J-Drama Pilgrimage | 僕のいた時間 Boku no Ita Jikan (2014) — 草津温泉湯畑 / Takuto and Megumi’s Episode-3 Trip

Episode 3 of Fuji TV’s 『僕のいた時間』, broadcast January 22, 2014, uses 草津温泉湯畑 / Kusatsu Onsen Yubatake during Takuto and Megumi’s trip. The Nationwide Filming Location Guide identifies Yubatake as the place where the pair take photographs and notes the surrounding hot-spring district for their conversation about Megumi beginning care work. The episode is a turning point: Fuji TV’s official synopsis records Takuto’s worsening left-arm symptoms and the ALS diagnosis delivered later in the same episode. That makes the bright, public hot-spring setting especially meaningful as a pilgrimage location from the period just before his life is fully reorganized around the diagnosis. Yubatake remains the symbol and physical center of Kusatsu Onsen. The Kusatsu Onsen Tourism Association’s current 2026 page describes roughly 4,000 liters of hot spring water flowing through the site each minute and confirms that the surrounding pedestrian area remains open for visitors. The stored coordinate is a Yubatake-level pin; it does not claim the exact 2014 photo spot, walking line, actor position or camera angle. Sources: Fuji TV official Episode 3 backnumber; Nationwide Filming Location Guide (loca.ash.jp); Kusatsu Onsen Tourism Association.