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Suzume
すずめの戸締まり
Suzume travels across Japan closing doors that release disasters. From Kyushu to Tohoku.
Synopsis
"Suzume" is a feature-length animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai and produced by CoMix Wave Films, released in 2022. Suzume Iwato, a 17-year-old girl living in a quiet town in Kyushu, meets Souta Munakata, a young man searching for doors. Behind old, abandoned doors scattered across Japan, a disaster-bringing "worm" is about to emerge. Together with Souta, Suzume sets out on a journey to close doors from Kyushu to Shikoku, Kobe, Tokyo, and finally the Tohoku region. A road movie of growth and healing, layered with the memory of places and prayers for what has been lost.
Why visit the real-life locations
This film is a road movie across Japan, so the journey itself becomes the pilgrimage. Aburatsu in Nichinan, Miyazaki, where the story begins, charms with the nostalgic scenery of a port town. Beppu invites wanderlust with the steam of its hot-spring district. In Hyogo, the streets of Kobe-Sannomiya and the sea-spanning Akashi Kaikyo Bridge are highlights. In Tokyo, the sloping streets around Ochanomizu Station and the dignified red-brick Marunouchi South Exit of Tokyo Station appear. From Uwajima in Shikoku to the coastal areas of Iwate in Tohoku, the journey's end, you can trace the whole door-closing route.
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Pilgrimage Spots（8 spots）
Aburatsu, Nichinan City
📍 Miyazaki
This is the model for the town where Suzume lives. The port town atmosphere overlaps with the beginning of the story.
Beppu City, Oita Prefecture
📍 Oita
This is the model for the hot spring resort that Suzume visits during her journey. The steam rising from Beppu Onsen is particularly striking.
Sannomiya, Kobe City
📍 Kobe, Hyogo
This is the model for a town in the Kansai region that Suzume visits during her journey. It depicts the scenery of a port town.
Around Ochanomizu Station
📍 Chiyoda, Tokyo
The setting for the scenes in Tokyo. The view from Hijiribashi Bridge is depicted impressively in the film.
Tohoku (coastal area of Iwate Prefecture)
📍 Iwate
The setting for the story's climax. The core of Suzume's story as she confronts the memories of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture
📍 Ehime
The model for the town in Shikoku that Suzume visits on her journey. A landscape of mandarin orange groves and the sea.
Tokyo Station (Marunouchi South Exit)
📍 Marunouchi 1-9-1, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Tokyo Station depicted in the scene where Suzume arrives in Tokyo. Appears as an important transit point in the journey.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
📍 Higashi-Maiko-cho, Tarumi, Kobe, Hyogo
The great bridge that appears when Suzume crosses from Shikoku to Honshu. A magnificent suspension bridge visible during the journey.