TV anime · 1998
Initial D — real-life locations
Mt. Haruna (Akina), Usui Pass, Mt. Akagi (Akagi) and more — 14 places you can visit, in Gunma, Ibaraki, Saitama. 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
Gunma
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Akina in the series is Haruna: the downhill the tofu delivery runs, hairpin by hairpin.
- Getting there
- Takasaki Stn + 90 min by bus · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep your voice down
- Parking is for campers only
- Sources
- 榛名山 · 頭文字D
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Gunma
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The 184-curve pass on the old Route 18 that the series' downhill runs are drawn from.
- Getting there
- Bus from Yokokawa Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Do not block the path or road
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 碓氷峠 · 頭文字D
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Gunma
The rival team's mountain, and the pass the series races down in its early arcs.
- Getting there
- Maebashi Stn + 60 min by bus · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep your voice down
- Parking is for campers only
- Sources
- 赤城山 · 頭文字D
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Ibaraki
The Ibaraki mountain road of the series' eastern battles; the toll road climbs to the saddle.
- Getting there
- Bus + cable car from Tsukuba Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Very crowded — expect queues
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Sources
- 筑波山
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The mountain-top lake that appears in the story as 'Lake Akina'; the pass road and the two-kilometre straight running along its shore are one of the series' main racing stages.
- Getting there
- Takasaki Stn (JR Takasaki Line) + bus 90 min · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Keep your voice down
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- 榛名湖
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The mountain appears under its real name: its pass road is the home ground and battle stage of the rival team Myogi Night Kids.
- Getting there
- Matsuida Stn (JR Shinetsu Line) + 15 min by taxi · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Keep your voice down
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Sources
- 妙義山 · 頭文字D
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The station where Takumi sees Natsuki off to Tokyo and Itsuki sees Kazumi off; the forecourt roundabout is reproduced too.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 頭文字D聖地巡礼① 渋川・伊香保編／NO FD NO LIFE — 拓海がなつきを見送った駅
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The stepped street where Takumi and Itsuki stop for manju.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn + 25 min bus (Ikaho Onsen) · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 頭文字D 「伊香保石段街」
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The pull-off above the pass where Takumi races Shingo.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn + 30 min by car · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep your voice down
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 頭文字D 「高根展望台」
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Gunma
The pass on the road between Ikaho and Lake Haruna.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn + bus 30min · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Do not block the path or road
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- Anime Pilgrimage — 頭文字D 「ヤセオネ峠」 —
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The shrine at the top of Ikaho's stone stairway street.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn + bus 25min · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- Anime Pilgrimage — 頭文字D 「伊香保神社」 —
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Saitama
The pass between Chichibu and Higashi-Chichibu, long known to street racers.
- Getting there
- Ogawamachi Stn + 40min by car · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Keep your voice down
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 頭文字D 「定峰峠」
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A viewing deck above Lake Haruna.
- Getting there
- Shibukawa Stn + 30min by car · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
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Saitama
A pass road through the hills of Saitama.
- Getting there
- Higuchi Stn · 25 min walk
- Before you go
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Keep your voice down
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Sources
- 間瀬峠
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