![[Toma Station / First Love Filming Location] (Toma, Hokkaido) The Shopping Street Where Young Yae Walks to School](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2F2026%2F04%2F13%2F1%2F20260413_1_1.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
[Toma Station / First Love Filming Location] (Toma, Hokkaido) The Shopping Street Where Young Yae Walks to School
The filming location for the opening scene of Netflix's First Love, where teenage Yae greets a shopkeeper on her way to school.
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 The Illuminated Castle Keep and the Castle Town Streets](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2F2026%2F04%2F06%2F1%2F20260406_1_1.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
[Inuyama Station / Night Walk](Inuyama, Aichi) The Illuminated Castle Keep and the Castle Town Streets
A night stroll through the illuminated National Treasure castle keep and the streets that retain the atmosphere of an old castle town
![[Hida-Kanayama Station / Night Walk] (Gero City, Gifu) — The Labyrinthine Alleyways of a Town Said to Have Inspired SILENT HILL f](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2F2026%2F04%2F05%2F4%2F20260405_4_1.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
[Hida-Kanayama Station / Night Walk] (Gero City, Gifu) — The Labyrinthine Alleyways of a Town Said to Have Inspired SILENT HILL f
Hida-Kanayama, rumored to be the model for the world of SILENT HILL f — a walk through its silent streets and tangled kinkotsu lanes after dark.
![[Nagahama Station / Night Walk] (Nagahama City, Shiga) — Kurokabe Square After Dark and the Quiet Dining District of a Former Red-Light District](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2F2026%2F04%2F05%2F3%2F20260405_3_1.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
[Nagahama Station / Night Walk] (Nagahama City, Shiga) — Kurokabe Square After Dark and the Quiet Dining District of a Former Red-Light District
After the tourist crowds vanish, the black-walled streets of Kurokabe Square take on a different character — and the city's former red-light district comes quietly alive.
![[Yokaichi Station / Night Walk] (Higashiomi City, Shiga) — The Denim Mecca and a Historic Covered Arcade](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2F2026%2F04%2F05%2F2%2F20260405_2_1.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
[Yokaichi Station / Night Walk] (Higashiomi City, Shiga) — The Denim Mecca and a Historic Covered Arcade
A night walk through Yokaichi Station's Honmachi shopping arcade — where a global denim destination coexists with the quiet charm of an old merchant street.