{"id":107917,"date":"2025-02-05T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=107917"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T07:09:49","slug":"drive-my-car-the-real-life-film-locations-in-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/drive-my-car-the-real-life-film-locations-in-hiroshima\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive My Car: The Real-Life Film Locations in Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s <em>Drive My Car<\/em> is a road trip in more ways than one. <strong>What started out as a cinematic adaptation of Haruki Murakami\u2019s eponymous short story took on a life of its own <\/strong>as the filmmaker added original characters, shifted the location and refined the script, eventually polishing it into the three-hour movie that was awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes in 2021 and Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-block-toc  is-style-outline htoc htoc--position-wide toc-list-style-plain\" data-htoc-state=\"expanded\"><span class=\"htoc__title\"><span class=\"ht_toc_title\">Table of Contents<\/span><span class=\"htoc__toggle\"><\/span><\/span><div class=\"htoc__itemswrap\"><ul class=\"ht_toc_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-uncle-vanya-in-hiroshima\">Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima<\/a><ul class=\"ht_toc_child_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-international-conference-center-hiroshima\">International Conference Center Hiroshima<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-peace-memorial-park\">Peace Memorial Park<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-bar-cedar\">Bar Cedar<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-shintenchi-park\">Shintenchi Park<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-naka-incineration-plant\">Naka Incineration Plant<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-drive-me-to-mitarai\">Drive Me To Mitarai<\/a><ul class=\"ht_toc_child_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-tobishima-kaido\">Tobishima Kaido<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-kangetsuan-shintoyo\">Kangetsuan Shintoyo<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-mitarai-townscape\">Mitarai Townscape&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-uncle-vanya-in-hiroshima\">Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the short story was originally set in Tokyo, congested traffic in the Japanese metropolis made it less suitable for filming long driving sequences on the road. <strong>The initial plan was to set the film in Busan, South Korea, but Covid restrictions in 2020 made that impossible<\/strong>.<strong> So, the crew finally decided to relocate the main action to Hiroshima.<\/strong> As the film continued to adapt to the new city, the expert Hiroshima Film Commission offered insightful recommendations for particular locations, such as the idiosyncratic incineration plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214219\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium7-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"One of the locations of Drive my Car\" class=\"wp-image-107945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214219\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium7-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214219\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium7-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214219\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium7-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214219\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium7-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Drive My Car<\/em> opens with an extended prologue in Tokyo, which introduces us to the actor and stage director Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and his intense, intimate relationship with his wife Oto (Reika Kirishima). After she dies suddenly, he is tormented by grief and regret, and breaks down while performing the title role in&nbsp;the play <em>Uncle Vanya<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later, Kafuku travels to Hiroshima to direct an international, multilingual production of <em>Uncle Vanya<\/em> for a theater festival, and the emotional core of <em>Drive My Car<\/em> begins in earnest. Here are some of the key locations in Hiroshima where the movie was finally shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-international-conference-center-hiroshima\"><strong>International Conference Center Hiroshima<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Kafuku first meets his Hiroshima festival hosts on the second floor.<\/strong> To his dismay, they inform him that he must be chauffeured around in his own car for insurance reasons. Down in the garage, he is introduced to his young female personal driver Misaki Watari (Toko Miura).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107925\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC3-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A parking, one of the locations of a Japanese movie\" class=\"wp-image-107925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107923\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A parking, one of the locations of a Japanese movie\" class=\"wp-image-107923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107924\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A parking, one of the locations of Drive My Car\" class=\"wp-image-107924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC2-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC2-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213149\/DriveMyCar-HICC2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Located inside the Peace Memorial Park \u5e73\u548c\u8a18\u5ff5\u516c\u5712 right across from the <a href=\"https:\/\/hpmmuseum.jp\/?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">museum<\/a>, the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp\/icch\/index-e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Conference Center Hiroshima<\/a> \u5e83\u5cf6\u56fd\u969b\u4f1a\u8b70\u5834 was rebuilt in 1989 based on the Hiroshima City Public Hall designed by acclaimed architect Kenzo Tange. <strong>But the building\u2019s most compelling characteristic from a driver\u2019s standpoint may be its signature gray brick roundabout driveway.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-peace-memorial-park\"><strong>Peace Memorial Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where the actors go to rehearse their parts together face to face in the open air, after many hours spent reading their lines at the table indoors. <\/strong>They find a secluded area off to the side of the main paths of the park just behind the Conference Center, shaded by trees on a carpet of autumn leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107928\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A park in Hiroshima\" class=\"wp-image-107928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park2-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park2-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107927\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"The peace memorial park in Hiroshima\" class=\"wp-image-107927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107926\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park3-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"The peace memorial park in Hiroshima as a loction of Drive my car\" class=\"wp-image-107926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213306\/DriveMyCar-park3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-bar-cedar\"><strong>Bar Cedar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where the young actor Koji Takatsuki (Masaki Okada) invites Kafuku for a drink and confronts him about his incongruous decision to cast him as Uncle Vanya.