Yanagawa horiwari monogatari Filming Locations
Where was Yanagawa horiwari monogatari filmed? Yanagawa horiwari monogatari was filmed in 1 locations across Japan in the following places:
Yanagawa horiwari monogatari Filming Locations
Yanagawa is a city on Japan’s Kyushu island. It’s known for its many canals, which are navigated on small boats. Ohana is the centuries-old villa of the Tachibana family. It overlooks the Shoto-en Garden, with hundreds of pine trees arranged around a rock-filled pond. The Tachibana Museum exhibits Noh costumes and Edo-era dolls. The former home of writer Hakushu Kitahara is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Yanagawa horiwari monogatari (1987)
A live-action documentary film, this independent film was produced by Nibariki (Miyazaki's personal office), with the revenue from Nausicaä. At first, it was supposed to be an animated film which took place in the town of Yanagawa. After the success of Nausicaä, Tokuma wanted to produce another animated movie (of course, they wanted a Nausicaä sequel), and Miyazaki was looking for a good project. Miyazaki visited Yanagawa, and was impressed by the beautiful town with its canals, and came up with an idea for a film about high school boys and girls in Yanagawa, and thought that Takahata, who worked as a producer for Nausicaä, should direct such a film. However, when Takahata visited Yanagawa for research, he came to be more interested in the history of the town, especially how local people fought to preserve the canals which have been a part of the community for a long time, and how they put a great deal of effort to clean up the once polluted canals. As a result, it became a live action documentary, and Miyazaki decided to spend his own money on it. It took three years for Takahata to complete this film.