Suwa, Nagano
Kami-Suwa Station
The lakeside JR stop where Your Name travelers step off before walking toward Suwa basin viewpoints and shrine approaches.
About this stop
Why fans visit Kami-Suwa Station
The lakeside JR stop where Your Name travelers step off before walking toward Suwa basin viewpoints and shrine approaches.
Kami-Suwa Station sits at or immediately around Kami-Suwa Station, so treat the stop as a short orientation pause before the next route segment. Use the ticket gates as your reset point, then walk one block in each direction to see which sightline best matches the scene cue.
Kami-Suwa Station is a visual-match stop for Your Name travelers fans. The lakeside JR stop where Your Name travelers step off before walking toward Suwa basin viewpoints and shrine approaches.
Stay behind yellow lines, do not film station staff at close range, and avoid blocking ticket gates during rush hour. Do not enter private property, school grounds, or staff-only areas even if a view looks closer from inside.
Kami-Suwa Station (上諏訪駅, Kami-Suwa-eki) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in Suwa, Nagano, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Multiple scenes in the film are set around Shinjuku Station’s southern exit area. Pedestrian overpasses connecting the station to surrounding buildings appear in several key moments, and the NTT DOCOMO Yoyogi Building (the tall clock-tower-like structure) is visible in the film’s backgrounds.
Scene comparison
Real location vs anime scene
Visit basics
- Address
- Suwa, Nagano
- Nearest station
- Kami-Suwa Station
- Walk time
- 0 minutes
- Coordinates
- 36.051, 138.107
- Related anime
- Your Name
- City guide
- Suwa anime locations
On-site experience
What it feels like to visit
The lakeside JR stop where Your Name travelers step off before walking toward Suwa basin viewpoints and shrine approaches. At Kami-Suwa Station, the travel value is understanding how locals use the space: commuters, worshippers, shoppers, or campers depending on the area.
Plan a short, respectful pause, then link the stop with another Suwa location so the day reads as a route instead of a checklist.
How to get there
From Kami-Suwa Station (on-site)
Kami-Suwa Station is at or directly around Kami-Suwa Station. Use station signage or the map pin before leaving the concourse, especially if multiple exits face different streets.
If the area feels residential or busy, keep the visit under 15-25 minutes and move to the next mapped stop.
- Start at Kami-Suwa Station and pick the exit that shortest-walk maps to Suwa, Nagano.
- Confirm the landmark from the station concourse or plaza before committing to a long photo setup.
- Pause where foot traffic allows, compare the scene cue with a wide shot, then move on if the area gets crowded.
- Connect to the next Suwa location on the map if time allows.
Quick visit note
Kami-Suwa Station sits at or immediately around Kami-Suwa Station, so treat the stop as a short orientation pause before the next route segment. Use the ticket gates as your reset point, then walk one block in each direction to see which sightline best matches the scene cue.
Etiquette
Stay behind yellow lines, do not film station staff at close range, and avoid blocking ticket gates during rush hour. Do not enter private property, school grounds, or staff-only areas even if a view looks closer from inside.
Nearby in Suwa
More stops on the same route
Lake Suwa Viewpoint
A wide lake-and-basin view used by fans as a landscape comparison route for Your Name-inspired travel.
Suwa Taisha Shrine
A major Suwa shrine complex that grounds lake-and-basin Your Name travel in local worship context before wider Nagano landscape comparisons.
Okaya Station Area
A Chuo Line junction south of Suwa Lake where rail travelers reposition before bus or taxi legs toward wider Your Name landscape stops.