Anime film · 1988
My Neighbor Totoro — filming locations
4 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Aichi, Saitama. 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.
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Tokyo
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The wooded ridge behind the sisters’ house. The hospital where their mother stays takes its name from it.
- Getting there
- Seibuen Stn (Seibu Seibuen Line) · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 八国山緑地 · となりのトトロ
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Aichi
Start here
The film's house, built full-size and furnished as it appears on screen. Entry is by advance ticket only.
- Getting there
- Aichikyūhaku-kinen-kōen Stn · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- Date-and-time tickets, bought in advance — none sold at the door
- Admission fee required
- No photography indoors
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 愛・地球博記念公園 · となりのトトロ
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Saitama
Tokorozawa is where Miyazaki lived while making the film, and the woods it draws are a bus ride from here.
- Getting there
- Tokorozawa Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 所沢駅 · となりのトトロ
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Saitama
The station nearest the woods Miyazaki campaigned to save, and the walk into them.
- Getting there
- Higashi-Tokorozawa Stn · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 東所沢駅 · となりのトトロ
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