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TV anime · 2018

Run with the Wind — real-life locations

Hakone Ekiden Museum, Lake Ashi, Soshigaya-Okura Station and more — 13 places you can visit, in Kanagawa, Tokyo, 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 · 13

Hakone Ekiden Museum

Kanagawa Start here

The museum at the relay's turning point in Hakone, where the race the series builds towards is decided.

Getting there
Hakone-Yumoto Stn + 40 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走 · 風が強く吹いている

Lake Ashi

Kanagawa

The lake the outbound race finishes at and the return leg starts from — the turn the whole season is run for.

Getting there
Hakone-Yumoto Stn + bus 40 min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
箱根駅伝の記事 — 本作は箱根駅伝を目指す学生を描く作品として関連項目に挙がり、芦ノ湖は往路ゴール

Soshigaya-Okura Station

Tokyo

One of the stations the story gives as nearest to its fictional Kansei University, on the Odakyu Odawara Line.

Getting there
Soshigaya-Okura Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
風が強く吹いている

Seijogakuen-mae Station

Tokyo

The second Odakyu station the story names as nearest to the runners' university, alongside Soshigaya-Okura.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
風が強く吹いている

Seijo University

Tokyo

The campus whose exterior the anime used as the model for the runners' Kansei University.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
風が強く吹いている

Tsuru-no-yu Bathhouse

Tokyo Unofficial

The Gotokuji bathhouse presented as the sento the running team visits, though a quoted post allows it may only share the anime's name.

Getting there
Gotokuji Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
  • No photography indoors
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
Sources
風が強く吹いている聖地巡礼・ロケ地/旅する亜人ちゃん — 駅伝メンバーで通う銭湯

Ageo Athletic Park

Saitama

The park and track that host the Ageo City Marathon the runners compete in.

Getting there
Haraichi Stn · 23 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
風が強く吹いている聖地巡礼・ロケ地/旅する亜人ちゃん — 上尾シティマラソンの舞台

Tokyo Big Sight

Tokyo

The Ariake exhibition centre shown in the very first shot of episode 5, its inverted-pyramid shape unmistakable.

Getting there
Ariake Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
風が強く吹いている聖地巡礼・ロケ地/旅する亜人ちゃん — 5話で一番最初に映るシーン

Suzuhiro Kamaboko no Sato

Kanagawa

The Odawara hand-over point in the story; the company's own quoted post says it is drawn in detail in episode 20.

Getting there
Kazamatsuri Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
風が強く吹いている聖地巡礼・ロケ地/旅する亜人ちゃん — たすきをつなげる小田原中継所

Senkawa Footbridge

Tokyo

The footbridge over the Sen River at Seijo.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · 3 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
アニメ旅 — 風が強く吹いている

Shorin Children's Park

Tokyo

A children's park at Motoizumi in Komae.

Getting there
Izumi-Tamagawa Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 風が強く吹いている

Minna-no-Mori, Seijo

Tokyo

A patch of coppice woodland left in the Seijo streets.

Getting there
Seijogakuen-mae Stn · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 風が強く吹いている

Tokyo Station

Tokyo

Tokyo's central station, known for its red-brick Marunouchi building.

Getting there
Tōkyō 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 — 風が強く吹いている

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