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TV anime · 2014

Haikyu!! (Haikyuu) — real-life locations

Sendai City Gymnasium (Kamei Arena), Sendai Station and more — 14 places you can visit, in Miyagi, Iwate, 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 · 14

Sendai City Gymnasium (Kamei Arena)

Miyagi Start here

Where the prefectural tournaments are played. The series names it outright rather than inventing a stand-in, and it is where Hinata and Kageyama first meet.

Getting there
Tomizawa Stn (Sendai Subway Namboku Line) · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
仙台市体育館 · ハイキュー!!

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Sendai Station

Miyagi

The gateway to the series' Miyagi. The city has installed a volleyball-themed walking route around the station.

Getting there
Sendai Stn (JR / Shinkansen) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
ハイキュー!!

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Karumai High School (exterior only)

Iwate Unofficial

Widely taken as the model for Karasuno High — the author is a graduate — though it has never been officially confirmed. It is a working school: the town asks visitors to look from outside the gate and not disturb the students.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn (Tohoku Shinkansen) + bus 40 min · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Do not enter private property
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
岩手県立軽米高等学校 · ハイキュー!!

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Sendai City Museum

Miyagi

The museum in the castle grounds above the city the series' Miyagi is set in.

Getting there
Kokusai Center Stn (Sendai Subway Tozai Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Closed on Mondays
Sources
仙台市博物館 · ハイキュー!!

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Karumai Junior High School

Iwate

The school Shiratorizawa's rival middle school is drawn from, up the road from the high school.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn + 45 min bus (Karumai) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 森然高校のモデル「軽米中学校」

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Sumida City Gymnasium

Tokyo

The hall the Tokyo qualifiers are played in, stairs and frontage drawn close to life.

Getting there
Kinshicho Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 「墨田区総合体育館」

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Karumai Town Gymnasium

Iwate

The town gymnasium at Karumai, the author's home town, drawn as Karasuno's.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn + bus 30min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — ハイキュー!! 「軽米町町民体育館」 EP1 · Anime Pilgrimage『ハイキュー!!』聖地巡礼マップ — 軽米町町民体育館

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Tokyo Station

Tokyo

Where the team arrives for the Tokyo camp.

Getting there
Tokyo Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — ハイキュー!! 「東京駅」 EP10 · Anime Pilgrimage『ハイキュー!!』聖地巡礼マップ — 東京駅

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Furukawa Technical High School

Miyagi

A technical high school in Osaki, Miyagi. A school modelled on it appears in the series. It is a working school; look from the road.

Getting there
Furukawa Stn + bus 10min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
宮城県古川工業高等学校

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Karumai High School

Iwate

A high school in Iwate.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn (Tohoku Shinkansen) + bus 40 min · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 「軽米高校」

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Yukiyagawa Riverside Park

Iwate

A park in Iwate.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn + bus 30min · 12 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 — ハイキュー!! 「雪谷川河川敷公園」

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Takesawa Store

Iwate

A store in Iwate.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn + bus 30min · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 「たけさわストア」

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Tatesaka Electric Shop

Iwate

A shop in Iwate.

Getting there
Ninohe Stn + bus 30min · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 「舘坂電器商会」

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Kamei Arena Sendai

Miyagi

A arena in Miyagi.

Getting there
Tomizawa Stn (Sendai Subway Namboku Line) · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ハイキュー!! 「カメイアリーナ仙台」

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