Your Name. The whole strategy of hitting the same scene

From Takeru's date with Oji to the encounter through time and space, many of the scenes that make people burst into tears are actually set in real locations in Japan, and the degree of reproduction is quite high, as long as the card position is correct, you can be like being in the movie.

The most photographed destination in the movie is Tokyo, where most of the scenes are popular tourist landmarks, not delaying the shopping and eating, and they are not far away from each other, so it's not a big deal to finish in a day.

This tour guide will take you on a deep dive into the real locations of many of the scenes in the movie, recommending the best shooting angles, and authentic ways to play around.

Taki and Oji's First Date | Tokyo Yotsuya Station

Movie Screenshot

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Movie Scenes

Taki's first dream date with Oji-senpai, and his meeting with him as an adult, all took place at this station.

Real-life scenes

In reality, this is Shikoku Station (四ッ谷駅, Shikoku-eki) in Tokyo, and there are several exits from the station, the one that appeared in the movie being the Shikoku Station Akasaka Exit (赤坂, Akasaka).

It's not a popular area to travel to, but after the Your Name. hit, many fans of the movie came here to take photos and hit the spot.

Things to do around here

1. It's a 10-minute walk southwest from here to "Your Name. Suga Shrine, the most classic reunion scene of the protagonists in "Your Name"; and it's only 1 kilometer away from JR Shinano-machi Station, another spot to hit.

2. A 5-minute walk south of the station is Akasaka, Tokyo's high-end business district, with many high-end hotels, and worthwhile boutiques, antique stores, gourmet restaurants, and most recommended, the "Wagyu One Stream" restaurant. The most recommended restaurant is the "Wagyu Beef One Stream" restaurant, where you can eat "Matsusaka Beef" beef delivered directly from the source.

Matsusaka Beef at "Wagyu Ichiru" by AntiVirgin

Tips:

Matsusaka Beef is one of Japan's three most famous Japanese cows, along with Kobe and Yonezawa Beef. Matsusaka Beef" is very famous, it is one of the three major Japanese Wagyu beef, together with Kobe Beef and Yonezawa Beef. When the chef cuts into Matsusaka beef, he will see that the fat and lean meat of the steak penetrate into each other, and the cross-section shows a kind of red-white pattern, which is breathtaking in its delicacy and subtlety.

An unrivaled view of the terrace on a first date

Movie screenshot

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Movie scene

An unrivaled view of the terrace on a first date between Taki and Okuji-senpai.

Real Life Scene

This observation deck is located on the 52nd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Building. Roppongi Hills is a famous landmark in Tokyo and is currently one of the most expensive residential and commercial complexes in the city, with many celebrities proud to live here.

Roppongi Hills Live View by Meima Sister

This famous open-air observation deck offers a 360-degree view of Tokyo at night, and is by far the most popular date spot in Tokyo.

Inside, the Mori Art Museum and Mori Art Center often host interesting exhibitions, such as King of Thieves, Dunkin' Donuts, Yayoi Kusama, Musha, and more.

Roppongi Hills

- Roppongi Hills is a commercial facility consisting of more than 200 "only one" stores and restaurants in 4 zones, where you can enjoy shopping and dining while strolling through open spaces filled with greenery. A 53-story skyscraper, Mori Tower, is the main body of the complex, which includes offices, residences, a hotel, a shopping mall, an art gallery, a TV station, a movie theater, and other facilities. -There is a large shopping mall at the bottom, an office building in the center, and at the top there is the Mori Art Museum and the Tokyo City View Observatory, and tickets to the observatory and the museum are sold as a bundle -The 52nd floor's transparent glass observatory overlooks the cityscape with views of the Tokyo Tower, the Rainbow Bridge, and Odaiba, and on a good day, you can even see Mount Fuji.

First call to Mitsuba | JR Shinanocho Station

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Movie scenes

This overpass has been featured several times, including Takeru's date with Okuji-senpai and the first call to Mitsuba. In the cloudy sky, Takeru looks up, and the phone says "Unavailable", and the audience realizes for the first time that Takeru and Mitsuba are in two different time zones.

Realistic scenarios

This scene is a test of the eye. At JR Shinanocho Station, at the intersection next to the Keio University School of Medicine, there's a footbridge, and a lot of people rush by, not realizing that this is where Takeru first called Mitsuba.

This place was recreated very realistically in the movie, though a temple building behind the bridge was erased. You can also stand on the footbridge and pick up your cell phone, look into the distance and take a photo of the same.

JR Shinanocho Station

Located in Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Shinanocho Station was made famous by the movie Your Name, and has become a "mecca" because it's where Takeru first dialed Mitsuba's phone. It's an eye-catching place that many people miss in a hurry, and it's well worth seeing because the movie is so realistic.

