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Routine, reading and two shared tables

Follow Perfect Days through 4 real places in Tokyo. Hirayama’s repeated route finds variation, dignity and light in exact Taitō locations documented by the city film commission.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: Sumida Park · Sakura Bridge
  1. 01
    The repeated crossing · Sakura Bridge

    Begin with the bridge Hirayama passes again and again, where routine is made visible through changing light and weather.

    FILM LOCATION

    Sumida Park · Sakura Bridge

    Sakura Bridge crossing the Sumida River between Taitō and Sumida
    Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Sakura Bridge appears repeatedly as Hirayama travels through the city; the municipal film commission records several days of filming here in October 2022.

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  2. 02
    A day off · Chikyūdō

    Continue to the real Asakusa bookshop, keeping a working shop and its customers separate from the film pilgrimage.

    FILM LOCATION

    Chikyūdō second-hand bookshop

    Coordinate map plate for Chikyūdō second-hand bookshop in Asakusa
    Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map

    Chikyūdō is the Asakusa second-hand bookshop Hirayama visits. The production used the real shop substantially as it was.

    Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.

  3. 03
    Two counters · Food and company

    End with Fukuchan and Kurenai no Hi Novu, the two documented rooms where Hirayama’s solitary rhythm opens toward other people.

    FILM LOCATION

    Fukuchan · Asakusa Underground Street

    Asakusa Underground Shopping Street containing Fukuchan
    Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Fukuchan, inside the Asakusa Underground Street, is the everyday counter where Hirayama eats; it remains a working small business rather than a film set.

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  4. 04
    FILM LOCATION

    Kurenai no Hi Novu

    Coordinate map plate for Kurenai no Hi Novu in Asakusa
    Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map

    Kurenai no Hi Novu supplies Mama’s bar. The active venue should be visited only as an ordinary customer and with its current opening and booking rules checked first.

    Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.

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