Friday, January 1, 2016

Kanon - Mount Maruyama

Another place shown in Kanon is Mount Maruyama inside Maruyama Park in Sapporo. The closest subway station is Maruyama-Kōen Station.



Image from Episode 19 - 05m41s


Close to Maruyama-Kōen Subway Station is also this place.




Image from Episode 19 - 07m53s


This is where Nayuki got the track meet tournament.




Image from Episode 19 - 08m08s


The area where Yuichi and the rest cheer for Nayuki.




Image from Episode 19 - 07m18s


The pink building is a bridal store called Bridal House TUTU.




Image from Episode 19 - 06m14s


The windows are the same as in the show.




Image from Episode 19 - 06m48s


Reverse shot.




Image from Episode 22 - 00m16s


This is also where a certain accident happens later in the show. You can see Bridal House TUTU to the right.




Image from Episode 10 - 12m44s


This temple is at the bottom of Mount Maruyama. I've marked the path from Bridal House TUTU to this temple in the map below.




Image from Episode 10 - 12m45s


Small shrine on the way up the mountain.




Image from Episode 07 - 17m43s


Another shot of the small shrine I took on the way back down the mountain.




Image from Episode 23 - 09m19s


Mountain path.




At the top of the mountain was this marker.




Image from Episode 10 - 15m51s


View from the top. If you look closely you can see the same cylindrical building that you can also see in the anime shot with Yuichi and Makoto.




Image from Episode 19 - 05m33s


More of the view of Sapporo from Mount Maruyama.




Image from Episode 7 - 18m37s


A night view shot of Sapporo. This is from Asahiyama Memorial Park though.




I also saw this bag that reminded me of Makoto later that night.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/10/24 and 2015/10/29.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/paffue/20121222/1356142570

Kanon - Bridge

Close to Kotoni Subway Station in Sapporo is a small bridge over Kotoni-Hassamu River that's shown in episode 17 of Kanon, so it was a place I had to visit.



Image from Episode 1 - 09m48s


Right near Kotoni Subway Station is also this place that was shown in the first episode. The building with the blue sign is the North Pacific Bank Kotoni Central Branch.




Image from Episode 17 - 01m43s


Here's the bridge.




Image from Episode 17 - 14m57s


The streetlight on the bridge and building in the background are the same.




Image from Episode 17 - 01m12s


View towards the bridge from a nearby walking path.




Image from Episode 17 - 00m51s


Kotoni-Hassamu River.




Image from Episode 17 - 14m55s


Another picture of the walking path.




Image from Episode 17 - 14m58s


Back on the bridge. The white building to the left is still the same.




Image from Episode 17 - 15m03s


The signs in the background is the same.




Image from Episode 1 - 08m48s


Across the road from the signs are these buildings.




Image from Episode 17 - 15m35s


Slightly closer look. I've marked the path from North Pacific Bank Kotoni Central Branch to the blue building in this picture in the map below.



Location map:



This location was visited on 2015/10/24.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/paffue/20121219/1355922487

Kanon - Cinema

In episode 6 of Kanon, Yuichi and Ayu goes to a movie together. The cinema they go to is in Sapporo, so I went to have a look.



Image from Episode 6 - 14m39s


This is Sapporo Cinema Frontier inside the Sapporo Station JR Tower.




Image from Episode 6 - 14m36s


They didn't seem to have any scary movies running, but they had a lot of posters for anime movies.




Including ones for The Anthem of the Heart.




And the first Kizumonogatari movie.




They also had Aria the Avvenire and Project Itoh - The Empire of Corpses running.




Image from Episode 6 - 15m58s


This elevator that's shown after they finish the movie is actually near another cinema, United Cinemas in the Sapporo Factory shopping mall. It used to be a Toys "R" Us store behind the elevator, which matches the anime.




Image from Episode 24 - 16m26s


Near Sapporo Station is also this place that was shown in the last episode. This is across the road from the bank building shown in Wagnaria!! I've marked a path near this location in the map below.




Image from Episode 16 - 05m34s


View towrds the west from the JR Tower Observation Deck. It's of the same area as the anime shot above, but from another angle. You can see the same Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens park area and the red building and the building with the glass front on the left.




Supposedly you can get a shot from the same angle as in the show from Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo. I went to one of the restaurants there, but the one I went to didn't have windows facing the right direction, so this was my view.




I did get a nice lunch there though.




If you want to go to the restaurant with windows that faces the right direction then it would cost a lot to eat there and you'd need to reserve several days in advance.




Image from Episode 20 - 11m19s


On the day I visited Sapporo Cinema Frontier I also found this strawberry chocolate that was shown in the anime.



Location map:



These locations were visited on 2015/10/23, 2015/10/24 and 2015/10/29.

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/paffue/20121225/1356445907