Around

1. The classic Meiji Jingu Gaien is less than a 500-meter walk from Shinanocho Station.

The Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival, held here every summer and fall, is one of the most famous fireworks festivals in Tokyo. In late fall, the Jingu Gaien is covered in gold, making it a great place to enjoy autumn and ginkgo viewing.

Meiji Jingu Gaien by celine

2. Omotesando, Tokyo's most famous premium shopping district, is also nearby, along with Harajuku, Shibuya, and Daikanyama, and is home to flagship stores of many of the world's top brands and famous hipsters.

Sunset over Tokyo | Yoyogi Building

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Scenes from the movie

After Taki's date with Okuji, a distant view of the streets of Koshu and the Yoyogi Building is shown, revealing the city of Tokyo in the evening.

Real-life scene

This place is also located in Shinanocho, and when you get off the bridge, you stand on the safety island at the intersection and look west to see the Daiyoki Building, another famous sight in the movie.

At the end of the day, you can raise your camera to catch the sun slowly setting over the side of the Yoyogi Building, which is a much more beautiful view than the sunset over the ocean.

The best spot

The best spot is actually two kilometers away from the Yoyogi Building, which is the tallest skyscraper in Tokyo by total height.

Yoyogi Building

Remember the iconic Tokyo skyscraper from the Your Name movie, which was modeled after the Yoyogi Building in Shinjuku, and was featured several times in the movie, with the most popular shot being the beautiful view of the Tokyo sunset after Takeru's date with Okuji-senpai. The Yoyogi Building is the third tallest skyscraper in Tokyo, after the Midtown Building and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, and it has the design appearance of skyscrapers in New York City, USA, such as the Empire State Building. Unlike ordinary commercial buildings, it is a building used for NTT DoCoMo's corporate business and is not accessible to uninvolved people.

Neighborhood Play

1. A short distance south of the building is Yoyogi Park, a cherry blossom viewing spot in Tokyo.

This is one of the largest urban parks in Tokyo, with more than 18,000 trees planted in the grounds, and the air is so fresh that many Japanese locals gather here for picnics. It is very pleasant to enjoy the scenery of spring when cherry blossoms are in full bloom and autumn when maple leaves are colored in red.

Yoyogi Park by Yunbo Kotomo

2. Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine, which was featured in Makoto Shinkai's anime "5cm in a second", is also near the park and is another popular spot to visit.

This place is known for getting rid of bad luck and opening the door to good fortune, so stop by and ask for a fortune stick. If you happen to visit in the spring during the Goldfish Festival (4th Sunday in May) or in the fall during the Annual Grand Festival (September 22-23), you can also see a bustling scene of worshippers.

Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine

- Founded in 1212 during the Kamakura period, this shrine is famous for dispelling bad luck and bringing good fortune, and has been designated as a Yoyogi Hachiman site in Shibuya-ku. -Inside the grounds, the remains of an ancient residence from the Jomon period, which has been restored, are preserved, and the scenery is beautiful with lush greenery. -The Goldfish Festival in spring (the fourth Sunday in May)? In the fall, the regular festival (September 22 and 23) attracts many worshippers.

Stairway to Reunion | Suga Shrine

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Movie Scene

Where Taki and Mitsuba finally meet, and where the official promotional image shows the stairway. Feeling a sense of déjà vu, the duo look back at each other and ask each other's names on this step, ending the movie as a tearjerker for many.

Real-life scenes

This scene is set on the steps next to Suga Shrine.

The Shuka Shrine is tucked away in a quiet neighborhood, small and quiet. Because of the popularity of the movie "Your Name. became popular, it has attracted many tourists to visit.

From the gate, go straight to the right, is the Suga Shrine pagoda, and around the corner you can see the staircase that appeared in the movie. Many young couples will specially imitate the scene where the main characters rub shoulders and both turn back, and repeat the beauty of love under the sunshine of the Tokyo metropolis.

Comparison of streets next to Suga Shrine by Shimakaze

Down the steps and forward to an intersection, there is another place where Mitsuba once passed by. In the movie, there's a van parked at the intersection, but it's actually a delivery van for the stores at the intersection, so if you're lucky, you can actually see it parked there!

Suga Shrine

Suga Shrine, located in the Shinjuku area, was founded in 1634 and made famous by Your Name. Since the movie's release, it has attracted many fans to make the pilgrimage, especially to a crossroads in front of the shrine, which is also a location for well-known scenes. Mainly dedicated to Suga Omikami and Inari Omikami, the shrine preserves the precious Sanjusaku Gosai Eki, which is a designated tangible cultural asset of Shinjuku Ward.

