Non Non Biyori - Candy Store

Near Kosuge Station in Tokyo, the candy store that inspired the one in Non Non Biyori is located.



Image from Episode 2 - 17m47s


The candy store building. Unfortunately it wasn't open when I were there.




Image from Episode 7 - 16m30s


Side view. The map below shows the way from the train station to the store.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/05/12.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/paffue/20131107/1383774565

Clannad After Story - Train Station

When Tomoya and Ushio goes on their trip in Clannad After Story the train station they visit is based on Mutsu-Yokohama Station in real-life. I decided to go check it out.



Image from Episode 18 - 07m00s


The platform at the station.




Image from Episode 22 - 13m31s


This station can also be seen in the last episode of the show.




Image from Episode 18 - 07m06s


Station entrance on the right.




Image from Episode 18 - 07m13s


View when you exit the station. If you look at the previous picture you can see that the covered up sign next to the house is still there too.




Image from Episode 18 - 07m22s


A bit further down the road.




Image from Episode 18 - 07m03s


Picture of the full station. There were some cars in the way, so I couldn't get the exact picture as in the show.




Image from Episode 22 - 14m08s


There's lots of rapeseed fields everywhere around this town.




Image from Episode 22 - 13m37s


Closeup of the rapeseed flowers.




Image from Episode 22 - 13m44s


If you take a long walk from the station you can get to this crossroad.




Image from Episode 22 - 13m48s


This sign is in the same place. I've marked that path from the train station to this place in the location map.




Image from Episode 22 - 13m28s


Back to the train station, and here's a picture of the train. It's green instead of yellow in real-life.




Image from Episode 18 - 21m40s


The seats inside the train itself.




Image from Episode 18 - 19m38s


And here's the view. Left before sunset though, since I had to go all the way back to Tokyo.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/05/11.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/paffue/20110930/1317386822
http://rimatai.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-255.html

Clannad - School Building

I visited the school hill last year, but as I said then, the actual school building was in another place. This time I finally had some time to go check out the school building itself. You can either choose to go to Komaba-tōdaimae Station or Ikejiri-Ōhashi Station from Shinjuku. I went to Komaba-tōdaimae Station and I've marked the path from that station to the school building in the map.



Image from Episode 4 - 00m02s


This is the school building. This is about the only picture one can get without trespassing.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/05/10.

If you decide to visit this place yourself, do remember that it is a school still in use and you should NOT enter it.

Links:
School official website

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://www.cuhkacs.org/~yanlee/blog/read.php?629

Love Live Shop

I found out that there were a Love Live Shop in Harajuku thanks to some friends on Line, so I decided to check it out.



The shop is in a side street to Takeshita Street, so they had somebody standing with a sign to show the way.




Outside of the building.




Entrance.




Movie road show cardboard cutouts.




No touching allowed.




Right next to the entrance, so hard to miss.




On the second floor they had a gallery where they had these posters.




They also had other items on display, including cosplay outfits. But you weren't allowed to take pictures of those.




Even had a person upstairs watching out for people taking pictures, so they were truly serious about it.




Lots of goods for sale of course.




Keychains.




More t-shirts.




Music CDs. They also sold anime BDs.




Wall scroll.




Also saw this Honoka fanboy while I was there.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/05/10.

Links:
Love Live Shop official website

Shounen Hollywood - Harajuku Station

The series Shounen Hollywood takes place in Harajuku. Since I were there already to check out some other stuff I took some pictures.



Image from Episode 2 - 13m41s


The Harajuku train station building.




Image from Episode 7 - 17m26s


Harajuku bridge right near the train station.




Image from Episode 7 - 17m26s


Reverse angle. You can see the same stone cones that separate the road from the pedestrian path.




Image from Episode 1 - 03m24s


Bridge closer to Yoyogi Park. This is not the same one as in the anime, but you can see the similarity. The one in the anime was removed in the fall of 2014.




Image from Episode 2 - 00m17s


Takeshita Street entrance. My picture is a little bit closer to the buildings, but you can see the Wolfgang Puck and Yoshinoya signs on the right that is the same. I've marked the path from Harajuku Station to Takeshita Street in the map below.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/05/10.