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Anime film · 2017

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl — real-life locations

Pontocho Alley, Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto University and more — 6 places you can visit, in Kyoto. 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 · 6

Pontocho Alley

Kyoto Start here

The lantern-lit alley the film's drinking night runs down.

Getting there
Gion-shijo Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Evening entry may be 20+ only
Sources
先斗町 · 夜は短し歩けよ乙女

Shimogamo Shrine

Kyoto

The forest shrine whose second-hand book fair fills the middle of the film, the god of the fair presiding over it.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn (Keihan Oto Line) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
夜は短し歩けよ乙女

Kyoto University

Kyoto Unofficial

The university most characters attend and the stage of the chaotic school-festival chapter; its Yoshida dormitory models the hero's run-down lodging.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
Sources
『夜は短し歩けよ乙女』の舞台 8か所 — 学園祭の舞台

Yoshida Shrine

Kyoto

The hillside shrine where a festival character made his famous vow after falling in love at first sight.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 20 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
夜は短し歩けよ乙女 · 『夜は短し歩けよ乙女』の舞台 8か所 — パンツ総番長の願掛け

Shinshindo Kyodai-Kitamon

Kyoto

A venerable bakery-cafe by Kyoto University's north gate where the senior and the maiden promise to meet for coffee.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
『夜は短し歩けよ乙女』の舞台 8か所 — コーヒーの約束の店

Tadasu no Mori

Kyoto

The shrine forest that hosts the summer used-book fair where the girl hunts for a picture book called 'La Ta Ta Tam'.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
モル『夜は短し歩けよ乙女』の舞台8か所 — 下鴨納涼古本まつりの舞台

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