Highlights Play and Study in Chiyoda

 朝ドラから話題の映画、人気アニメまで。神田・お茶の水・神保町エリアのロケ地巡り
  • Location tour or dramas, films and popular anime around Kanda, Ochanomizu and Jimbocho areas.
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Chiyoda City has a lot of locations used for dramas and films. Visiting the real places, you can feel the atmosphere and temperature that cannot be delivered over the screen. This time, we're going to introduce seven locations that made the scenes of the works impressive selected from Kanda, Ochanomizu and Jimbocho areas.

Kanda-jinja Shrine (Kanda Myojin Shrine)Kanda Myojin Shirine, built 1300 years ago, has a strong presence with majestic appearance

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Kanda Myojin Shirine, which has a splendid and stately shrine in the spacious site, is often used as a location and appears in dramas and films such as "VIVANT", "Long Vacation", "HERO", "Stepmon and Daughter Blues." Other than video works, it appears in an anime, "Love Live!" and is well-known as a mecca.

Kanda Myojin is located from five-minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station, Subway Shin-Ochanomizu Station or Subway Suehirocho Station. It is a historic and prestigious shrine that will mark 1,300 years since its foundation in 2030.

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At the First shrine, Ooanamuchinomikoto is enshrined, at the Second shrine, Sukunahikonanomikoto and at the Third shrine, Tairanomasakadonomikoto are enshrined. Inside the precincts,there are various facilities like the shrine designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, a museum and Kanda Myojin Shirine Cultural Exchange Center, EDOCCO and so on.

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 Kanda-jinja Shrine (Kanda Myojin Shrine)

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Address 2-16-2 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL 03-3254-0753

Shohei BridgeAppears in a popular anime. Shohei bashi Bridge with impressive classical design.

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Shohei bashi Bridge over Kanda River. The distinctive feature is its retro design with bricks and arched shape. The bridge appears in various dramas including "Amachan", "Do not say mystery" and "Quartet." Other than dramas, in anime, "Love Live!", in the fourth episode, a character visited Shohei bashi Bridge.

Around Shohei bashi Bridge through Kanda-Awajicho 2-chome and Soto Kanda 1 and 2 chome, there are well-established restaurants here and there. A 130-year-old Western-style sweets shop, Omiya Yougashiten, renowned soba restaurants, Yabusoba and Kanda Matsuya, a monkfish restaurant, Isegen and Botan, famous for chicken sukiyaki. Many well-established traditional restaurants are in a row. Also, for Ochanomizu, there is a musical instrument town and for Askihabara, there is an electric town. You can find the uniqueness of the town while walking.

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 Shohei Bridge

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Ochanomizu Sola CityOchanomizu Sola city, a sophisticated complex with which urban scenery stands out

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Ochanomizu Sola city, a large complex, is directly connected to Shin-Ochanomizu Station. Inside the 23-story building, centering on offices, there are a conference center, shops, restaurants and exhibition facility. Ochanomizu Sola City appears in dramas, "I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!", "Last Chance" and "You always inhabit my heart."

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  • On the first and the basement floors inside the building, there are such tenants as a café, restaurant, convenience store and supermarket. On the basement floor, there are restaurants in a row such as Japanese, Thai, Chinese noodles and curry. It is recommended to take out food and eat at the terrace seats at the square with a vaulted ceiling.
  • Ocha-Navi is a cultural hub that navigates the town of Ochanomizu with culture and history and the nearby area. On the floor, there is a place called "Machiaruki (Walking around town) Station", where you can make your original map according to your interests, also, a history exhibition and bookshelves, and "Gallery Kura", which has been relocated and preserved and a digital gallery where high-definition displays are shown. You can see the culture and history of this area.
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 Ochanomizu Sola City

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Address 6, Kanda-Surugadai 4-chome, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
TEL 03-3255-6585
Business Hour Opening hours vary by shops and facilities.

Cafe, Dining&Bar 104.5Warm and relaxing atmosphere. You can feel the temperature of works at Cafe, Dining & Bar 104.5

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On the second floor of WATERRACE TOWER facing Sotobori-dori Ave., lies Cafe, Dining & Bar 104.5, which is produced by BLUE NOTE JAPAN. Inside the place, you can see brown-based, warm ambience spreading. Cafe, Dining & Bar 104.5 appears in a movie, "We Made a Beautiful Bouquet", a drama, "Pandra's Fruit–Scientific Crime Investigation Files", "Holding hands in the twilight" and a commercial of a talk show, "Our Age."

