Where is Only Yesterday set?

1991 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata

Only Yesterday (1991) — 5 real places Wikidata records as its setting in Japan. Where the anime takes place, not where it was made: an anime is drawn and filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.

Part of the Studio Ghibli Feature Films film series

See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Where it is set

🏙 Towns & cities

Tokyo

🇯🇵 Japan

capital and largest city of Japan
🏞 Landscapes & nature

Mount Zaō

🇯🇵 Japan

mountain in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
🏙 Towns & cities

Yamagata

🇯🇵 Japan

city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
🏛 Landmarks & buildings

Takase Station

🇯🇵 Japan

railway station in Yamagata, Yamagata prefecture, Japan
🏛 Landmarks & buildings

Yamadera Station

🇯🇵 Japan

railway station in Yamagata, Yamagata prefecture, Japan

Filmed in the same places