Landmarks & buildings

Tower of the Sun

Building by Tarō Okamoto

Japan · 34.8096, 135.5320

Official site

Tower of the Sun is a real place Dynamite Headdy was drawn from, named as a model for the setting in its Japanese Wikipedia article. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here.

Set here, per Tower of the Sun’s own Wikipedia article

This page’s own Wikipedia article says these are set here. Nothing was filmed: each is drawn or rendered. Not on the map.

Drawn from this place

Japanese Wikipedia says the setting of these video games was modelled on Tower of the Sun. Nothing was filmed here.

Filming locations nearby

What Wikipedia says about Tower of the Sun

One sentence quoted word for word from Wikipedia, with the production it describes and a link to the article it comes from.

  • Naruto 1999

    “The Tower of the Sun (along with Okamoto's other works) was used as homage in the character of Deidara from the Naruto series, with an explosion caused by the character's suicidal attack "C0" taking the shape of the tower.” Wikipedia