Where is When Marnie Was There set?
2014 anime film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
When Marnie Was There (2014): 3 real places 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.
Part of the Studio Ghibli Feature Films film series
Where it is set
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Landscapes & nature
Hokkaidō
Japan
island of Japan
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Towns & cities
Sapporo
Japan
city on Hokkaido, Japan
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Landscapes & nature
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park
Japan
national park of Japan
Drawn from these real places
Nothing was filmed at these and the story does not happen in them. They are the real places this anime’s setting was modelled on, named in its Japanese Wikipedia article. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, so it is listed apart from everything above and never counted as a filming location.
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Towns & cities
Burnham Overy
England
village and civil parish in Norfolk, England
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Landmarks & buildings
Kushiro Subprefecture
Japan
subprefecture of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan
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Landscapes & nature
Kushiro Wetland
Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Nemuro Subprefecture
Japan
Subprefecture of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan
Filmed in the same places
Set in the same places
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- My Neighbor Totoro 1988
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Frequently asked questions
How many places is When Marnie Was There set in?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, all in Japan.
Which other productions are set in the same places?
Ghost of Yōtei (2025), Hitman (2016) and Golden Kamuy (2014), each listed on this page.
Was When Marnie Was There 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.