Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to go
35.016068, 135.782896
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Good to know
Title
Lost in Translation (2003)
On screen
Kyoto
In real life
Heian Shrine, Kyoto
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
90 minutes
Confidence
Probable
Heian Shrine today
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Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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KimonBerlin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Koichi Shibata · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.
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Where exactly did Lost in Translation film at Heian Shrine?
At 35.016068, 135.782896 in Kyoto. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Heian Shrine?
Open to the public, free. Allow about 90 minutes.
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