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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Where The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A film about Tokyo drift racing where most of Tokyo was filmed in Los Angeles

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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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Scenes and places

The race that gets Sean sent to Tokyo (2006)

Sean Boswell races a classmate in a Chevy Monte Carlo against a Dodge Viper and wrecks his car. The rich classmate escapes punishment, so Sean, a repeat offender, is shipped off to his Navy father in Tokyo.

Set in Oro Valley, Arizona — The Arizona town where Sean's race and the film start. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Arrival at the Shibuya scramble (2006)

Sean lands in Tokyo and is taken by taxi through the Shibuya scramble crossing. It is the film's first look at Tokyo.

Set in Shibuya Scramble Crossing — The crowded Shibuya crossing Sean's taxi passes through. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Shibuya Scramble Crossing (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) — The director tried to shoot here; one blog says the sequence is partly built from Ginza's Chuo-dori. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sean's father's apartment (2006)

Sean moves in with his father, a Navy lieutenant living in Tokyo. Tokyo is where the story moves to.

Set in Sean's father's apartment, Tokyo — The apartment where Sean lives with his father in Tokyo.

Filmed at Azabu-Juban back streets (Azabu-Juban, Tokyo, Japan) — One blog places the apartment scenes in the back streets around Azabu-Juban; the coordinate is the station, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Outside the Boten pachinko parlor (2006)

A Tokyo pachinko parlor front appears as a street backdrop. One blog says the street is a Hollywood studio set rather than Japan.

Set in Boten pachinko parlor, Tokyo — A pachinko parlor front in the film's Tokyo.

Filmed at Universal Studios Hollywood (Universal City, Los Angeles, United States) — One blog says this scene was built on a set at Universal Studios; the coordinate is the park, not the set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The rooftop futsal court above Shibuya (2006)

An aerial shot shows a rooftop futsal court above the city. A blog identifies the court as Shibuya's Adidas Futsal Park, but says the building does not match.

Set in Adidas Futsal Park, Shibuya — A rooftop futsal court in Shibuya.

Filmed at Hawthorne Plaza, Los Angeles (Hawthorne, California, United States) — The blog says some claim this LA mall was used instead; not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Takeshita Street, Harajuku (2006)

Harajuku's crowded Takeshita Street appears on screen. A blog says this is one of the few real Tokyo places seen on screen, possibly mixed with Kabukicho and Center Gai shots.

Set in Takeshita Street, Harajuku — A pedestrian shopping street in Harajuku. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Takeshita Street (Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan) — The blog says this is a real Takeshita Street shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Neon in Shinjuku (2006)

The neon of Shinjuku's Yasukuni-dori appears on screen. The blog says the shot is a composite, not filmed on the real street.

Set in Kabukicho, Shinjuku — The Shinjuku nightlife district behind the neon scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Shibuya chase (2006)

Takashi and his lieutenant Morimoto pursue Han, Sean and Neela through the streets after Takashi threatens Han with a gun. The blog says it was shot in Los Angeles and not in Shibuya.

Set in Shibuya, Tokyo — The Shibuya streets where the chase is set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The mountain-pass downhill duel (2006)

Sean challenges Takashi to a drift, loser leaves Tokyo. Takashi agrees on his own condition: a downhill drift of a mountain pass that only he has descended successfully.

Set in Mountain pass — The downhill mountain road where the duel is held.

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