Tama New Town
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Tama New Town is a large residential development, straddling the municipalities of Hachiōji, Tama, Inagi and Machida cities, in Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a new town in 1965. It is approximately
Part of the master plan was to segregate motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic
Panoramic view of Tama New Town
Tama-Center Station, served by Keio Sagamihara Line, Odakyu Tama Line and Tama Toshi Monorail
Chuo University
Whisper of the Heart
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Whisper of the Heart is a 1995 Japanese animated coming-of-age drama film with romantic elements directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on Aoi Hiiragi's 1989 manga Mimi o Suma
Tama New Town
…Poko (1994) depicts the expansion of Tama New Town in the 1960s through the eyes of shapeshifting Japanese raccoon dogs and their attempts to stop it. Whisper of the Heart (1995) is largely set around the Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station, although the area is depicted as more developed than it was when the film was made. Outside…
Theatrical release poster
Sakuragaoka Park (Tama, Tokyo)
Konpira in SakuraOka (Tama, Tokyo)