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Tachikawa: anime and film locations you can walk between

A Certain Scientific Railgun, Saint Young Men, Gatchaman Crowds and 41 places in all, from 19 titles, inside 2.5 km.

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

Titles · 19

A Certain Scientific Railgun

TV anime · 2009

Tachikawa Station

The centre of the real Tachikawa that Academy City is drawn from; the station concourse and the decks appear throughout.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn (JR Chuo Line) · At the station

Saint Young Men

Anime film · 2013

Gatchaman Crowds

TV anime · 2013

Grandduo Tachikawa

The station building the confrontation is set in.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · 2 min walk

World Conquest Zvezda Plot

TV anime · 2014

Nishiki Daini Park

A neighbourhood park in Tachikawa.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · 7 min walk

Frame Arms Girl

TV anime · 2017

Tachikawa Yuyashiki Umeno-yu

A public bathhouse in Tachikawa.

Getting there: Tachikawa-Kita Stn · 9 min walk

A Certain Magical Index

TV anime · 2008

Samurai Flamenco

TV anime · 2013

Nishiki Daini Park

A neighbourhood park in Tachikawa.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · 7 min walk

Nazotokine

TV anime · 2016

Shinsuzuharu Building

An office building in Tachikawa.

Getting there: Tachikawa-Kita Stn · 3 min walk

Re:Creators

TV anime · 2017

A Place Further Than the Universe

TV anime · 2018

Tachikawa Station

The station for the polar research institute, out on the western edge of Tokyo.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · At the station

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

TV anime · 2023

Pseudo Harem

TV anime · 2024

Tachikawa Station

The main station of the Tama area on the Chuo, Nambu and Ome lines. Appears in episode 8.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · At the station

I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class

TV anime · 2025

Tachikawa Station

The main station of the Tama area on the Chuo, Nambu and Ome lines. Appears in episode 2.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · At the station

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

TV anime · 2011

Sengoku Collection

TV anime · 2012

Tachikawa Station North Deck

The deck that carries the street at first-floor height out from the station.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · 1 min walk

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

TV anime · 2022

Kaiju No. 8

TV anime · 2024

Tachikawa Station

The main station of the Tama area on the Chuo, Nambu and Ome lines. Appears in episode 10.

Getting there: Tachikawa Stn · At the station

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

TV anime · 2025

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