Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pfungwa yokutanga ye"The Garden of Words" yakabva pakuda kwaShinkai kutora runako rwezviitiko zvezuva nezuva muTokyo yemazuva ano ndokuzviratidza mufirimu. Sezvo akanga agara muShinjuku kwemakore gumi, akasarudza nzvimbo yacho kuti aite firimu racho uye akatanga kutora zviuru zvemifananidzo, paakazoshandisa kugadzira mifananidzo yake. Achida kugoverana rugare norunyararo rwenzvimbo dzake dzaanofarira muJapan netariro yokuti zvaizokurudzira vanhu kushanyira, Shinkai akaenzanisa bindu riri mufirimu kuti rienzane neShinjuku Gyoen National Garden muTokyo. Zvichitevera kudengenyeka kwenyika muna March 2011
, ainetseka kuti raigona kuparadzwa uye aida kurichengetedza mufirimu rine mifananidzo.