Factual error: Passepartout takes a stroll from the Kamakura's great Buddha to Kyoto's Heian Shrine which are really over 400 km apart.
Factual error: In 1872 San Francisco there's a barrel of Pabst beer, but it's name then was Best. It didn't change to Pabst until 1890. (02:00:30)
Factual error: During the balloon ride the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is seen. It began to be built in 1875, 3 years after the date the movie is set.
Factual error: The Welsh Guards parading at the start of the film weren't formed until 1915. The film is set in 1872.