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Anime film · 2009

Summer Wars — real-life locations

Ueda Castle — Higashi-Koguchi Yagura Gate and more — 9 places you can visit, in Nagano, 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 · 9

Ueda Castle — Higashi-Koguchi Yagura Gate

Nagano Start here

The Jinnouchi family's home town. The castle and its gate anchor the film's setting.

Getting there
Ueda Stn (Hokuriku Shinkansen) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
上田城 · サマーウォーズ

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Ueda Station

Nagano

Where Kenji and Natsuki arrive for the summer. The castle town beyond it is the Jinnouchi family's.

Getting there
Ueda Stn (Hokuriku Shinkansen) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
上田駅

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Nagano Prefectural Ueda High School

Nagano

The school where Ryohei, a relative of the heroine, plays on the baseball team whose run through the Nagano prefectural tournament is followed in the film.

Getting there
Ueda Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
長野県上田高等学校

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Ueda City Hall

Nagano Gone

The city hall shown behind Yorihiko as he pilots his avatar by mobile phone; the old building drawn in the film was demolished after 2021.

Getting there
Ueda Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • No longer exists — nothing remains at the site
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
サマーウォーズ · 『サマーウォーズ』聖地巡礼スポット8選 — 陣内頼彦がアバターを操作する場面の背景

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Tokyo Station

Tokyo

The station Kenji and Natsuki leave Tokyo from.

Getting there
Tokyo Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — サマーウォーズ 「東京駅」 — · Anime Pilgrimage『サマーウォーズ』聖地巡礼マップ — 東京駅

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Ueda Castle Ruins Park

Nagano

The castle park at Ueda, the town the Jinnouchi family home is set outside.

Getting there
Ueda Stn · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — サマーウォーズ 「上田城跡公園」

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Unnomachi Shopping Street

Nagano

The arcaded street running north from Ueda Station towards the castle.

Getting there
Ueda Stn · 8 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 — サマーウォーズ

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Ueda Castle

Nagano

The castle at Ueda that twice held off the Tokugawa. Its gate was used as the reference for the gate of the family house in the film.

Getting there
Ueda Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
上田城

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Toishi Castle Ruins

Nagano

A castle site in Nagano.

Getting there
30 min by car from Ueda Stn · 36 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — サマーウォーズ 「砥石城 米山城跡」

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