TV anime · 2002

Please Teacher! — real-life locations

Lake Kizaki, Uminokuchi Station and more — 10 places you can visit, in Nagano. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

Open on the map

Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Locations · 10

Lake Kizaki

Nagano Start here

The lake the series is set on — one of the first anime pilgrimages, and the local trains still run beside it.

Getting there

Inao Stn · 9 min walk

Before you go

Keep your voice down
Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Check the last cablecar or bus before dark

Sources

木崎湖 · おねがい☆ティーチャー

Open on the map Google Maps Report an error

Uminokuchi Station

Nagano Start here

The unstaffed halt by Lake Kizaki that the series' station is drawn from, one of the earliest pilgrimage sites in Japan.

Getting there

Uminokuchi Stn (JR Oito Line) · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
Keep your voice down

Sources

海ノ口駅 · おねがい☆ティーチャー

Open on the map Google Maps Report an error

Agatanomori Culture Center

Nagano Start here

The old high school building Kizaki High is drawn from, timber halls kept as they were.

Getting there

Matsumoto Stn · 25 min walk

Before you go

Keep quiet indoors
No photography indoors
Follow staff instructions

Sources

松本高等学校 (旧制) · 旅する亜人ちゃん — おねがい☆ティーチャー「あがたの森文化会館」

Open on the map Google Maps Report an error

Lake Kizaki Campground

Nagano

The lakeside campground whose wooden pier appears with teacher Mizuho in the opening of Please Teacher! and in many later scenes.

Getting there

Inao Stn · 14 min walk

Before you go

Campsite rules apply — check in at reception
Paying guests have priority
Keep your voice down

Sources

木崎湖 · おねがい☆ティーチャー/ツインズ聖地巡礼スポット（聖地巡礼のススメ） — OPの桟橋

Open on the map Google Maps Report an error

Agata-no-Mori Park

Nagano

The Matsumoto park where Mizuho tends to Kei in episode 4; the preserved old Matsumoto Higher School building inside the park was the model for the school in the series.

Getting there

Matsumoto Stn · 25 min walk

Before you go