Where is The Garden of Words set?
2013 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai
The Garden of Words — 1 real place Wikidata records as its setting in Japan. Where the anime takes place, not where it was made: an anime is drawn and filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.
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Where it is set
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Shinjuku Gyoen
🇯🇵 Japan
park and garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“It is the setting of the 2013 anime film The Garden of Words.” Wikipedia
Also per Japanese Wikipedia — “東京を舞台としたアニメ映画” category
Japanese Wikipedia’s “東京を舞台としたアニメ映画” category lists 1 more place. A category is an editor’s judgement rather than a sourced statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Frequently asked questions
How many places is The Garden of Words set in?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 1 place from a Wikipedia setting category, labelled per Wikipedia, across Japan.
Which other productions are set in the same places?
Tokyo Ghoul, Weathering with You, Akira, 5 Centimeters Per Second and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Was The Garden of Words filmed anywhere?
No. An anime is drawn and filmed nowhere, so the places on this page are where its story is set, from Wikidata's narrative location and from Wikipedia's setting categories.
Where does this information come from?
Narrative location statements on Wikidata, and the setting categories Wikipedia editors file the work under, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is guessed from the plot.