Location film tourism in Japan
最近は映画やドラマのロケ地をめぐる旅が人気で、スマホで撮影スポットを調べながら移動するのが定番になってきた。
Recently, tours around the filming locations of movies and dramas have become popular, and it has become standard to search for filming spots on your smartphone while traveling.
Cultural Context
In 2026, ロケ地めぐり (location tourism) has become one of Japan's hottest travel trends — fans visit filming locations of favorite movies and dramas, using smartphone apps to find and recreate iconic scenes as they travel across Japan.
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