Anime film · 2022
Suzume — filming locations
14 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Miyazaki, Hyogo. 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 · 14
Tokyo
Start here
The Tokyo keystone sequence unfolds around this bridge and the railway ravine below it.
- Getting there
- Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Do not block the path or road
- Never step onto the tracks
- Sources
- 聖橋
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Miyazaki
Start here
The harbour town where the film opens. Shinkai told a Miyazaki newspaper he set it here because the prefecture is where Japanese myth begins.
- Getting there
- Aburatsu Stn (JR Nichinan Line) · 30 min walk
- Before you go
- A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Hyogo
The Kobe night view Suzume sees during her stay in the city.
- Getting there
- Hoshi-no-eki, Maya View Line (cablecar + ropeway from Hankyu Oji-koen Stn) · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- 神戸の聖地巡礼まとめ — 摩耶山掬星台
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Tokyo
The bridge over the Kanda river where Suzume's Tokyo chapter is set.
- Getting there
- Ochanomizu Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Ehime
The Shikoku ferry port on Suzume's route east.
- Getting there
- Yawatahama Stn · 27 min walk
- Before you go
- A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Oita
The Kyushu side of the crossing the film takes across the Bungo Channel.
- Getting there
- Oita Stn (JR Nippo Line) + 60 min by bus · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Iwate
A rebuilt station on the Sanriku coast, on the road north the film travels.
- Getting there
- Orikasa Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 織笠駅 · すずめの戸締まり
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Miyagi
The rebuilt roadside station on the Sanriku coast that Suzume passes on her way north.
- Getting there
- Ōyakaigan Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Keep your voice down
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Oita
The Kyushu ferry port the film crosses from on the way to Shikoku.
- Getting there
- Usuki Stn · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
- Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Ehime
The Ehime station beside the ferry terminal, on Suzume's route east.
- Getting there
- Yawatahama Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- すずめの戸締まり
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Hyogo
Where Suzume arrives in Kobe, at the foot of the mountain the ruined amusement park stands on.
- Getting there
- Shin-Kobe Stn · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 新神戸駅 · すずめの戸締まり
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Ehime
The wooden keep above the Hijikawa, on Suzume's route through Ehime.
- Getting there
- Iyo-Ōzu Stn · 17 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Keep your voice down
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Sources
- 大洲城
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Tochigi
The vast underground quarry near Utsunomiya, the kind of abandoned place the film's doors open in.
- Getting there
- Utsunomiya Stn + 30 min by bus · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep quiet indoors
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- 大谷資料館
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Mie
A cave in the Ise hills called the rock door of heaven — the myth the film's doors are built on.
- Getting there
- Iseshi Stn + 40 min by car · 10 min walk
- Before you go
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep your voice down
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Worshippers come first
- Sources
- 恵利原の水穴
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