Anime in Kanagawa

The series' most iconic image: the anime opening shows Hanamichi at this Enoden level crossing, with the train and Sagami Bay behind. Photography is restricted and it gets very crowded: please keep off the road.

The Enoden station by the level crossing, its platform facing the sea, appears in the anime opening. It is one of the 100 selected stations of Kantō.

Often cited as a possible reference for Ryōnan, but the publisher said no specific high school had been announced as its model. This is an active school: view only from public spaces.

The scene from the cover of the new edition of the manga Vol. 2: Rukawa pedaling along the sea wall.

Model for the arena where Shōhoku and Ryōnan meet in the Kanagawa final league. The lobby has Takehiko Inoue's signatures and related displays.

Model for the arena of the Shōhoku–Kainan game, recognisable by the architecture that earned it the nickname "the beetle".

Often cited as a possible reference for Kainan, but the publisher said no specific high school had been announced as its model. This is an active school: view only from public spaces.

The Minegahara High attended by the protagonists is based on this public high school next to Shichirigahama Station, not on neighbouring Kamakura High. The surroundings of the gate match quite well, but the buildings are changed. The name probably comes from the Minegahara signal station between Kamakura-Kōkōmae and Shichirigahama. It is a working school: view it only from outside.

This beach, with Enoshima and Mt Fuji in the background, appears again and again. On the fan-shaped steps leading down from Yukiai-bashi bridge to the sand, Mai calls her mother and discovers that not even she can see her any more (ep. 2). On the beach, middle-school Sakuta meets Shōko (ep. 2), talks with Tomoe after the incident at the station (ep. 5) and comes with Nodoka in Mai's body (eps. 9-10). In the opening, Sakuta throws his phone into the sea at sunset.

On this Enoden station's seafront platform, Nodoka, in Mai's body, shoots a commercial at dawn (ep. 9). The famous level crossing next to it (the Slam Dunk one) only appears for a moment in ep. 8, and the seaside curve between Koshigoe and this station appears in the opening, with Sakuta running. It is always very crowded.

Sakuta and Tomoe climb the island's shrine street and long stairway during their date (ep. 6), the setting for the climax of Tomoe's "Adolescence Syndrome". At Hetsunomiya, the first hall of Enoshima Shrine, you can find the love-wish ema plaques they write, which really exist.

During their date, after the aquarium, Sakuta and Tomoe cross this footbridge to the island and stop at the wider section in the middle, where Tomoe tells him what she was like in middle school (ep. 5). Shortly after the episode aired, the brick paving seen in the series was replaced with white stone.

Sakuta's everyday station; he lives in a housing estate to the north of it. In the JR station you will find the coin lockers where Mai keeps her bunny costume (ep. 1) and the concourse where Sakuta asks passers-by whether they know Mai (ep. 2), before boarding a train with her in search of somewhere she can still be seen.

Tokyo-3, the series' fortress city, stands on the north shore of Lake Ashi. The lake is a battleground against the Angels: Ramiel appears over its waters, and in the films it is engulfed in flames by bombardment.

From Shimo-Futagoyama, EVA-01 fires the positron rifle at the Angel Ramiel in Operation Yashima. The mountain can be seen from some spots around Lake Ashi.

In the series, Sengokuhara is Tokyo-3's residential area, with Misato's and Rei's homes and the school. The former Sengokuhara municipal junior high is said to be the model for Tokyo-3 Municipal Junior High No. 1, which Shinji and his friends attend.

In the series, Tōji and Kensuke slip out of the shelter and climb to this shrine to watch a battle against an Angel. The park next to it has public toilets designed as the "Sengokuhara outpost", and the distant view of Tokyo-3 in episode 2 is taken from Mount Kintoki.

The former Hakone-Yumoto Station, called "Shin-Hakone-Yumoto" in the series, is a setting in episodes 4 and 19 of the TV series. Today it is the gateway to Hakone and the starting point for fan routes.

In the series, "Tōgendai Central Station" is Tokyo-3's overland gateway and NERV staff entrance. It takes its name from this real station on the shore of Lake Ashi, terminus of the Hakone Ropeway.

A Shōnan Monorail station next to where the protagonists live. Its platform appears in the series' key visual and in many scenes of the commute to and from school.

