TV anime · 2006
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya — filming locations
10 places you can visit, in Hyogo. 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 · 10
Hyogo
Start here
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
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not block the path or road
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 西宮北口駅 · 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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Hyogo
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The model for North High. The school closed in March 2025 and merged into Nishinomiya-Kurakuen High School, which now occupies the same campus. It is an operating school — the grounds are off limits and photographing students is prohibited.
- Getting there
- Hankyu Kotoen Stn + bus · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- Working school — the grounds are off limits
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not enter private property
- Sources
- 兵庫県立西宮北高等学校 · 涼宮ハルヒシリーズ
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Hyogo
The riverside park that the series renames 祝川, used for its town scenes and for the scene where Mikuru tells Haruhi who she is. The park runs through the station.
- Getting there
- Shukugawa Stn (Hankyu Kobe Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 西宮流 — 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 西宮市内スポット
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Hyogo
The hillside terminus below the school the series is set at.
- Getting there
- Koyoen Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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Hyogo
The stop by the Shukugawa river the characters walk along.
- Getting there
- Kurakuenguchi Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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Hyogo
The Hanshin stop at the mouth of the Shukugawa, drawn on the walk to the sea.
- Getting there
- Koroen Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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The library Yuki is left in, and reads through, in one of the series' best-known scenes.
- Getting there
- Koroen Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Closed on Mondays
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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The branch library beside the station the brigade meets at.
- Getting there
- Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Closed on Mondays
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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The riverside park of cherry trees the characters walk along between school and station.
- Getting there
- Kurakuenguchi Stn · 4 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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The hillside park above Nishinomiya that the series uses for its wide shots.
- Getting there
- Koyoen Stn · 26 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- 兵庫県立甲山森林公園 · 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
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