Revisiting a 'Godzilla vs. Megalon' Filming Location!

Welcome to Tsukushino Square! Photo by Brett Homenick.

Today, Friday, January 19, I had the opportunity to pay another visit to Tsukushino Park Road, which is right next to Tsukushino Station in Machida, Tokyo. The area was used as a filming location in Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) for the scene in which Yutaka Hayashi and Hiroyuki Kawase pick up a model jet from a hobby shop. I visited the place less than a year ago, making it my fourth visit. Thankfully, it doesn't look much different from when I saw it last. Pretty amazing that the shops still look so similar as they did in the film. Always fun to see!

Revisiting Machida's Tsukushino Park Road!

Tsukushino Park Road. Photo by Brett Homenick.

On Friday, March 3, I had the opportunity to pay another visit to Tsukushino Park Road, which is right next to Tsukushino Station in Machida, Tokyo. The area was used as a filming location in Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) for the scene in which Yutaka Hayashi and Hiroyuki Kawase pick up a model jet from a hobby shop. This was my third visit to the area, and, while it seemed some construction was going on, it still pretty much looked the same, which was nice to see. Here's what I saw. Enjoy!

Revisiting Another Megalon Location!

Tsukushino Park Road. Photo by Brett Homenick.

On July 29, I made a return visit to a filming location from Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) -- Tsukushino Park Road. Its relevance as a filming location ought to be obvious to anyone who remembers the film at all. It's where Yutaka Hayashi and Hiroyuki Kawase "borrow" the model jet. The area isn't very active these days, and most of the shops there seem to be permanently closed. But it looks remarkably similar to the way it did in 1973. Here are a few of the photos I took.

GODZILLA VS. MEGALON FILMING LOCATION! You Too Can Visit This Familiar Area!

Look familiar? The name of this place probably won't ring any bells, but a few of these pictures should! Photo by Brett Homenick.

Tsukushino Park Road (near Tsukushino Station) in Machida, Tokyo, is not a familiar location to most Godzilla fans, but that might be about to change. It was the location of the scene in Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) in which actors Yutaka Hayashi and Hiroyuki Kawase ride up on their motorcycle in search of a model fighter plane.

Well, the specific shop they entered may no longer exist, but the rest of the location does! It's called Tsukushino Park Road, and it's about a three-minute walk from Tsukushino Station. It looks more or less as it does in the film more than 40 years later, though there are a few differences. All in all, I was surprised by how little it had changed in all that time.

I'm more more such excursions in the future, exploring some rarely discussed locations used in some Showa-era films (instead of the usual haunts, like Tokyo Tower, that you can read all about by doing a simple Google search). Watch this space for further entries!