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TV anime · 2017

Just Because! — real-life locations

Zengyo Station, Former Fukasawa High School and more — 15 places you can visit, in Kanagawa. 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 · 15

Zengyo Station

Kanagawa Start here

The Fujisawa station on the characters' route home, drawn almost unchanged.

Getting there
Zengyo Stn (Odakyu Enoshima Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Residential area — people live here
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
善行駅

Former Fukasawa High School

Kanagawa

The closed Kamakura high school drawn as the series' school; the empty grounds are the model for its winter classrooms.

Getting there
Shonan-Fukasawa Stn (Shonan Monorail) · 23 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
神奈川県立深沢高等学校 · Just Because!

Shirahata Shrine

Kanagawa

The Fujisawa shrine the series' New Year visit is set at.

Getting there
Fujisawa-Hommachi Stn (Odakyu Enoshima Line) · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Extremely crowded over New Year
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
白旗神社 (藤沢市)

Enoshima Aquarium

Kanagawa

The aquarium the five classmates visit together — the outing that gives their group chat, "Enosui", its name.

Getting there
Kamakurakokomae Stn · 32 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
Just Because!

Shonan-Fukasawa Station

Kanagawa

The Shonan Monorail station on the key visual; it also turns up in the opening and throughout the series.

Getting there
Shonan-Fukasawa Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん Just Because!聖地巡礼 — キービジュアルの駅

Tully's Coffee Fujisawa OPA

Kanagawa

The cafe on the third floor of Fujisawa OPA where Mio and Hazuki talk things over.

Getting there
Fujisawa Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん Just Because!聖地巡礼 — 美緒と葉月が語り合ったカフェ

Fujisawa Station North Exit

Kanagawa

The station plaza Mio and Sanae walk and talk across.

Getting there
Fujisawa Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Just Because! 「藤沢駅北口」

Kanagawa University

Kanagawa

The university Mio sits her entrance exam at.

Getting there
Tokaidaigaku-mae Stn · 47 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
Sources
神奈川大学 · 旅する亜人ちゃん — Just Because! 「神奈川大学」

Higashi-Kanagawa Station

Kanagawa

The station Eita comes back to after seeing Mio to her exam.

Getting there
Higashi-Kanagawa Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Just Because! 「東神奈川駅」

Fukasawa Post Office

Kanagawa

A post office in Fukasawa, Kamakura.

Getting there
Kita-Kamakura Stn · 41 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Just Because! 「深沢郵便局」

Fukasawa Junior High School

Kanagawa

A municipal junior high school in Kamakura.

Getting there
Shonan-Fukasawa Stn · 8 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 — Just Because! 「鎌倉市立深沢中学校」

Yuigahama Beach

Kanagawa

Kamakura's bathing beach.

Getting there
Yuigahama Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
Sources
アニメ旅 — Just Because!

Odakyu Fujisawa Station

Kanagawa

The Fujisawa station where the Enoshima line reverses.

Getting there
Fujisawa Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — Just Because!

Katase-Enoshima Station

Kanagawa

The Odakyu terminus, its building modelled on the dragon palace.

Getting there
Katase-Enoshima Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — Just Because!

Mejiroyamashita Station

Kanagawa

A station on the Shonan Monorail.

Getting there
Mejiroyamashita Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — Just Because!

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