Filming Locations of Jdramas

Last edited by Keiko1981 on Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:11 pm; edited 9 times in total

Feel free to post info about filming locations of dramas here.
Many thanks goes to everyone that have helped so far. Big Smile

Many of the dramas are filmed at the same location.

Aoi Tori: Hokkaido, Kagoshima.
Ashita no Kita Yoshio: Kappa Tengoku in Yumoto-Hakone, Kanagawa Pref, Honshu In some of the scenes from ep. 5; When Heita-san goes to the "changing room" around 3:15 and also later when the assassin is talking to Heita-san's girlfriend, and when the investigator and his assistant are sitting the lobby hiding from the bypassing Heita-san. (posted by KuroRyu)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Mizuki's house is in Ibaraki and not in California.
Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2: Makino's apartment is the same location setting for the dormitory scenes for the movie Honey & Clover (ハチミツとクローバー), which starred Sakurai Sho.
Ebisu Garden Square, Shibuya, Tokyo.
Eitoku Gakuen is actually Seikei University in Tokyo.
Domyoji's mansion is known as the British Hills in Fukushima Prefecture. (http://www.british-hills.co.jp/)
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Kurosagi: Kita Ward in Akabane Iwabuchi. (pictures, map)
Nobuta wo Produce: JAL Training Centre in Tokyo (pic 1, pic 2), Tokyo Marine University (pic 1, pic 2)
Papa to Musume no Nanokakan: Yokohama (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3)
Sexy Voice and Robo: JAL Training Centre in Tokyo (pic 1, pic 2)
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi: Arashiyama, Kyoto, Bamboo Forest, Fushimi Inar Fushimi Castle, Nara Kouen
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi: Yokohama (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3)
Yukan Club: Yokohama (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3)

Credit: DramaWiki, IMDb, Erin Asakawa's Doramaworld including all others that have provied information/pictures.
List of filming locations (page in Japanese): http://loca.ash.jp/

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hmmmm..i think they were mostly sets...idk..lol..

there is ebisu garden square in hana yori dango..hehehehe

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Locations from my all-time favorite dramas:

from Nobuta wo Produce:

the school is actually JAL Training Centre in Tokyo.

the rooftop scenes were taken from the Tokyo Marine University.

from Hana Kimi:

Mizuki's house is in Ibaraki and not in California. Laugh

from Hana Yori Dango:

Eitoku Gakuen is actually Seikei University in Tokyo.

Domyoji's mansion is known as the British Hills in Fukushima Prefecture.
http://www.british-hills.co.jp/

credits:erin asakawa's doramaworld. Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

That school in Nobuta wo Produce is also the middle school in Sexy Voice and Robo.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

This was a very interesting read. I don't have anything to contribute to this topic but just wanted to give my thanks. Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

This site lists filming locations to just about every drama... EVER!.... (ok, maybe not quite that many, but pretty darn close)....
Only drawback is that it's in Japanese....

http://loca.ash.jp/

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:06 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks for the locations! Makes my trek through Japan a lot easier. Its kinda corny but besides touring Japan, I I was planning on taking pics of myself in places where I'd seen some dramas filmed in. So far I had Tokyo Tower and the Rainbow bridge but the universities and training centres shouldn't be too hard to get to.

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

When I was in Japan last year I went to Yokohama for some location scouting.

Here are my pictures.

Seen in Tatta Hitotsu no Koi, Yukan Club, Papa to Musume no Nanokakan and probably even more.

And one picture from Ebisu Garden Square, which is in Shibuya district, but has its own train station, so saying it is in Shibuya might be a bit misleading.

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hua!!! interesting... thanks a lot for bringing up this topic

I only know some. For Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika, well, definitely in Hiroshima, especially in peace memorial park. Shika otoko aoniyoshi took lots of great places in kyoto and nara. Bamboo forest in arashiyama, fushimi inar, almost in every part of nara kouen, etc.

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Can someone tell me the name (and where it is) of the monument the the beginning of Kurosagi?

The scene where you first see Pi lying on the grass - with those red braces!!!!!

Thankyou

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I looked it up on the site mizune linked to and it is in Kita ward, the area is called Akabane Iwabuchi

Pictures

Map

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

arigato, arigato gozaimasu

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

not entirely sure if this is relevant but the currently airing drama Ashita no kita yoshio in ep5 were shooting at a hot spring resort in some of the scenes (when Heita-san goes to the "changing room" around 3:15 and also later when the assassin is talking to Heita-san's girlfriend, and when the investigator and his assistant are sitting the lobby hiding from the bypassing Heita-san), which turns out to be the exact same place where my friend and I visited earlier this year (around 4-5th Jan). The place is called "Kappa Tengoku" ( http://www.japanhotel.net/kappa/onsen.htm ) and is in Yumoto-Hakone. I was really surprised and couldn't believe it at first.. and to add to the irony of the situation this episode let alone series (in my knowledge at least) hadn't started aring yet. But they must have done the shooting some months prior to when we were there...

was still kinda "chou guzen" Goggle eyes

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0