Things to do in the neighborhood

1. There are a lot of good restaurants hidden around Suga Shrine, and the one-Michelin-starred Suzu, Kaiseki-Ohara, and Manya Izakaya are all worth a try.

2. Not far away is the Meiji Memorial Hall, which is an important venue for traditional Japanese weddings, so if you are lucky, you can witness a real Japanese wedding here.

3. Within a kilometer from the shrine, there is also the Tokyo Toy Museum, Tokyo's destination for baby walkers. Every detail of the wooden toys reflects the high level of Japanese professional carpentry, and they are very suitable as a companion gift.

Taki's lunch date with Okuji | The National Art Museum of Tokyo

Screenshots from the movie

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Scenes from the movie

The coffee shop where the hero Taki has a date with Okuji-senpai.

Reality Scene

This café is located on the second floor of the New Tokyo National Museum of Fine Arts in Roppongi.

Tokyo National New Museum reality scene by Alex

It should be noted that there are two sky cafes in the museum, and this one on the second floor is where the anime protagonists go on their dates. Sit at the fifth table on the left as you enter to get the perfect photo of the same character, and of course, you can order a sandwich from the same movie.

The museum itself has a very high architectural aesthetic value, it is the last art museum designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, with a large wavy glass curtain wall, with the light wandering, changing different levels of light and shadow expression, very shocking.

Tips:

The museum hosts a variety of high-level thematic art exhibitions throughout the year, and admission is free, with some exhibitions charging a fee.

National New Museum of Art, Tokyo

-The National New Museum of Art is the heaviest-weight member of the Roppongi Art Triangle, representing the aesthetic taste of contemporary Japanese art. -There are no regular exhibitions here, and a variety of high-level thematic exhibitions are held throughout the year, with topics ranging from classical ink painting to Western abstract art. -The museum has a strong sense of design and is the last work of Kisho Kurokawa, so if you have time, we recommend a walk. -Based on the concept of "art museum in the forest", about 50 kinds of plants are planted in the garden, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in different seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter.

Cafe La Bohéme

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Movie Scene

This is the place where the main character works, and where the main character faces the workplace for the first time. The whole movie's pre-scene, here accounted for a very heavy weight.

Reality Scene

In reality, the cafe where Taki works is an Italian restaurant close to the Shinjuku Gyoen - Cafe La Bohéme, with a beautiful environment, where the glass windows reflect colorful colors under the sunlight, which makes it romantic and beautiful, and where pasta and pizza are served. It's romantic and beautiful, and the pasta and pizza are amazing.

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Tips:

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 11:30-23:30

Saturday-Sunday: 11:00-23:30

Address: Shinjuku 160-0022

1-1-7 Shinjuku, Japan. Shinjuku 160-0022

Transportation: Shinjuku Gyoenmae Station Exit 2, a two-minute walk.

Things to do in the neighborhood

The Shinjuku Gyoen, near the restaurant, is a large park that combines Japanese, English, and French garden styles, and is also a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in Tokyo. It is also a famous spot for cherry blossom viewing in Tokyo. Every year during the cherry blossom festival, the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Party" is held here at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Japan.

Shinjuku Gyoen by Silent Paradise

It was also the main setting for Makoto Shinkai's "The Garden of the Speech Leaves", and the pavilions, rain shelters, and bridges in the movie are popular destinations for tourists.

Tips:

Shinjuku Gyoen stops ticketing at 15:00 and admission at 16:00, and it doesn't open on Mondays, so those going on tour should pay attention to reasonable scheduling.

The encounter through time and space | Aoshima Village

Movie scenes

This is the grandmother said that the link between different time and space exchange door "enshrined", the Mitsuba family in order to worship the gods, over the mountains to this place, put down the mouth of the brewery.

This is also the place where Takeru and Mitsuba met for the first time through time and space. They wrote their names on each other's palms just so they wouldn't forget.

Screenshots from the movie

Real-life scenes

This is a volcanic island called Aoshima Village, which is thought to be the prototype for Itomori Village, Mitsuba's hometown. It is located in the southern part of the Izu islands, and is itself very remote, not easy to get to, and full of mystery, so a lot of people come here specifically for this reason.

Aoshima Village is the least populated village in Japan, with only 166 people on the entire island. There is not even an address on the island, and all mail to Aoshima Village is addressed to "〒100-1701 Tokyo Aogashima Village Mubanchi", and the letter carrier will deliver it to your home.

The only way to get to Aoshima Village is to take a flight from Haneda Airport to Hachijojima Island, and then transfer to a helicopter on the island.

