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Your Name Locations: Tokyo and Hida Furukawa Guide
Visit the Your Name stairs in Tokyo and explore Hida Furukawa's station, white-walled streets and braiding workshops, with routes and photo rules.
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Stand on the stairs beside the red handrails and compare a scene you remember from the film with the neighborhood in front of you. If you love Your Name, you can begin that walk in Tokyo’s Yotsuya area. The stairs belong to Suga Shrine, which the Shinjuku tourism association’s walking map (PDF) identifies as an inspiration for a scene in the film.
If you travel onward to Gifu, head for Hida Furukawa. Hida City published a tenth-anniversary itinerary in 2026. After visiting the station and library, wander among white-walled buildings or try kumihimo cord braiding. The film can be your introduction to pleasures that belong to the town itself.
Stay in Tokyo or continue to Hida Furukawa
Hida City’s guide estimates about 4 hours 30 minutes by train from Tokyo to Hida Furukawa. Actual connections affect this long journey, so staying overnight gives you more room for walks and activities.
| The trip you have in mind | One way to enjoy it | What to arrange |
|---|---|---|
| A film-inspired walk in Tokyo | Explore around Yotsuya and visit Suga Shrine | Fit it alongside your other Tokyo sightseeing |
| Two days and one night in Hida Furukawa | Travel on the first day, then explore the station, library and town center the next | Accommodation, the return train and opening hours on your arrival day |
| Add Furukawa to a Takayama trip | Give Furukawa its own walking day, separate from Takayama and Shirakawago | Choose the day around library closures |
If you are continuing Tokyo → Gifu → Kyoto, compare transport in the overall Gifu itinerary guide.
Begin at Suga Shrine’s stairs in Tokyo
Suga Shrine is a ten-minute walk from Yotsuya or Shinanomachi Station, or seven minutes from Yotsuya-sanchome Station. The residential streets seen from the stairs invite another look alongside your memory of the film.
If you are also interested in Tokyo’s history, visit the Fire Museum at exit 2 of Yotsuya-sanchome Station. Hand-drawn pumps and ladder trucks trace changes in firefighting from Edo to the present. It is not a location from the film, but it makes another stop on a Yotsuya walk. The museum also appears on the neighborhood walking map (PDF).
The museum is free, open 9:30–17:00 with last admission at 16:30, and usually closed on Mondays. Check its official calendar for changes around public holidays and the year-end period.
Let people pass on the stairs, and keep entrances to homes and the shrine approach clear. Avoid occupying a spot for a long time while waiting for an empty frame; leave time to continue your walk after taking a photo.
Choose your train route from Tokyo to Hida Furukawa
If your Tokyo-to-Kyoto trip also includes a stay in Takayama, start by searching Tokyo → Nagoya → Hida-Furukawa. If you are visiting Hokuriku too, compare Tokyo → Toyama → Hida-Furukawa. The city gives estimates of about 2 hours 40 minutes from Nagoya on the Takayama Main Line, or about 1 hour 15 minutes from Toyama. The Shinkansen journey from Tokyo and transfer waiting time come in addition.
When looking up trains from the city’s access guide, set the destination to Hida-Furukawa (飛騨古川). If your train ends at Takayama, you will also need a connecting local train to Furukawa.
For a stay in Takayama, the city’s estimate is about 15 minutes by train to Hida Furukawa, making the two towns easy to pair. Choose outward and return services around the library’s opening days and any workshop booking.
If you also want to visit Takayama and Shirakawago, compare bases in the Takayama, Gero and Shirakawago accommodation guide. Hida City’s directions route public transport from Shirakawago via Takayama. Giving Shirakawago a separate day, including the bus journey to and from Takayama, leaves more time to explore each town.
Walk from the station to the library and white-walled streets
On arrival in Hida Furukawa, start with the station building, the bus roundabout to its right and the footbridge over the tracks. Follow places on the city’s suggested itinerary and compare them with the scenes you remember. The library is a seven-minute walk from the station.
