Love Live Nijigasaki - Venus Fort

A place that was shown in Love Live Nijigasaki High School Idol Club which unfortunately no longer exists was the Venus Fort shopping mall.



Image from S1E7 - 16m59s


A part of the building was still standing when I visited though, so I got some matching pictures of the outsides. This is at the west side of the building.




Image from S1E8 - 07m04s


This is the north side at the palette town entrance.




Image from S1E2 - 03m17s


Karin is shown in the first season OP walking up the palette town entrance stairs.




Image from S1E2 - 03m22s


Closeup of Karin.




Image from S1E8 - 08m23s


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At the top of the stairs there's this area that was shown in episode 8 of the first season. You can't actually go down into it any more though.




There was a closing note hanging up here thanking people for visiting the mall.




Image from S2E4 - 16m12s


Another shot from the second season. This area and the palette town entrance are still here so people can access the nearby Aomi Station.




Image from S2E3 - 18m11s


One thing that's no longer here is the Daikanransha ferris wheel, here in a picture I took back in 2014.




And a picture of what was left of it when I visited this time.




Image from S1E8 - 08m20s


Image from S2E13 - 04m24s


This fountain shown in both seasons used to be inside Venus Fort itself. This is another picture of mine from 2014.




Image from S1E4 - 19m27s


Also inside Venus Fort there was the Toyota History Garage with lots of classic cars on display which I took pictures of in 2017.




Image from S1E1 - 19m49s


This tunnel shown in the shot behind Ayumu was the entrance to the Toyota History Garage. You can see the full tunnel and the lit up information board next to it at the front of this picture I took in 2014.




Image from S1E2 - 20m28s


Another place shown in Love Live Nijigasaki High School Idol Club which I visited in 2017 that's now shut down was the Odaiba Oedo Onsen Monogatari. It was not located near Venus Fort, but I included a picture I took of the hot spring footbaths that was there since both places are now gone.



No location map since it's no longer there.

This location was visited on 2022/10/13. The older pictures are from 2014/04/16 and 2017/02/17.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
https://www.niji-ashiato.tokyo

The Eccentric Family - Arima Onsen

In the second season of The Eccentric Family we see Yasaburo visiting Arima Onsen.



Image from S2E6 - 04m51s


This road is located between Arima Onsen Station and the main parts of the town. The red bridge in the background is called Nene-bashi.




Image from S2E6 - 04m56s


Yasaburo is looking at...




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Kin no Yu.




Image from S2E6 - 05m02s


Kin no Yu is one of the public onsen bath houses in Arima. The insides match what's shown in the anime as well, but no pictures allowed there.




Image from S2E6 - 06m29s


After going to Kin no Yu, Yasaburo goes to the café on the second floor here. In the background on the top right you can see the roof of Zenpuku-ji Temple.




Unfortunately the café was closed when I visited, so I couldn't get pictures inside.




Image from S2E6 - 08m56s


Though the café windows Yasaburo spots...




Image from S2E6 - 08m55s


Benten and other Friday Fellows.




Image from S2E6 - 08m57s


Benten and the others is at the souvenir shop on the right. On the left is the bus terminal where you'll arrive if you take a bus instead of the train to get here.




Image from S2E6 - 09m03s


Yasaburo hiding behind this mailbox. The stairs up to Zenpuku-ji Temple is in the background.




Image from S2E6 - 09m04s


Closeup of the road between the bus terminal and souvenir shop. This road leads up to Kin no Yu in real life.




Image from S2E6 - 09m24s


Yasaburo follows Benten and the others to this ice cream shop.




Image from S2E6 - 09m26s


Reverse view. If you look closely at the picture here you can spot a cardboard cutout inside the shop on the left.




It was cardboard cutouts of Rinka and Fuuka Arima, characters from Onsen Musume.




On the table there were Onsen Musume beef curry rice for sale.




Image from S2E6 - 09m36s


Benten buys ice cream from the ice cream shop.




Image from S2E6 - 09m45s


Before everybody heads to their hotel.




Image from S2E6 - 09m51s


Yasaburo still tailing them. This corner of the wall is slightly different than what's shown in the anime.




Image from S2E6 - 09m54s


The stairs here are a bit further away from the corner of the wall in real life.




Image from S2E6 - 09m55s


Yasaburo hiding behind the wall.




Image from S2E6 - 10m05s


Before running over to the hotel.




Image from S2E6 - 10m08s


This place is called Point Vacation Arima in real life. I've marked a path from the ice cream shop to this place in the map below.




At the local tourist information office I saw more Onsen Musume items.




Another cardboard cutout of Fuuka Arima.




And a signed Onsen Musume poster.




I also saw this Naruto and Boruto decorated bus here.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2019/04/16 and 2019/04/17.

Links:
Arima Onsen official website

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://ukatensei.blog50.fc2.com/blog-entry-894.html