City

Hida-Furukawa & Takayama

The mountain towns in Gifu that provided the models for the rural half of Your Name. Reachable from Nagoya or Toyama on the Takayama line.

Districts

In this area

A small town with white-walled storehouses and a canal full of carp. The station, the library and the shrine all appear in Your Name.

The preserved merchant streets, Hie Shrine and the Kanshokan library building, all within walking distance of Takayama station.

Routes

Hyouka in Takayama, Higurashi in Shirakawa-go, and Your Name one stop up the line.

hyouka · higurashi · your-name

Places

The Gifu town that provided the models for the rural scenes — station, library and shrine.

The model for the shrine in the opening and the New Year episode, on the wooded hill south of the old town.

One of the models for Miyamizu Shrine, where the sisters dance. A long cedar approach up a hillside.

The French-style wooden building used as the library in the research episode.

The library where Taki and Okudera search for Itomori. A working public library, five minutes from the shrine.

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