Part-time Restaurant

Where Taki serves drinks alongside friends in Shinjuku.

The Part-time Restaurant in Your Name is an Italian establishment named Il Giardino delle Parole located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It serves as Taki Tachibana's primary workplace outside of Jingu High School, grounding his urban existence in a modern, professional setting. Here, Taki works alongside his best friends Takagi and Tsukasa, as well as his coworker Miki Okudera. This venue is central to the narrative, providing the backdrop for Taki's daily routine before the mysterious body-swapping events begin. The restaurant represents Taki's connection to his peers and his attempts at normalcy amidst the chaos of his supernatural experiences.

Quick Facts

Location: Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
Type: Italian restaurant (Il Giardino delle Parole)
Key employee: Taki Tachibana (Part-time waiter)

Lore & Background

Il Giardino delle Parole is a specific Italian restaurant where Taki, Takagi, Tsukasa, and Miki Okudera serve as part-time waiters. The narrative establishes that Taki lives with his father, who works in Kasumigaseki, and notes Shinkai's statement that Taki's mother divorced his father a few years prior. The restaurant environment contrasts sharply with the rural setting of Itomori where Mitsuha resides. While Mitsuha performs traditional duties like making kuchikamizake at Miyamizu Shrine, Taki navigates the demands of service work in Shinjuku. This workplace is where Taki's impulsive and belligerent nature is initially observed; when Mitsuha first awakens in his body there, she finds his cheek bandaged from a quarrel. The setting also facilitates key plot points, such as Mitsuha (in Taki's body) arranging a date between Taki and Okudera, which leads to Okudera noticing Taki's preoccupation with someone else.

Reader's Guide

This location is identified strictly as Il Giardino delle Parole, an Italian restaurant in Shinjuku ward. It is staffed by Taki Tachibana, his best friends Takagi and Tsukasa Fujii, and coworker Miki Okudera. The four serve part-time as waiters here. This setting is crucial for character development: it highlights Taki's well-meaning but sometimes belligerent personality (evidenced by the bandaged cheek from quarreling) and serves as the site where body-swapping rules are tested, such as writing notes on skin or phones. For fans analyzing the film, this location represents the urban half of the dichotomy with Itomori. Taki is a seventeen-year-old student in his second year at Jingu High School while working here, born December 1, 1998.