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Musashisakai: anime and film locations you can walk between

Shirobako, Joshiraku, Kimi to Boku. and 29 places in all, from 16 titles, inside 2.7 km.

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

Titles · 16

Shirobako

TV anime · 2014

Musashi-Sakai Station

The station the studio staff commute through. Musashino is the real animation district the series is built on.

Getting there: Musashi-Sakai Stn (JR Chuo Line) · At the station

Joshiraku

TV anime · 2012

Kimi to Boku.

TV anime · 2011

Sweetness and Lightning

TV anime · 2016

Musashino Place

A library-centred civic complex just south of Musashi-Sakai Station. It is the model for the spot where Kohei catches Tsumugi as she comes down from above in the opening sequence; the round lawn beside it belongs to the same facility.

Getting there: Musashi-Sakai Stn · 2 min walk

The Future Diary

TV anime · 2011

Musashino Central Park

A grassy park on the site of the old Nakajima aircraft works. Appears in episode 8.

Getting there: Higashi-Fushimi Stn · 20 min walk

Journal with Witch

TV anime · 2026

Musashi-Sakai Station

A station on the Chuo and Seibu Tamagawa lines. Appears in episodes 10 and 11.

Getting there: Musashi-Sakai Stn · At the station

Slam Dunk

TV anime · 1993

Maria Watches Over Us

TV anime · 2004

Musashino University

A private university in Nishi-Tokyo.

Getting there: Seibu-Yagisawa Stn · 20 min walk

A Certain Magical Index

TV anime · 2008

Bakuman.

TV anime · 2010

Momijiyama Park

A neighbourhood park in Musashisakai.

Getting there: Musashi-Sakai Stn · 8 min walk

A Certain Magical Index II

TV anime · 2010

Bunny Drop

TV anime · 2011

Library Wars

Film · 2013

One-Punch Man

TV anime · 2015

Musashi-Sakai Station

A Chuo Line and Seibu Tamagawa Line station. Appears in episode 5.

Getting there: Musashi-Sakai Stn · At the station

Occultic;Nine

TV anime · 2016

Belle

Anime film · 2021

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