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Shinjuku

special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Japan · 35.6939, 139.7034

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Shinjuku is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Shinjuku, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 8 more. 1 anime is also set here.

16 productions were filmed at 30 places inside Shinjuku rather than at Shinjuku itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“I think the energy has to come on the set at the very last minute." Locations were used in Kabukichō and other parts of Shinjuku.”
Enter the Void (2009) · Wikipedia

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Shinjuku
Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

TV series filmed in Shinjuku

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Shinjuku as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Shinjuku

16 productions shot at 30 places inside Shinjuku, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Shinjuku itself.

Set here

Anime that take place here. Nothing drawn was ever filmed here, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Shinjuku, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Drawn from this place

Productions whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Shinjuku as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Shinjuku?

25 productions are recorded as filmed in Shinjuku, 16 of them at places inside it, including Waratte Iitomo! (1982–2014), The Creator (2023) and La Bête Humaine (1938). 8 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Shinjuku?

Waratte Iitomo! (1982–2014), covered by 7 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Shinjuku?

Shinjuku is in Japan. Its coordinates are 35.6939, 139.7034.

What other filming locations are near Shinjuku?

Shinjuku Golden Gai (under 1 km), LOFT (under 1 km), Kabukichō (under 1 km), Kamurochō (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe, Public domain.