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Perfect Days (2023)

Where Perfect Days says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A janitor's quiet routine across Tokyo, shot in real public toilets, a shrine, a bathhouse and a river bridge

Scenes and places

Dawn at Hirayama's flat (2023)

Hirayama wakes before dawn and heads out; the day's routine is the film's frame.

Set in Hirayama's flat, near Koto Tenso Shrine — A modest flat east of the Sumida River where Hirayama wakes before dawn, waters his plants and sets off in his van. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Neighbourhood near Koto Tenso Shrine, Sumida (Sumida · near Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan) — The flat is in this neighbourhood; no street address is given and people live in the building now. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: A residential block; look at it from the street only.

Cleaning the Ebisu-higashi park toilets (2023)

Hirayama polishes every corner while his young assistant Takashi turns up late and sloppy.

Set in Ebisu-higashi Park public toilet — One of the architect-designed public toilets on Hirayama's cleaning round. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Ebisu-higashi Park Public Toilet, 1-2-16 Ebisu (Shibuya · Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan) — Listed at about 7 minutes into the film; designed by Fumihiko Maki. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In Ebisu, Shibuya; a working public toilet.

Lunch under the trees at the shrine (2023)

Hirayama eats alone on a bench and photographs the light through the leaves, a small daily ritual.

Set in Yoyogi Hachimangu shrine grounds — Hirayama eats a sandwich on a bench in the shade and photographs sunlight through the leaves with a small film camera. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Yoyogi Hachimangu, 5-1-1 Yoyogi (Shibuya · Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan) — Where Hirayama takes his lunch break. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Near Yoyogi-Hachiman Station; the shrine grounds are open to visitors.

Filmed at Yoyogi-Hachiman Public Toilet, 5-1-2 Yoyogi (Shibuya · Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan) — The Toyo Ito toilet beside the shrine, listed at about 14 minutes in. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: About 95 m from the shrine grounds; a separate spot.

The see-through toilet (2023)

Hirayama cleans a toilet most people would hesitate to enter, with the same care as every other.

Set in Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park toilet — Hirayama cleans the see-through toilet whose walls turn opaque when the door is locked. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park, 1-54-1 Tomigaya (Shibuya · Tomigaya, Tokyo, Japan) — Listed at about 17 minutes in; designed by Shigeru Ban. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In Tomigaya, Shibuya.

The after-work public bath (2023)

After the day's work Hirayama soaks in the bath, the ordinary reward of his routine.

Set in Denkiyu public bath — After work Hirayama cycles to the public bath and washes off the day. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Denkiyu, 3-10-10 Kyojima (Sumida · Kyojima, Tokyo, Japan) — The bath he uses; the coordinate is taken from a photo of the bath, not a map pin. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In Kyojima, Sumida; a working bathhouse.

Highballs by the river, shadow tag (2023)

Late at night by the river a stranger joins Hirayama, and the two end up playing shadow tag.

Set in Sakurabashi bridge, Sumida River — Hirayama drinks canned highballs by the river at night and a stranger joins him; the two end up playing shadow tag. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Sakurabashi, 5-1-1 Mukojima (Sumida · Mukojima, Tokyo, Japan) — The X-shaped pedestrian bridge Hirayama often crosses between Sumida and Asakusa. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Walk from Asakusa across the river; open to pedestrians.

Filmed at Haru-no-Ogawa Community Park toilet, 5-68-1 Yoyogi (Shibuya · Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Jingu-dori Park toilet, 6-22-8 Jingumae (Shibuya · Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Nanago Dori Park toilet, 2-53-5 Hatagaya (Shibuya · Hatagaya, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Nabeshima Shoto Park toilet, 2-10-7 Shoto (Shibuya · Shoto, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Shibuya Higashi 3-Chome public toilet, 3-27-1 Higashi (Shibuya · Higashi, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Jingumae public toilet by NIGO, 1-3-14 Jingumae (Shibuya · Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan) — Toilet cleaning round Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Hirayama — A Tokyo public-toilet cleaner who lives by a calm daily routine.
• Takashi — Hirayama's young, careless assistant on the cleaning round.

Questions answered on the map

• Where in Tokyo were Hirayama's famous toilets really filmed?
• Where was the shadow-tag riverside scene filmed?