Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

TV anime · 2009

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 — real-life locations

Nihonbashi Bridge, Ameya-Yokocho and more — 11 places you can visit, in 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 · 11

Nihonbashi Bridge

Tokyo Start here

A 1911 twin-arch stone bridge, the point from which Japan's road distances are measured.

Getting there
Mitsukoshimae Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down

Ameya-Yokocho

Tokyo

The market street under the tracks between Ueno and Okachimachi.

Getting there
Keisei-Ueno Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students

Sangenjaya Catholic Church

Tokyo

The church on the walk the story takes through Setagaya.

Getting there
Sangen-jaya Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 東京マグニチュード8.0

Kinuta Elementary School

Tokyo

A working school in Setagaya — look from the street.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 東京マグニチュード8.0

Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital

Tokyo

The city hospital the story's casualties are taken to.

Getting there
Ebisu Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 東京マグニチュード8.0

Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park

Tokyo

The Azabu park of slopes and a pond, on the way south.

Getting there
Azabu-juban Stn · 17 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 東京マグニチュード8.0

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo

The 1958 lattice tower over Shiba, 333 m tall.

Getting there
Akabanebashi Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 東京マグニチュード8.0

Rainbow Bridge

Tokyo

The suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba. A link bridge modelled on it appears in the series and collapses in the quake.

Getting there
Shibaura-futo Stn (Yurikamome) · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
レインボーブリッジ

Hinode Pier

Tokyo

A pier in Tokyo. It appears in episode 4.

Getting there
Monorail Hamamatsucho Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 東京マグニチュード8.0 「日の出桟橋」

Shiba Park

Tokyo

A park in Tokyo.

Getting there
Shibakoen Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 東京マグニチュード8.0 「芝公園」

Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin

Tokyo

A school in Tokyo.

Getting there
Azabu-juban Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 東京マグニチュード8.0 「東洋英和女学院」

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