Where They Went

Your Name (2016)

Directed by Makoto Shinkai

A Tokyo boy and a girl from a small lakeside town in the mountains of Gifu begin swapping bodies; when the swaps stop, he travels to the Hida region to find her town.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Itomori, Gifu (fictional)
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    Mitsuha's life in Itomori, with its shrine, festival and lake, which Taki experiences from inside her body.

  2. 1Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    Taki's school and restaurant job in Tokyo, which Mitsuha lives through when they swap.

  3. 2Search in Hida
    Hida, Gifu, Japan
    ≈ 00:48:00
    Inferred
  4. 3Shrine on the mountain
    Itomori, Gifu (fictional)
    ≈ 00:58:00
    InferredFictional
  5. 4Stairs, Yotsuya
    Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 01:40:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
470 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Train: 230 km
  • Not shown: 228 km
  • On foot: 12 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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