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Ekoda: anime and film locations you can walk between

Nodame Cantabile, Shall We Dance?, Durarara!! and 5 places in all, from 4 titles, inside 1.1 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 4

Nodame Cantabile

TV drama · 2006

Ekoda Station

The station by the music college the series is set at; Nodame's flat is a few streets away.

Getting there: Ekoda Stn · 2 min walk

Musashino Academia Musicae

A music university in Ekoda.

Getting there: Ekoda Stn · 7 min walk

Shall We Dance?

Film · 1996

Ekoda Station

The Seibu station whose platform view of a lit upstairs window gave the dance school its position.

Getting there: Ekoda Stn (Seibu Ikebukuro Line) · 2 min walk

Durarara!!

TV anime · 2010

Former Yodobashi Water Works Hexagonal Hall

The hexagonal hall of the former Yodobashi water works, kept in Shinjuku Central Park.

Getting there: Higashi-Nagasaki Stn · 11 min walk

Your Lie in April

TV anime · 2014

Ekoda Sengen Shrine

A shrine in Ekoda known for its miniature Mt. Fuji mound. Appears in episode 12.

Getting there: Shin-egota Stn · 11 min walk

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