public bath, and the oldest in Japan.

Getting there

Dogo Onsen Stn · 4 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Very crowded — expect queues
Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot

Sources

道後温泉本館 · 千と千尋の神隠し

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Kodakara-yu Bathhouse

Tokyo Start here

The 1929 bathhouse moved here whole, one of the buildings behind Yubaba's bathhouse.

Getting there

Hana-Koganei Stn · 17 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

Sources

千と千尋の神隠し · トリップログ — 千と千尋の神隠し「子宝湯」

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Sekizenkan, Shima Onsen

Gunma Unofficial

Fan-identified model for the bathhouse exterior and red bridge. Studio Ghibli has never confirmed any real-world model.

Getting there

Nakanojo Stn (JR Agatsuma Line) + bus 40min · 5 min walk

Before you go

Paying guests have priority
Keep quiet indoors
No tripods or selfie sticks
Fan-identified — not officially confirmed

Sources

四万温泉

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Dogo Onsen Station

Ehime

The wooden terminus of the tram line, at the top of the arcade to the bath house.

Getting there

Dogo Onsen Stn · At the station

Before you go

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

Sources

道後温泉 · 千と千尋の神隠し

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Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Tokyo

The open-air museum of relocated Tokyo buildings that the bathhouse town's shopfronts and signboards are drawn from.

Getting there

Bus from Musashi-Koganei Stn · 5 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Keep your voice down

Sources

江戸東京たてもの園 · 千と千尋の神隠し

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Hotel Gajoen Tokyo

Tokyo

The lacquered banquet halls of the 1930s Hyakudan Kaidan, one of the buildings the bathhouse interiors draw on.

Getting there

Meguro Stn (JR Yamanote Line) · 4 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors

Sources

目黒雅叙園 · 千と千尋の神隠し

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Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

Tokyo

The studio's own museum, which holds the film's original layouts and a room built from its sets.

Getting there

Bus from Mitaka Stn · 5 min walk

Before you go

Date-and-time tickets, bought in advance — none sold at the door
No photography indoors
Very crowded — expect queues

Sources

三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 · 千と千尋の神隠し

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Shiotsu Station

Yamanashi

Art director Kazuo Oga researched the country around this small station as the model for the film's opening and closing landscapes.

Getting there

Shiotsu Stn · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Keep your voice down
Residential area — people live here

Sources

千と千尋の神隠し

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Nijo Castle

Kyoto

Its painted ceilings were among the references used for the interior of the bathhouse Aburaya.

Getting there

Jingu-marutamachi Stn · 36 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
No photography indoors

Sources

千と千尋の神隠し

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Kiyosu Castle

Aichi Unofficial

The vermilion bridge over the Gojo River with the keep rising beyond it is said to be a model for the red bridge in front of the bathhouse.

Getting there

Shin-Kiyosu Stn · 15 min walk

Before you go

Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
Admission fee required
No tripods or selfie sticks

Sources

清洲城 · 千と千尋の神隠し聖地巡礼・ロケ地 — 赤い橋のシーンのモデルと言われる城

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Ginzan Onsen

Yamagata Unofficial

A Yamagata hot-spring street lined with three- and four-storey wooden inns whose look is said to have fed into the design of the bathhouse.

Getting there

Oishida Stn (JR Yamagata Shinkansen) + bus 40 min · 3 min walk

Before you go

Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
Paying guests have priority
Parking is for campers only

Sources

【千と千尋の神隠し】道後温泉はモデル？ — 油屋のモデルのひとつと噂される温泉街

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Takei Sanshodo Stationery Shop

Tokyo

The wall of little drawers Kamaji's boiler room is drawn from.

Getting there

Hana-Koganei Stn · 18 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

Sources

千と千尋の神隠し · トリップログ — 千と千尋の神隠し「武居三省堂」

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Takahashi Korekiyo Residence

Tokyo

The house whose upper room Haku flees to, wounded, after stealing Zeniba's seal.

Getting there

Hana-Koganei Stn · 18 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

Sources

トリップログ — 千と千尋の神隠し「高橋是清邸」

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Arakawa-shakomae Tram Stop

Tokyo

The tram stop the train Chihiro and No-Face ride is drawn from.

Getting there

Arakawa-shakomae 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

トリップログ — 千と千尋の神隠し「荒川車庫前停留場」

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Kanaguya

Nagano

The wooden inn at Shibu hot spring, one of the buildings the bathhouse is said to draw on.

Getting there

Yudanaka Stn + bus 10min · 3 min walk

Before you go

Paying guests have priority
Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors

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Yubara Onsen

Okayama

A hot-spring town on the Asahi in northern Okayama, known for its open riverside bath. An inn here is given as one of the models for the bathhouse of the same name in the film.

Getting there

Chugoku-Katsuyama Stn + bus 30min · 3 min walk

Before you go