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Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi: anime and film locations you can walk between

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hankyu Railways, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions and 7 places in all, from 3 titles, inside 1.5 km.

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

Titles · 3

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

TV anime · 2006

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station

Kitaguchi Station in the books is this one; the brigade's meeting point is the plaza outside.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · At the station

Nishikita Park

The park by Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi station where the club always met; its clock tower, seen often in the show, was removed in 2009 and rebuilt slightly to the south after fans campaigned for it.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · 1 min walk

Nishinomiya Central Sports Park

The ballfield where the SOS Brigade plays the Kamigahara Pirates.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · 17 min walk

Shin-ike Pond

The pond used for the amateur film the club shoots in the story, where one member is pushed into the water.

Getting there: Kurakuenguchi Stn · 22 min walk

Hankyu Railways

Film · 2011

Mondo-Yakujin Station

The stop for the temple of the same name, one of the film's stations.

Getting there: Mondo-Yakujin Stn · 1 min walk

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station

The junction the film's linked stories begin at, on the Imazu line it never leaves.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · At the station

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

TV anime · 2012

Nishikita Park

A park in front of Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · 1 min walk

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