<\/strong> After confessing his unrequited love for Oto on a previous night at another bar inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princehotels.com\/hiroshima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grand Prince Hotel<\/a>, tension grows between the two actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107931\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213428\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar2-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The door at the Grand Prince Hotel\" class=\"wp-image-107931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213428\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar2-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213428\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar2-333x500.jpeg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213428\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar2.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107929\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213427\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar3-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The bar at the Grand Prince Hotel\" class=\"wp-image-107929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213427\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar3-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213427\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar3-333x500.jpeg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213427\/DriveMyCar-BarCedar3.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-shintenchi-park\"><strong>Shintenchi Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Watari waits for the two men a few blocks away in a small outdoor parking lot<\/strong>, and where Takatsuki momentarily disappears during what we later learn was a violent beating in the park, for which he will be arrested during a dress rehearsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107934\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Shintenchi Park with illuminations\" class=\"wp-image-107934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107933\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Shintenchi Park, one of the locations of Drive My Car\" class=\"wp-image-107933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107932\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A detail at Shintenchi Park\" class=\"wp-image-107932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213606\/DriveMyCar-Shintenchi1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shintenchi Park \u65b0\u5929\u5730\u516c\u5712 is a very central, compact community plaza in the heart of downtown Hiroshima.<\/strong> It\u2019s known for its&nbsp;retro atmosphere, surrounded by trendy bars and restaurants, as well as large stores including Hiroshima Parco and Don Quijote, not to mention the timeless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okonomimura.jp\/foreign\/english.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okonomimura<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-naka-incineration-plant\"><strong>Naka Incineration Plant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Watari takes Kafuku to show him her favorite quiet place to think<\/strong>. This is his request after learning that Takatsuki will no longer be available to play Uncle Vanya, and that the pressure is now on him to play the role himself, despite his anxieties. It\u2019s an unexpectedly emotional sequence, as Watari begins to open up to Kafuku about her own past, and Kafuku begins to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107938\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium10-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"General view from a street in Hiroshima\" class=\"wp-image-107938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium10-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium10-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium10-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium10.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107936\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium6-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium6-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium6-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium6-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium6.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107935\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium9-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"The entrance of Naka Incineration Plant, one of the locations of Drive My Car\" class=\"wp-image-107935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium9-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium9-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium9-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium9.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107939\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium8-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium8-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium8-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium8-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04213755\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium8.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp\/soshiki\/93\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Naka Incineration Plant<\/a>\u2019s Ecorarium is a fascinating corridor with transparent factory walls leading straight through to the open port. <strong>It\u2019s also the southernmost point on Hiroshima\u2019s famous Axis of Peace that extends from the Atomic Bomb Dome through the Cenotaph for A-bomb Victims inside the park, the Peace Memorial Museum, the flame and the fountain, all the way down to Hiroshima Bay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107942\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214029\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214029\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214029\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214029\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214029\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107940\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium4-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium4-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium4-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium4-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107943\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium3-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Details of the Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214030\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107941\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214031\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium5-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Details from the Naka Incineration Plant\" class=\"wp-image-107941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214031\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium5-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214031\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium5-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214031\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium5-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214031\/DriveMyCar-ecorarium5.