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Tokyo

A private story inside a city of signals.
Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.

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79 stories & collections176 unique locations299 World–Place links
Flagship Worlds

Step inside Tokyo.

Individually designed Worlds with places in Tokyo. Their pins are on the map below.

More stories in Tokyo

Explore the wider researched catalogue alongside the curated Worlds. Source notes, historic geography and access restrictions stay with each story.

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79 stories and collections

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Credits

Akiko Ebi: se7en · CC BY 2.0. Akira Jimbo: Paddock Music Co. · CC BY 3.0. Alice in Borderland: Asanagi · CC0. Babel — Tokyo: 河田鷹介 · CC BY-SA 3.0. Diamond Yukai: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0. Enter the Void: freddie marriage fredmarriage · CC0. Frankie Sakai: 日活 (Nikkatsu Corporation) · Public domain. George Michael: University of Houston Digital Library · Public domain. Godzilla / Tokyo: Wikimizuki · CC BY-SA 4.0. Gorō Yamaguchi: yamai36 · CC BY 3.0. Gyō Shigefuji: Hasec · CC0. Harajuku Music & Street Culture: jonny - m t · CC BY-SA 3.0. Haruomi Hosono: YMOHosono2008(wide).jpg : JJ Hall from Peckham Rye, London, UK derivative work: Solid State Survivor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0. Hidemaro Konoye: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain. Hideo Saitō: qwesy qwesy · CC BY 3.0. Hiroki Niibori: Tom Parkes tomparkes · CC0. Hiroko Nakamura: Z. Siemaszko · CC0. Hiroshi Murakami: Osamu Kaneko from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0.

THE CITY THROUGH CULTURE

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Movies, television and music. Different ways to discover the same city.

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Explore collection areas across Greater Tokyo. These include neighbourhoods, districts and neighbouring cities.

Shinjuku ↗︎Shibuya ↗︎Nakano ↗︎Taitō ↗︎Minato ↗︎Chūō ↗︎Asakusa ↗︎Taitō / Sumida ↗︎Aoyama ↗︎tokyo ↗︎渋谷区Tokyo Bay ↗︎
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Kitanomaru Park ↗︎Kabukichō ↗︎Center-gai ↗︎Nakakaigan 3-chōme ↗︎Horikiri station ↗︎Ōfuna 6-chōme ↗︎Akabane ↗︎Hongō-dōri over the Kanda River ↗︎2-8-24 Tsurumakikita ↗︎Katase ↗︎Ōtemachi 1-chōme ↗︎
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More than one story.

Follow the connections between the films, shows and music that share a real place.

LET THE STORY LEAD

One way through.

BE PART OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

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Explore venue programmes, screenings and live music connected to the collection.

Connected film Worlds.

Music location collection

Music, in place.

Music videos, cover images and recording history. Each connection links to its source. 0 named locations have supported map pins; locations awaiting coordinates remain below.

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14 locations · 15 connections · showing 14

Sakurabashi Bridge, Sumida Park, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

word 4 word

オマリオン · Music video · Sourced

Sumida Park, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

2 music connections and sources

恋におぼれて〜Duet with Keiko Toda

戸田恵子、ブラザートム · Music video · Sourced

Day by day

辻香織 · Music video · Sourced

Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

Last Fantasy

IU · Music video · Sourced

Nakamise shopping street, Asakusa, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

Last Fantasy

IU · Music video · Sourced

Okazu Yokocho, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

はじまりの言葉 feat.千秋

ET-KING、千秋 · Music video · Sourced

Okachimachi Park, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

はじまりの言葉 feat.千秋

ET-KING、千秋 · Music video · Sourced

Uguisudani Park, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

おかあさん

グループ魂 · Music video · Sourced

Hatsune Children’s Park, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

YOU〜あなたがそばにいる幸せ〜

HOME MADE 家族 · Music video · Sourced

Nishisando shopping street, Asakusa, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

Day by day

辻香織 · Music video · Sourced

Former Horai Junior High School, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

流れ星〜Shooting Star〜

HOME MADE 家族 · Music video · Sourced

Imado bicycle storage facility, Taito, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

ウエディング・ソング

斉藤和義 · Music video · Sourced

Shiodome pedestrian-deck underground passage, Minato, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

蜃気楼

櫻坂46 勝又春 · Music video · Sourced

Nagisa Bridge, Minato, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

蜃気楼

櫻坂46 勝又春 · Music video · Sourced

Reiyukai Shakaden, Minato, Tokyo

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

Call Me Asap

SUPER★DRAGON · Music video · Sourced

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