True Tears - Jōhana

In the central areas of the former town of Jōhana in Nanto, there's several places that's shown in True Tears.



Image from Episode 10 - 09m48s


The motorcycle shop where Jun is working in the anime.




Image from Episode 4 - 13m44s


Since I had visited the P.A. Works Building and the School from True Tears first, I visited these places when going back towards Jōhana Station.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m00s


Miyokichi and Aiko walking through town together. The tree on the left has grown much bigger, so it now covers the air conditioning unit.




The building with the air conditioning unit in the previous picture also had this True Tears poster outside.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m03s


At this crossroad Miyokichi and Aiko then spots...




Image from Episode 4 - 14m05s


Shinichiro and Noe.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m06s


Closeup.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m07s


View of the side Miyokichi and Aiko is on from where Shinichiro and Noe are.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m26s


Miyokichi tries to hold hands with Aiko.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m30s


Aiko gets surprised.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m35s


A moment of awkwardness.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m40s


Closeup of the crossing light.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m43s


Aiko grabs Miyokichi's hand.




Image from Episode 4 - 14m45s


Closeup of Aiko.




Image from Episode 7 - 20m28s


From the crossing you can also see Jōhana Betsuin Zentokuji Temple. The building on the right here is the building Shinichiro and Noe walked by.




Image from Episode 1 - 12m33s


At the temple there's this hall where Shinichiro practiced dancing for the festival in the anime.




Image from Episode 5 - 10m56s


Hall detail.




Image from Episode 5 - 12m00s


The hall and the rest of the temple was under renovations when I was here.




The main temple building.




Image from Episode 3 - 04m21s


Shinichiro outside the temple gates.




Image from Episode 7 - 02m50s


Closeup from a later episode.




Image from Episode 3 - 04m22s


Shinichiro is following after Noe.




Image from Episode 3 - 04m24s


The street looks different here in real life.




Image from Episode 3 - 04m52s


Same in the other direction. There is a bridge in the background here though.




Image from Episode 7 - 16m07s


The view from the bridge is shown in a later episode. I've marked a path from the motorcycle shop going past the crossroad and temple and ending up here in the map below.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2016/10/12.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://habusan.blog.jp/archives/51739789.html
http://ameblo.jp/t-bunbun/entry-11274101697.html

True Tears - School

After I checked out the P.A. Works building, I also took some pictures of a nearby school that's seen in True Tears.



Image from Episode 5 - 20m10s


This is Jōhana Junion High School in real life.




Image from Episode 3 - 03m59s


This is where all the main characters except Aiko goes to school in the anime.




Image from Episode 6 - 08m16s


View of the school sports field seating.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2016/10/12.

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://habusan.blog.jp/archives/51739789.html
http://ameblo.jp/t-bunbun/entry-11274101697.html

Kuromukuro - P.A. Works Building

Since I was in Toyama checking out various places seen in anime made by P.A. Works, I also stopped by their headquarters building. This building was also seen in Kuromukuro which was made by P.A. Works of course.



Image from Episode 21 - 18m12s


Front of the P.A. Works building.




Image from Episode 21 - 18m13s


Slightly closer look. This building gets destroyed in Kuromukuro.




No chance of wandering in here uninvited.




Back of the building. There's a side entrance on this side.




The side entrance leads to this area with buildings that seems to be designed to look like the gassho-zukuri thatched roofs farmhouses of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama.




There's a café in one of these buildings where the P.A. Works staff probably have lunch sometimes. In the background on the left you can see the bicycle I rented at the closest train station, Jōhana Station, to get here since it was too far to walk.




Inside the café. I've marked the location of this café in the map below, since the P.A. Works building isn't on the map.




In the thatched roof buildings there's also a gift shop.




They had some True Tears x Jōhana Mugiya Matsuri festival goods for sale.




This bus goes to this area from Jōhana Station a few times a day, but as mentioned earlier I rented a bicycle at the train station instead. In the background you can see the Sakuragaike Kurgarden spa hotel.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2016/10/12.

Links:
P.A. Works official website