The Setogawa canal and white-walled storehouse district, five minutes on foot from the station, are also worth exploring. Narrow waterways run between houses, white walls line the streets, and sake breweries form part of the townscape. A walk that began with a search for film scenes can turn into a closer look at Furukawa itself. This does not mean that all of these places appeared in the film.
For a visit without a car, one example route is station → library → Setogawa and lunch. If you would also like to make something, add the kumihimo workshop at Sakura Bussankan, described below. It is an eight-minute walk from the station. Adjust the order to suit your workshop reservation and the library’s 17:00 photography cutoff.
If you want to visit Keta Wakamiya Shrine too, it is a 14-minute walk from the station. Ochiai bus stop is farther away: 17 minutes from the station by car. It is not included in this walking suggestion; arrange transport there and back separately if you want to visit.
Ask at the counter before taking photos in Hida City Library
Indoor photography is allowed during opening hours until 17:00, after asking at the service counter (official FAQ, PDF). On arrival, you can say or show: 「館内の写真を撮りたいです。撮影の申請はここですか」— Kannai no shashin o toritai desu. Satsuei no shinsei wa koko desu ka? (“I’d like to take photos inside. Is this where I ask for permission?”).
The same FAQ asks visitors to avoid photos that identify other users’ faces and behavior that disrupts normal library use. Where you cannot frame a photo without people in it, enjoy the visit without taking one.
The library’s own guide lists 9:00–20:00 Tuesday–Saturday and on public holidays, and 9:00–17:00 on Sundays; closures include Mondays and the last Friday of the month. When a Monday is a public holiday, the closure moves to the next weekday, so check your date on the official calendar. Even on days when the library stays open until 20:00, photography ends at 17:00.
If the library is a highlight of your trip, checking its opening days before booking accommodation makes it easier to fit everything together.
Make kumihimo and bring home a memory beyond photos
For example, Hida Furukawa Sakura Bussankan offers a workshop making a kumihimo bracelet or key ring on a marudai braiding stand. It costs ¥2,200 and is for children in the third year of elementary school and older. The facility says about 30 minutes, while the city’s activity page says 40 minutes or more. Allow for check-in and finishing, and avoid a return train immediately after the expected end. These details were checked on September 17, 2026.
If you are interested in braiding by hand, a separate hemp-thread strap workshop costs ¥800 and takes at least 30 minutes. Would you rather try the marudai, or make a small item from hemp thread? Choosing both the technique and the object you will take home is part of the fun.
For reservations, follow “WEBで予約” (Web de yoyaku, “Book online”) on the city’s marudai workshop page to Jalan. The same page also explains phone booking. Check the activity and participation conditions for your chosen date before booking.
The usual closures are Thursdays and the year-end/New Year period. The city’s guide also mentions a public-holiday exception, so check with the facility if your visit falls on a Thursday holiday. If you want to visit the library too, choose a day when both are open. Tokyo also has shops and activities connected with Gifu crafts.
A bracelet or key ring you braided yourself can become another reminder of a trip through the film’s scenery. Alongside walking around town, making something gives you a different way to choose what you bring home.
FAQ
- Where are the Your Name stairs in Tokyo?
- They are at Suga Shrine in the Yotsuya area of Shinjuku. The shrine gives walking times of ten minutes from Yotsuya or Shinanomachi Station and seven minutes from Yotsuya-sanchome Station. Leave room for people passing through and worshippers visiting the shrine.
- Can I visit Hida Furukawa as a day trip from Tokyo?
- Hida City estimates about 4 hours 30 minutes each way by train. Given the long return journey, this guide suggests including an overnight stay. For a day trip, check both trains for your travel date and calculate the time you would actually have there first.
- Can I take photos inside Hida City Library?
- The official FAQ allows photography during opening hours until 17:00, after asking at the service counter. Avoid photos in which other users' faces can be identified, and do not disturb reading or studying.
- Can I visit Hida Furukawa's film locations without a car?
- You can plan a walk around the station, town center and library. The city's tenth-anniversary itinerary combines walking and driving, so do not include the distant Ochiai bus stop as part of the same walking route.
* This article was translated from the original Japanese with the help of machine translation. Some expressions may not read naturally.