Through the Aoshima Village website (http://www.vill.aogashima.tokyo.jp/top.html), you can book a helicopter and B&B for around RMB 800 for a round-trip ticket. Helicopter space is tight, with only nine spots available per day, and bookings open 30 days in advance, so be sure to book early if you want to go.

The island's B&Bs provide meals for visitors and also charge around RMB 600 per day. Summer is the best time to travel to Qingdao Village, when the island is filled with the Milky Way at night and visibility is high, making it easy for photographers to take pictures.

Aoshima Village

Aoshima Village is the hometown of Mitsuba in the movie "Your Name," and an important place where Mitsuba and Takeru learned the truth. Located in the southern part of the Izu Islands, Aonoshima is an inhabited volcanic island and the least populated local municipality in Japan. It is so remote that only one helicopter can fly to it, and it can only hold nine passengers, making transportation difficult.

Miba's hometown, Itomori Town | Lake Suwa, Nagano

Movie Screenshot

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Movie Scene

Itomori Town, where Miba lives, is a fictional town. There is a beautiful lake in the town, the town has a beautiful scenery, Lake Itomori is quiet and beautiful, and the fate of the town is even more sad after that when the meteor falls.

Real-life scenarios

Makoto Shinkai's hometown, Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture, is the prototype for Lake Itomori.

Lake Suwa is the largest lake in Nagano Prefecture, and the scenery is stunning. In winter, when the lake is frozen over, you can see the magical phenomenon of "Mikoshido".

Lake Suwa by Sukey

The frozen surface of the lake looks as if a god has passed by, leaving a chain of raised ice picks, and you may even meet anglers and skaters who fish for wakame on the ice.

To get the anime-style photos, you need to get off at Kamisuwa Station and take a taxi (8 minutes) or walk (about 30 minutes) to Tateishi Park on the mountain. Just find a good camera position and press the shutter when the sun sets and the lights come on.

Lake Suwa

This is the small village where Mitsuba lives in Your Name, quiet to the point of being a bit boring, with young kids desperately trying to get away, and it's beautiful in the anime, and even more beautiful in the actual setting. Lake Suwa is the largest lake in Nagano Prefecture, and in the winter months when the lake is frozen over, you can see the unique sight of anglers and skaters fishing for wakame in holes in the ice.

Around

1. Suwa Taisha Shrine around Lake Suwa is one of the oldest shrines in Japan. The Oshu Matsuri festival, held every six years, is one of the three most famous festivals in Japan, and the best part of the festival is the "Kizuna", in which men can be seen sliding down the mountainside, holding the pillars, at a fast pace.

2. Suwa City has many other attractions. There are footbaths on the shores of Lake Suwa that draw water from the springs of the Seven Cauldrons source, and in the spring you can see the romantic cherry blossoms. Every year from the end of July to the beginning of September, there is also a fireworks festival held here.

The Suwa Fireworks Festival by Flying Pig~

The station where we passed by when we were looking for each other | Hida Furukawa Station

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Movie Scene

One of the classic scenes in the movie is Hida Furukawa Station, where Taki was looking for Mitsuba.

Real-life scenes

Hida City Located in the northernmost part of Gifu Prefecture, "Your Name. After the big hit, Furukawa Station in Hida City went from being a niche attraction to a pilgrimage site for movie fans.

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If you want to get off at the same platform as Takeru, you'll have to time it right - only one train stops here every day.

Hida Furukawa Station

Hida Furukawa Station is a railroad station on the JR Hida Line and JR Takayama Main Line, and is the main station in Hida City, which is known for its sightseeing. In Your Name, Takeru passes through this station when he travels to Hida City in search of Mitsuba. The station is in the best photo spot for the scene, and the ground has been raised so that more see fans can take photos to their heart's content.

Things to do in the surrounding area

1. Every year on April 19th, the famous Furukawa Festival is held, featuring a float parade, taiko drumming, and other programs unique to the region. Locals tell the arrival of spring by banging on the taiko drums, which brings a large number of tourists to the festival.

2. From Furukawa Station, it is only about a ten-minute walk to Furukawa-cho, Hida's busiest and central neighborhood, where you can walk through Edo-style streets lined with fairytale-like wooden huts that are the work of Hida's artisans.

3. For real foodies, the name "Hida" originally belonged not to a city, but to a type of cow. A Hida cow is a black-haired Wagyu cow that has been fattened for more than 14 months in Gifu Prefecture.

The characteristics of Hida Beef are centered on its excellent fat distribution, with fine fat and muscle intertwined, giving it a marble-like texture that makes it not only suitable for grilling and sukiyaki, but also delicious for beef sashimi, and compares favorably to Japan's famous Matsusaka Beef and Kobe Beef.