Non Non Biyori - Observation Platform

The observation platform shown in episode 10 of the first season of Non Non Biyori is supposedly based on Mount Saijozan Observation Platform in real life, so I went to have a look.



Image from S1E10 - 19m01s


They go to the observation platform to watch the first sunrise of the new year.




Image from S1E10 - 19m09s


The platform looks similar, but the areas around it doesn't seem to match.




Image from S1E10 - 19m03s


View down from the platform.




Image from S1E10 - 19m39s


There's no benches here in real life.




Image from S1E10 - 20m03s


Renge and Kaede watches the sunrise from the platform.




Image from S1E10 - 20m27s


The view doesn't match.




Image from S1E10 - 20m38s


A lot more trees around the platform.




Image from S1E10 - 20m41s


There's a big map located where Renge and Kaede seems to be standing in the show.




The local train line was shut down in 2012, so the only way to get here is to take a bus from Yashiro Station, which doesn't run that often, or to rent a car.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2019/04/27.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
https://sinkirouno.exblog.jp/23737818/