Gin-iro no ame Filming Locations
Where was Gin-iro no ame filmed? Gin-iro no ame was filmed in 2 locations across Japan in the following places:
Gin-iro no ame Filming Locations
Matsue is a city on the northwest coast of Japan's main island. Matsue Castle is one of Japan's few largely intact 17th-century castles. The surrounding park is known for Jozan Inari Shrine’s fox statues. Across the castle moat, Shiomi Nawate street is lined with Edo-period samurai residences. The Lafcadio Hearn Former Residence was the Greek writer’s local home. Pleasure boats ply the waters of vast Lake Shinji.
Yonago is a city on the north coast of central Japan. It’s known for Minatoyama Park, with its cherry blossoms, and for the hilltop ruins of Yonago Castle overlooking the city and Lake Nakaumi. Nearby, the Waterbirds Sanctuary has wetlands rich in birdlife. Southeast, Fukuichi Park contains archaeological remains of a settlement from the ancient Yayoi period. Kaike Onsen hot-spring spas are to the north, on Miho Bay.
Gin-iro no ame (2009)
Kazuya Hirai (Kaku Kento) is a young man that delivers newspapers in a small village in Tottori Prefecture. He lost his father at an early age and lives with his mom. One day, something happens that causes Hirai to run away from home. He spends the night in Yonago and meets by chance a girl named Gikue (Maeda Aki) who worked for his mother a long time ago. Hirai spends the night at Gikue's apartment. The next day, Gikue brings home another man named Iwai Shoji (Nakamura Shido). Shoji was injured by gang members and this is how the three young people start to live together. At first Kazuya was unhappy with the arrival of Shoji, but after learning that Shoji was an ex-Japanese boxing champion became an admirer of him. Kazuya's father was also a boxer and there is a surprising relationship between Kazuya's father and Shoji.