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Anime film · 2001

Spirited Away — filming locations

6 places you can visit, in Ehime, Gunma, 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 · 6

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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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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