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TV anime · 2016

Sweetness and Lightning — real-life locations

Musashino Place, Skip-dori, Musashi-Sakai Station and more — 5 places you can visit, in Tokyo. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

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

Locations · 5

Musashino Place

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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
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 甘々と稲妻 — 「アニメのオープニングで上から来たつむぎを公平が受け止めている場所は武蔵野プレイスがモデルです」

Skip-dori

Tokyo

The shopping street north of Musashi-Sakai Station. The small restaurant where the Inuzukas cook (Kotori Iida's home) stands on it.

Getting there
Musashi-Sakai Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
東京を舞台とした漫画・アニメ作品一覧 — 「犬塚親子が料理を作る小料理屋(飯田小鳥の住居)がすきっぷ通り商店街に在る」

Musashi-Sakai Station

Tokyo

A Chuo Line and Seibu Tamagawa Line station. It is the model for the building Tsumugi heads towards in the opening sequence, drawn with its distinctive north-exit entrance.

Getting there
Musashi-Sakai Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
甘々と稲妻 · 旅する亜人ちゃん — 甘々と稲妻 — 「アニメのオープニングでつむぎが向かって行く建物は武蔵境駅がモデルになっています」

Sanpoji Pond Itsukushima Shrine

Tokyo

A small shrine on Sanpoji pond in Shakujii Park. The park where Kohei and Tsumugi meet Kotori in episode 1 combines Shakujii Park and Inokashira Park, and the view of Sanpoji pond from beside this shrine is part of it.

Getting there
Shakujii-kōen Stn · 20 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 甘々と稲妻 — 「アニメ1話で公平とつむぎが小鳥と出会う場所は東京都立石神井公園と井の頭恩賜公園を合わせてモデルに」「東京都立石神井公園の厳島神社の傍から見える三宝寺池の景色」

Inokashira Park

Tokyo

The Tokyo park around Inokashira pond. The park where Kohei and Tsumugi meet Kotori in episode 1 combines this one with Shakujii Park, and a stretch along the pond is part of it.

Getting there
Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 甘々と稲妻 「井の頭恩賜公園」

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