A public high school in Kamakura that serves as the model for the school Eita and his friends attend in their final year. It is a real, working school, not visitable inside.

A Kamakura middle school, the model for the junior high the protagonists attended together years earlier, before reuniting. A real, working school.

The large Ōfuna railway hub, where the protagonists change trains on their journeys. A recognizable everyday point in the series.

The Odakyū station built like a dragon palace (Ryūgū-jō), beside the Fujisawa coast and Enoshima island. Its unmistakable façade appears in the series.

Masaaki Yuasa moved Go Nagai's story to Kawasaki, and the area around the station, with its bright lights and dark corners, is the series' urban backdrop.

This large public housing estate in Saiwai-ku by the Tama River, recognisable by its stepped blocks, is one of the series' settings.

The surroundings of this fishing-boat business in Ikegami-chō, by the canals of Kawasaki-ku's industrial zone, appear in the series' teaser trailer.

The banks of the Tama, on the border between Kawasaki and Tokyo, are the setting of one of the harshest scenes of the ending: Miki Makimura's death. (Approximate coordinate: the exact stretch has not been identified.)

The small shrine-island of Sagami Bay, the central setting of the series, from where Wakana cycles to school.

The seaside Enoden station; the neighborhood behind it is the route the students follow to the fictional Shirahamazaka High School.

The long Shonan beach facing the sea, with views of Enoshima and Mt. Fuji, a constant backdrop of the series.

The shrine crowning Enoshima island, among the stairways and gardens the protagonists move through.

The terminal of the Odakyu Enoshima Line, with its unmistakable red 'dragon palace' (Ryūgū-jō) facade. It is where Haru exits in the first episode and the gateway to Enoshima.

The station on the quaint Enoden line, whose trains weave between houses and along the Shonan sea. A frequent backdrop to the characters' comings and goings.

A botanical garden atop Enoshima, crowned by the 'Sea Candle' observation tower. In the series, the enigmatic Akira Yamada works here. It offers views over the whole of Sagami Bay.

The shrine that crowns Enoshima island, dedicated to the goddess Benten. Its stairways and torii gates are part of the island route that appears in the series.

It was the first Ghibli film to officially announce its locations, in a tie-up with Yokohama. Umi's boarding house, Coquelicot Manor, is placed in this park on the Yamate bluff, and at the lookout the "U W" signal flags ("I wish you a safe voyage") that Umi raises every morning fly in memory of the release. The Yato-zaka slope behind the park inspired the slopes she walks up and down.

Umi and Shun stroll through Yamashita Park at night: behind them are the Queen's Tower, the Hotel New Grand sign and the Marine Tower, which then lit up in colours and served as a lighthouse. The Hikawa Maru moored here appears in the film as itself, in the green livery of the time.

In a side street off the Motomachi shopping street is the Maruei butcher (opened 1950), where Shun buys two croquettes and eats them with Umi, and the shop is still open. Nearby, the Miyazaki florist on the Daikanzaka slope is where the two ride past by bike, and the Takarada tableware shop is advertised on a tram.

At the end of their first date, Keitarō and Naru take a purikura photo in this Yokohama waterfront park. The panel is drawn from in front of the Hikawa Maru, looking towards Minato Mirai; the photo booth was added in the drawing.

For the summer beach-house arc ("Hama-jaya Hinata"), the story borrows the Fujisawa coast: Hinoshima Station is Enoden's Enoshima Station, the beach is Katase-Nishihama with Enoshima behind it, and the guesthouse they stay at is based on the island's eateries.

The small tourist island of Enoshima (Kanagawa), linked to the coast by a bridge, is the destination of the band's beach getaway. Its sea views contrast with the urban alleys of Shimokitazawa.

The Kawasaki museum dedicated to Doraemon's creator, opened on 3 September 2011 (Doraemon's "birthday"). It has a theater, manga library, themed rooftop and life-size character statues.

The official website confirms this café appears in the anime. It is on Azalea’s B1 level; the marker identifies the establishment rather than a precise interior doorway.

Yokohama has several official Pikachu manhole covers around the Minato Mirai area. The Pokéfuta are official street art and a target for "manhole-hunting" pilgrimages.

This Hakone hot-spring park opened a Roman-style "Thermae Romae bath" in collaboration with the manga in 2010, and it is one of the shooting locations of the film "Thermae Romae II" (2014).