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TV anime · 2014

No-Rin — real-life locations

Mino-Ota Station, Gero Onsen and more — 12 places you can visit, in Gifu, Aichi, 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 · 12

Mino-Ota Station

Gifu Start here

Tamo Agricultural High School is drawn from Kamo Agricultural, and this is the station its students commute through.

Getting there
Mino-Ota Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
美濃太田駅 · のうりん

Gero Onsen

Gifu

The Hida hot-spring town of the series' trip episode.

Getting there
Gero Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
のうりん

Kamo Agricultural High School (exterior only)

Gifu Unofficial

The agricultural high school widely taken as the model for the series’ own. The town is named as itself in the work and has run collaborations with it, but the school has confirmed nothing. A working school — look from outside the gate.

Getting there
Mino-Ota Stn (JR Takayama Line) · 21 min walk
Before you go
  • Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
岐阜県立加茂農林高等学校 · のうりん

Aioi Station (Nagaragawa Railway)

Gifu

The model for the show's station, in Gujo-Hachiman; its nameboard still gives the old address Gujo-gun Hachiman-cho, reproduced exactly in the anime.

Getting there
Aioi Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
のうりん

Kobi Neighborhood Park

Gifu

The neighbourhood park drawn in the opening, with its statue and the elevated road beside it.

Getting there
Mino-Ota Stn · 17 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん「のうりん」聖地巡礼 — オープニングの近隣公園

Fossil Forest Park

Gifu

The park beside the Kiso River shown with Becky in the opening, where fossilised tree trunks sit in the exposed strata.

Getting there
Nihonrain-Imawatari Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん「のうりん」聖地巡礼 — オープニングでベッキーと共に描かれる場所

Minokamo Bunka-no-Mori

Gifu

The museum grounds by the farmhouse Minori's home is drawn from.

Getting there
Mino-Ota Stn · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Closed on Mondays
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — のうりん 「みのかも文化の森」

Gifu Seiryu Satoyama Park

Gifu

A countryside theme park at Minokamo.

Getting there
Kobi Stn · 39 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — のうりん 「ぎふ清流里山公園」

Minokamo High School (exterior only)

Gifu

Named as the model for Tamo Agricultural High. A working school — look from the road.

Getting there
Mino-Ota Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — のうりん

Chubu Centrair International Airport

Aichi

The airport on its own island in Ise Bay, with a deck over the runway.

Getting there
Central Japan International Airport Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — のうりん

Mount Tengu of Kobi

Gifu

A mountain in Gifu. It appears in episode 6.

Getting there
Kobi Stn · 15 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 — のうりん 「古井の天狗山」

Tokyo Station

Tokyo

A station in Tokyo.

Getting there
Tokyo Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
舞台探訪総研 — のうりん 「東京駅」

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