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  • At lunchtime, they serve casual café style dishes taking in French taste such as pasta, salad, meat dishes and sandwiches. They have various kinds of desserts. Among them, their famous "Two kinds of canelé tasting plate" is recommended. You can enjoy two kinds of flavors, plain canelé and canelé with seasonal flavor. Feeling the view of the world of works, you can enjoy your pilgrimage in a relaxed way.

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 Cafe, Dining&Bar 104.5

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Address WATERRAS TOWER 2F, 2-101 Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda City
TEL 03-3251-1045
Business Hour 11:30 a.m.–10:00 p.m. (L.O. 9:00 p.m.) Closed: New Year's Holidays

Kanda-Sarugakucho meeting-houseOften appears in dramas and films as a nostalgic police box, Kanda-Sarugakucho Guardhouse

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The quaint exterior has often appeared in dramas and films many times like "Sniffer the Investigation Officer", "S–The Last Policeman", "Cover-Up Investigation" and so on. Other than detective dramas, it appears in "Marumo's Story Special" and "BOKURA NO YUKI~MIMAN CITY 2017" as a police box.

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  • Kanda-Sarugakucho Neighborhood Guardhouse, located five-minute walk from either JR Suidobashi Station or Subway Jimbocho Station. This place was built as Sarugakucho police substation around 1930 (Showa 5), and later it was used as a guardhouse of the community. In 2003 (Heisei 15), it was designated as Chiyoda City Important Landscape Structure for Town Development.
  • At first, when they started using iron reinforced concrete for construction, a police box built with iron reinforced concrete was revolutionary. It is rare that the windows whose glass was fixed with putty into light blue steel sashes still remain in good condition.
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 Kanda-Sarugakucho meeting-house

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Address 2-3-5 Kanda-Sarakugakucho ,Chiyoda-ku ,Tokyo

TERRACE SQUARETERRACE SQUARE with the taste of former main building of HAKUHODO. Terrace tables are relaxing.

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TERRACE SQUARE, a complex centering on offices in Jimbocho. A part of exterior was the restored former building of HAKUHODO completed in 1930 and you can feel the atmosphere of the classical taste at that time. TERRACE SQUARE appears in a drama, "What Did You Eat Yesterday?" or "Takada General Real Estate."

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  • Commercial areas are on the first and second floors. On the second floor lies a food court, "TERRACE TABLE." On the floor, there are different kinds of restaurants such as Thai, Chinese, Robatayaki and the like. They renovated it in June, 2025 and you can use the place during idle time, except lunchtime and dinnertime and you can work on the table during idle time. In addition, nearby the entrance, a leafy square is equipped and it is recommended to take a break on the bench. It can be a nice place to take a breather during location hopping.

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 TERRACE SQUARE

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Address 3-22, Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku
TEL 03-5282-2341
Business Hour 10:00am - 12:00am

Science MuseumScience Museum, where you can experience the world of science in the unique building.

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Science Museum introduces familiar science and industrial technologies. Through the exhibits and experiences, you deepen your knowledge of science technology. At the museum, hands-on programs like experiment shows and craft classes are held every day. This is a place where everybody from children to adults can enjoy learning.

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  • The film shot in this Science Museum is "Shin Godzilla." Its rooftop and the large elevator were used as a location (see Note). The rooftop is not open to public but just by walking looking at exhibits with distinctive atmosphere, you can feel the world of science. Note: Ordinarily it is prohibited to go onto the rooftop. The large elevator is operated on limited days only.
  • At Illusion A inside the building, you can experience various kinds of illusions or optical illusions. At WORKS, you can generate a tornado and make giant soap bubbles. At Waku Eco Motor Land, you can simulate driving a car, motorbike and truck. There are a lot of hands-on exhibits. At this museum, you can enjoy learning and experiencing in the immersive space.
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 Science Museum

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TEL 03-3212-8544
Business Hour Visiting Hours Open: 9:30 a.m. Closed: 4:50 p.m. Please enter the museum by at least 4:00 p.m.

SUMMARY

While hopping the famous scenes, you can enjoy shopping and dining. Pilgrimage in Chiyoda City.

From historic shrines, places with Showa air to urban commercial facilities, Chiyoda City has many places that appear in works. By actually visiting those places, you can feel the background of the famous scenes in dramas and films more sterically. Why don't you enjoy location hopping and feel the world of works on your next holiday?

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