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TV anime · 2023

Love Live! Hasunosora Girls High School Idol Club — real-life locations

Anyoji Temple, Mt. Utatsu, Kyu-Furukawa Gardens and more — 7 places you can visit, in Ishikawa, 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 · 7

Anyoji Temple

Ishikawa Start here

A temple in the Kanazawa hills the group visits; the series is set across the real city.

Getting there
Mitsuya Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
蓮ノ空女学院スクールアイドルクラブ

Mt. Utatsu

Ishikawa

The hill the group looks out over Kanazawa from.

Getting there
Kanazawa Stn + 20 min by bus · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
卯辰山

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

Tokyo

The stone western house and rose terrace used for the group's Tokyo location scenes.

Getting there
Kaminakazato Stn (JR Keihin-Tohoku Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep your voice down
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
旧古河庭園

Omicho Market

Ishikawa

Kanazawa's covered fresh-food market, where Sayaka and Tsuzuri work part-time in chapter 5 and which also appears in the opening.

Getting there
Hokutetsu Kanazawa Stn · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
蓮ノ空の聖地巡礼ガイド!金沢全48スポット完全マップ — 103期5話でさやかと綴理のバイト先

Kanazawa Folklore Museum

Ishikawa

A wooden former middle-school building whose exterior is drawn unchanged in chapter 4; the guide calls it the closest thing to the school itself.

Getting there
Nomachi Stn · 35 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Closed on Mondays
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
蓮ノ空の聖地巡礼ガイド!金沢全48スポット完全マップ — 103期4話に外観がそのまま登場

Kenmin Sporec Plaza

Ishikawa

The skating rink where Sayaka trains in chapter 6 of the story.

Getting there
Shin Nishi Kanazawa Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
蓮ノ空の聖地巡礼ガイド!金沢全48スポット完全マップ — 103期6話でさやかのスケート練習

Utatsuyama Park

Ishikawa

The park on Utatsuyama looking down over central Kanazawa. Utatsuyama is drawn in the series' key visual.

Getting there
Hokutetsu Kanazawa Stn · 35 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
卯辰山公園

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