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Filming locations in Japan

731 places in Japan recorded as a filming location for a film or television series, from Inception (2010) down to the deep cuts.

3 studios & sets · 12 castles & palaces · 243 landmarks & buildings · 26 streets & squares · 135 landscapes & nature · 312 towns & cities

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Locations in Japan

The 120 most notable are above. Every place in Japan, A to Z, with how many productions each carries:

Set in Japan, not filmed there

531 more places in Japan appear on this atlas because a game, an anime or a manga is SET there. Nothing was filmed at them: a drawn or rendered work is filmed nowhere, and some of these places are invented and pinned on what Wikidata says they are based on.

Also shot in Japan, without a precise location

Wikidata records 120 more productions as shot in Japan while naming only the country or the state: true, and too coarse to pin, so they are named here rather than dropped or guessed at.

Also named as shot in Japan by their Wikipedia articles

15 productions name Japan in their Wikipedia articles as where they were shot, without a place inside it, so they are listed here rather than pinned or dropped.

Productions filmed in Japan

308 more productions are listed on the pages of the places above.

Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations are in Japan?

731 places in Japan are recorded on this atlas: 3 studios & sets, 12 castles & palaces and 243 landmarks & buildings, among others. Every one is listed on this page.

Which is the most filmed place in Japan?

Tokyo, with 14 recorded productions.

Which famous productions were filmed in Japan?

Inception (2010), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Seven Samurai (1954) and Lost in Translation (2003), by number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to each place's coordinates, photograph and Wikipedia article. A country that looks thin means sparse Wikidata coverage, never that nothing was filmed there.