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-drive-me-to-mitarai\">Drive Me To Mitarai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While in the film Kafuku requested accommodation about an hour\u2019s drive away from their rehearsal space inside Hiroshima\u2019s Peace Memorial Park, the actual journey to Mitarai, technically part of Kure, takes around 2.5 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-tobishima-kaido\"><strong>Tobishima Kaido<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Kafuku\u2019s iconic red Saab 900 Turbo hops across islands, bridges and tunnels<\/strong> on the way to his temporary accommodation during his residency in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107946\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima6-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Tobishima Kaido\" class=\"wp-image-107946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima6-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima6-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima6-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima6.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107951\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima4-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Tobishima Kaido\" class=\"wp-image-107951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima4-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima4-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima4-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107948\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Tobishima Kaido, one of the Drive My Car locations\" class=\"wp-image-107948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214348\/DriveMyCar-tobishima1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The highly scenic <a href=\"https:\/\/dive-hiroshima.com\/en\/feature\/island-tobishima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tobishima Kaido<\/a> \u3068\u3073\u3057\u307e\u6d77\u9053 route across the Seto Inland Sea rivals the Shimanami Kaido for cyclists.<\/strong> Featured bridges include Akinada Ohashi, Kamagari Ohashi, Toyoshima Ohashi, and Toyohama Ohashi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107954\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima3-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"a tunnel in Tobishima\" class=\"wp-image-107954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima3-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima3-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima3-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima3-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107952\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima2-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"One of the bridges that the main character of Drive my car crosses\" class=\"wp-image-107952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima2-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima2-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima2-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214658\/DriveMyCar-tobishima2-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107953\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214657\/DriveMyCar-tobishima5-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Tobishima Kaido\" class=\"wp-image-107953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214657\/DriveMyCar-tobishima5-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214657\/DriveMyCar-tobishima5-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214657\/DriveMyCar-tobishima5-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214657\/DriveMyCar-tobishima5-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-kangetsuan-shintoyo\"><strong>Kangetsuan Shintoyo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where Kafuku effectively stays and works on the theater script with a view of the sea from his second-floor window.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107956\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai5-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A Japanese house located in Mitarai \" class=\"wp-image-107956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai5-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai5-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai5-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai5.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107955\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai4-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"A japanese building at Mitarai Townscape\" class=\"wp-image-107955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai4-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai4-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai4-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04214926\/DriveMyCar-mitarai4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The refurbished house, <a href=\"https:\/\/mitarai-shintoyo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kangetsuan Shintoyo<\/a> \u9591\u6708\u5eb5\u65b0\u8c4a, is actually a small villa that can accommodate guests with exquisite meals included, located in the heart of the Mitarai Townscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-mitarai-townscape\"><strong>Mitarai Townscape&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This diligently preserved Edo-period townscape of wooden merchant houses, shrines, stone piers and lighthouses is nestled at the remote end of the Tobishima Kaido on the island of Osaki-Shimojima. <\/strong>Situated in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setouchi.travel\/en\/see-and-do\/spot\/HS9011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mitarai<\/a> once flourished as a pivotal port town where seafarers stayed to wait for favorable tides and winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107958\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai2-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Details in Mitarai, an traditional Japanese area\" class=\"wp-image-107958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai2-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai2-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai2-100x100.jpeg 100w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"107959\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai3-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Mitarai, one of the locations of Drive my car movie\" class=\"wp-image-107959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04215046\/DriveMyCar-mitarai3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other sequences in the film were shot on location and from vantage points in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/embed?mid=1VcwNGgxERnni32cjXb97cG1Xii8F_6A&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>See the Hiroshima Film Commission&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/viewer?mid=1OwEjfOccgH9ZVRJrCQw8sa-S84vhq_Ky&amp;femb=1&amp;ll=34.33444053497782%2C132.57613924999995&amp;z=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complete map of locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 1945, Hiroshima was often associated with wartime images of nuclear devastation. Just as Kafuku and Watari finally rise from their ashes, the international success of <em>Drive My Car<\/em> has helped change the image of the deeply scarred city as a place of reconstruction, reconciliation, resilience, and rebirth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s Drive My Car is a road trip in more ways than one. 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