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TV anime · 2010

Tamayura — filming locations

11 places you can visit, in Hiroshima, Kanagawa. 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 · 11

Takehara Station

Hiroshima Start here

Fu's home town starts here — the old merchant quarter is a ten-minute walk from the platform.

Getting there
Takehara Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
竹原駅

Fumeikaku

Hiroshima Start here

The wooden viewing hall on stilts above the preserved quarter that Fu photographs the town from.

Getting there
Takehara Stn (JR Kure Line) · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down

Takehara Historic Preservation District

Hiroshima

Fu's home town, an Edo-era merchant townscape reproduced closely in the series.

Getting there
Takehara Stn (JR Kure Line) · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
竹原市 · たまゆら (アニメ)

Takehara Port

Hiroshima

Where the ferries to the islands leave, and where the series looks out over the Inland Sea. The pin is the terminal building.

Getting there
Takehara Stn (JR Kure Line) · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go

Shioiri Station

Kanagawa

The Yokosuka stop the story uses when it leaves Takehara for the mainland.

Getting there
Shioiri Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
汐入駅

Verny Park

Kanagawa

The rose garden along the Yokosuka waterfront, looking out at the naval harbour.

Getting there
Yokosuka Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear

Okunoshima (Rabbit Island)

Hiroshima

The island of rabbits and poison-gas ruins the girls visit by ferry.

Getting there
Tadanoumi Stn + 15 min by ferry · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
大久野島

Ondo Strait

Hiroshima

The narrow channel of red bridges the series looks down on from the hill.

Getting there
Kure Stn + 30 min by bus · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Keep your voice down
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
Sources
音戸の瀬戸

Uraga Station

Kanagawa

The harbour town at the end of the Keikyu line, in the series' Yokosuka chapters.

Getting there
Uraga Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
浦賀

Mitarai

Hiroshima

The preserved Edo port quarter on Osakishimojima that the series' island trip is set in.

Getting there
Bus from Hiro Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
御手洗 (呉市)

Shorenji

Hiroshima

The temple at the head of the preserved street, on the walk the series takes through Takehara.

Getting there
Takehara Stn (JR Kure Line) · 17 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

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