Otaku Real-Life Suzume Doorways

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Suzume is a film that seems tailor-made for anime pilgrimage lovers. The action is sprawled all the way across Japan, from the Miyazaki Prefecture on the Kyushu island to the Iwate Prefecture in the Tо̄hoku region. Some of the locations depicted in the film are notably very remote, but fans have noticed that they have gained new landmarks since the film's release: rustic doorways that lead to nowhere.



The doors, of course, play prominent roles in the film's plot. However, as a fan pointed out in a viral tweet last Friday, what's remarkable isn't just that they have been replicated in real life—the desolate backdrops remain completely unchanged. Even though the spots have become tourist attractions thanks to Suzume's popularity, the scenery still looks exactly as it does in the film even months after its release. This gives the locales a sense of haunting power, especially given the dramatic context in which they appear in the film.