Sumiyoshi Beach (住吉海岸) — Sado 住吉海岸
The heart of the film's pilgrimage: Sumiyoshi's straight coast road, with the sea opening out beyond the guardrail, is Satomi's route to school. Within a few hundred metres are the other recognised backgrounds: the bus stop Satomi uses, the spot where Shion waits for her, the Hoshima monitor along the route, the rice field with the sign for the agricultural robot experiment and, from the beach (住吉海水浴場, address 住吉181), the view into which the giant floating solar power plant is inserted. The official tour in March 2025, with director Yasuhiro Yoshiura and sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, included it as the film's main location.
The Jugetsukan ryokan (寿月館, 住吉229) is the reference point used by pilgrims, 390 m to the east.
Niigata
若宮通, 監督署前, 若宮通
Sing a Bit of Harmony
The heart of the film's pilgrimage: Sumiyoshi's straight coast road, with the sea opening out beyond the guardrail, is Satomi's route to school. Within a few hundred metres are the other recognised backgrounds: the bus stop Satomi uses, the spot where Shion waits for her, the Hoshima monitor along the route, the rice field with the sign for the agricultural robot experiment and, from the beach (住吉海水浴場, address 住吉181), the view into which the giant floating solar power plant is inserted. The official tour in March 2025, with director Yasuhiro Yoshiura and sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, included it as the film's main location.
