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TV anime · 2016

Love Live! Sunshine!! — filming locations

20 places you can visit, in Shizuoka, Kanagawa, 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 · 20

Awashima Island & Uchiura Bay

Shizuoka Start here

The bay that opens the series, with Mt. Fuji across the water.

Getting there
Numazu Stn (JR Tokaido Line) + bus 30min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
沼津市観光協会(公式) — ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! ロケ地コース

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Numazu Port (Byuo floodgate)

Shizuoka Start here

The working fishing port at the mouth of the town, with its tall floodgate over the harbour.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + bus 15 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
沼津市観光協会(公式) — ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! ロケ地コース

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Numazu Station

Shizuoka Start here

Where every pilgrimage to Uchiura starts, and where the buses to the school and the harbour leave from.

Getting there
Numazu Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
沼津駅 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Sannoura Information Centre

Shizuoka Start here

The Uchiura visitor centre that became the fans' base — its walls are covered in what they leave behind.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + 30 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
沼津市 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Nagaisaki School (exterior only)

Shizuoka Unofficial

Taken by fans as the model for Uranohoshi Girls' Academy, on the ridge above Uchiura bay. The middle school of the broadcast years has since been reorganised into a combined primary and middle school; it is still very much in use. The grounds are off limits and pupils must not be photographed.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + bus 35 min · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
沼津市立長井崎小中一貫学校

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Yasudaya Ryokan

Shizuoka

The model for the Kurosawa family inn. A working ryokan on the Uchiura shore, and a registered cultural property.

Getting there
Numazu Stn (JR Tokaido Line) + 30 min by bus · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
安田屋旅館 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Izu-Nagaoka Station

Shizuoka

The Izu-Hakone Railway stop the group passes through on the way inland.

Getting there
Izu-Nagaoka Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
伊豆長岡駅 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Mishima Station

Shizuoka

The Shinkansen gateway to the series' corner of Shizuoka, and the change for the Izu line.

Getting there
Mishima Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
三島駅 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Shuzenji Station

Shizuoka

The end of the Izu line, in the hot-spring town the group visits.

Getting there
Shuzenji Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
Sources
修善寺駅 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Kakitagawa Springs Park

Shizuoka

The spring-fed pools of blue water the series stops at, fed from under Mount Fuji.

Getting there
Mishima-Hirokōji Stn · 26 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
Sources
ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Numazu Imperial Villa Memorial Park

Shizuoka

The pine-shaded villa grounds on the shore that the series draws.

Getting there
Numazu Stn (JR Tokaido Line) + 15 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep your voice down
  • No photography indoors
Sources
ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Onari Bridge

Shizuoka

The red bridge over the Kano river in central Numazu, with Fuji upstream on a clear day.

Getting there
Numazu Stn · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Izu Mito Sea Paradise

Shizuoka

The aquarium on Uchiura bay that the group works at in the series.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + 30 min by bus · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
伊豆・三津シーパラダイス · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Awashima Marine Park

Shizuoka Gone

The island park reached by its own ferry, drawn into the series' Uchiura episodes. Closed in 2024; the island and its shrine remain.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + 25 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • No longer exists — nothing remains at the site
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
あわしまマリンパーク · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Nebukawa Station

Kanagawa

The platform above the sea the group stops at on the way to Tokyo.

Getting there
Nebukawa Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
根府川駅

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Nagaisaki Cape

Shizuoka

The headland the group's school stands on, looking across Uchiura bay at Fuji.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + 35 min by bus · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
沼津市 · ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!

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Nagahama Castle Ruins

Shizuoka

The earthworks on the headland the group climbs for the view over the bay.

Getting there
Numazu Stn + 35 min by bus · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
沼津市公式観光サイト(沼津観光ポータル) — 「ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!」のロケ地を巡ろう!

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Numazu Citizens' Cultural Centre

Shizuoka

The hall the group performs in, on the walk from the station to the river.

Getting there
Numazu Stn · 17 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
  • No photography indoors
Sources
沼津市公式観光サイト(沼津観光ポータル) — 「ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!」のロケ地を巡ろう!

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Plaza Verde

Shizuoka

The convention hall by the north exit, drawn in the series and used for its events.

Getting there
Numazu Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
沼津市公式観光サイト(沼津観光ポータル) — 「ラブライブ!サンシャイン!!」のロケ地を巡ろう!

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Hanayashiki

Tokyo

The Asakusa amusement park the group visits on its Tokyo trip.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
浅草花やしき

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