First Love 初恋 | 大通公園 Odori Park — The Sister He Waited For

Rain darkens the paths of 大通公園 Odori Park while 並木晴道 Namiki Harumichi waits to meet his younger sister, 優雨 Yū. The official Sapporo Film Commission location map identifies the park for their meeting, giving a family reunion space inside the same long green corridor that divides central Sapporo into north and south. First Love 初恋 premiered on Netflix on 24 November 2022, and its romance is carried by families as much as by its central pair. Yū belongs to the part of Harumichi’s life that continued while he and 也英 Yae were apart. Their encounter in an ordinary city park quietly reconnects him to that history. From Odori Nishi 7, the lawns and paths stretch east toward the television tower and west toward the mountains; even in winter, the park remains a visible line through the city. Odori Park is open public space but frequently hosts festivals, markets, and seasonal construction. Keep event routes and maintenance areas clear, use the pedestrian paths, and take extra care on packed snow or ice. The useful thing to notice here is distance: a person waiting can be seen long before they are reached. Filming reference: Sapporo Film Commission, First Love 初恋 Sapporo Location Map. Visitor reference: City of Sapporo, Odori Park information. Photo: Nkns, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.