Thursday, February 28, 2019

Love Live Sunshine - Mari's House

Mari's house in Love Live Sunshine is based on Awashima Hotel which is also located on Awashima Island.



Image from S1E1 - 11m38s


Image from S1E7 - 04m43s


The hotel is on the right here.




Image from S2E10 - 14m00s


Image from S2E10 - 13m54s


Image from S2E10 - 13m51s


I didn't stay at the hotel, so I only checked out the outsides.




Image from S1E6 - 01m06s


In front of the hotel is this fountain.




Image from S1E9 - 18m41s


Mari, Dia and Kanan is shown as kids here in the first season.




Image from S2E1 - 04m10s


Image from S2E1 - 04m09s


The same fountain is also shown in the second season OP.




Image from S2E1 - 04m11s


With Mari, Kanan and Dia as their current selves.




Image from S1E8 - 11m27s


This place that's shown as a helipad in the anime also exists.




Image from S2E10 - 13m36s


The whole thing is in bad shape and closed off most of the time.




Image from S2E10 - 15m28s


This was the closest shot I could get while here.




Image from S2E10 - 14m14s


I did see the statue that Mari stands behind here as well though.




Image from S2E10 - 12m13s


Between the hotel and what was shown as a helipad there's also this place called the Blue Cave.




Image from S2E10 - 12m46s


Where Kanan, Mari and Dia have a talk.




Image from S2E10 - 13m27s


Lots of different decorations on the walls.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2019/01/03.

Links:
Awashima Hotel official website

Special thanks to tyukyu2 who made this map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1v8Gyz4S3eTIzW4Iuq8ghNSAynN8

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Love Live Sunshine - Konpiragu Shrine

On Awashima Island there's a small shrine called Konpiragu Shrine that's shown in episode 4 of the second season of Love Live Sunshine.



Image from S2E4 - 04m51s


The shrine is just a short walk from the Awashima Marine Park sea lion place.




Image from S2E4 - 04m49s


This shrine is where Chika...




Image from S2E4 - 04m56s


Goes to pray to the gods for money.




Image from S2E4 - 05m11s


This cardboard cutout where you can take pictures is here in real life too.




Image from S2E4 - 05m12s


Riko suggests that they rather ask Mari for financial support.




Image from S2E4 - 05m17s


But that doesn't work.




Image from S2E4 - 05m21s


The bench that Dia sits on was moved slightly when I visited.




Image from S2E4 - 05m22s


Closeup of Dia.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2019/01/03.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://secoftel.hateblo.jp/entry/2017/12/31/032909

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Love Live Sunshine - Awashima Marine Park

This time while in Numazu I also checked out Awashima Marine Park on Awashima Island. The closest bus stop is Marine Park Bus Stop for Tokai buses, but if you're using Izuhakone buses you'll have to walk here from Mito Bus Stop. In addition to the places in this post I also visited Mari's House, Kanan's House, Konpiragu Shrine and Awashima Shrine which is also on Awashima Island.



Awashima Marine Park mascot characters. The top one is a sea slug named Umine Awashima.




Banner for the Love Live Sunshine movie.




Inside the ticket office they had a signed Dia cardboard cutout celebrating New Year and Dia's birthday.




Next to the ticket office they also had another room with more Love Live Sunshine items and gashapon.




Character banners outside.




Image from S1E4 - 08m42s


To get to the Marine Park itself you have to take a shuttle boat to Awashima Island. One of these shuttle boats went to the Marine Park while the other seemed to go to a hotel on the island called Awashima Hotel. Both were Love Live Sunshine decorated.




They also have a special cruise with another boat named Shiny-maru at certain times.




I saw the Shiny-maru boat while visiting, which was Mari decorated of course.




Image from S2E4 - 06m41s


I took the regular shuttle boat though, which is also seen in the anime.




Image from S2E4 - 06m46s


Closeup of where Dia sits.




Love Live Sunshine decoration on the boat.




And voice actor signatures.




More signatures.




Image from S1E1 - 09m38s


View of Awashima island from the boat.




Image from S1E1 - 10m21s


Image from Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow - 03m38s


The boat docks on the right here.




Image from S2E4 - 05m31s


Dia standing at the docks in the second season.




Image from S2E4 - 05m34s


There's dolphins here in real life too, and they have dolphin shows several times a day.




Image from S2E4 - 05m42s


Dia talks to Kanan and Mari.




Image from S2E4 - 05m50s


The dolphin seems to tease Dia.




Image from S2E4 - 06m26s


The building in the background here matches.




They had lots of Love Live Sunshine things around the island including this huge banner with the same image as on the shuttle boat.




The banner were hanging just outside the place where they had the sea lion shows shown on the banner.




In the café next to the sea lion show they had these cardboard cutouts of Dia, Kanan, Mari and Yoshiko.




Another board for Dia's birthday.




And this wallscroll.




Cardboard cutouts of Chika and Hanamaru and goods for sale outside the gift shop.




Love Live Sunshine shopping bags.




Another Love Live Sunshine decorated board.




And items for sale inside the gift shop as well of course.




After going back from the island I also saw some of the Love Live Sunshine decorated taxis waiting.




Both the Riko and Hanamaru taxis.




And I got a quick shot of the Ruby taxi, which was leaving.




Image from S1E9 - 06m22s


Image from S1E9 - 06m26s


Just outside the Marine Park ticket office parking area is also where Kanan is shown starting her morning run.




Image from S1E9 - 06m28s


The entrance to the Marine Park ticket office parking area. You can also see the bus stop sign for the Marine Park Bus Stop in the picture.




Image from S1E9 - 06m38s


This is further along the street. I've marked a path from the Marine Park Bus Stop to this place in the map below.




Image from S1E9 - 06m42s


Awashima Island in the background here. From here Kanan continues her run past the place near Mito Bus Stop, outside Izu Mito Sea Paradise, the seaside near Nagahama Bus Stop, ending up at Bentenjima Shrine.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2019/01/03.

Links:
Awashima Marine Park official website

Special thanks to tyukyu2 who made this map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1v8Gyz4S3eTIzW4Iuq8ghNSAynN8