Suga Shrine Stairs (Kimi no Na wa location) Yotsuya, Tokyo

For casual passersby, these stairs in Yotsuya might look like any other set of steps. But for fans like us? They’re the stairs. The meeting place. The “finally” moment. The silence-before-tears scene. And yeah, I had to go.

If you’re familiar with the animated film Your Name (Kimi no Na wa.), you already know the deal. Set in Japan around a comet disaster, it’s about a boy and a girl who mysteriously wake up in each other’s bodies and form a deep connection across time.

Being here felt simple, but kind of magical. No dramatic soundtrack, no camera angles, just me standing there, quietly smiling, with “Sparkle” playing in my head like a private little soundtrack.