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TV anime · 2012

Robotics;Notes — real-life locations

Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Airport and more — 11 places you can visit, in Kagoshima, 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 · 11

Tanegashima Space Center

Kagoshima Start here

The launch site the series builds towards, and Japan's largest — the visitor centre and the pads are on the same headland.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 60 min by car · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Follow the on-site guards' instructions
  • Admission fee required
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
種子島宇宙センター · ROBOTICS;NOTES

Tanegashima Airport

Kagoshima

The island's airport, the way in for anyone following the series to the launch site.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 30 min by car · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
ROBOTICS;NOTES

Chofu Airport

Tokyo

The small Tokyo airfield the series uses for its island flights.

Getting there
Bus from Tama Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow the on-site guards' instructions
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
調布飛行場

Uchugaoka Park

Kagoshima

Kaito's favourite park; the guide points out the site of the athletic frames drawn in the second ending and the surviving lookout tower.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + bus 90 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
種子島 ロボティクス・ノーツ聖地巡礼ガイド/チヨ;スタ情報局 — 八汐海翔のお気に入りの公園

Chikura no Iwaya Sea Cave

Kagoshima

The sea cave carrying one of Kimijima's report geotags; it can only be entered within two hours of low tide.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + bus 80 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
種子島 ロボティクス・ノーツ聖地巡礼ガイド/チヨ;スタ情報局 — 君島レポートのフラグが置かれた海食洞

Nishinoomote Port

Kagoshima

The ferry port where Mitchie takes Aki's call.

Getting there
Kagoshima Port + 95 min jetfoil · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ROBOTICS;NOTES 「西之表港」

Former Tanegashima Airport

Kagoshima

The closed airfield of the first-half ending sequence, runway gone quiet.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 20 min by car · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
種子島空港 (初代) · ROBOTICS;NOTES · 旅する亜人ちゃん — ROBOTICS;NOTES 「旧種子島空港」

Nakatane Central Sports Park

Kagoshima

The sports ground that turns up in Kimijima's report.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 40 min by car · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ROBOTICS;NOTES 「中種子中央運動公園」

Cape Kadokura

Kagoshima

The island's southern cape, where firearms are said to have first reached Japan in 1543.

Getting there
90 min by car from Nishinoomote Port · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — ROBOTICS;NOTES

Tanegashima Chuo High School

Kagoshima

A prefectural high school on Tanegashima. It is the main setting of the series, which began broadcasting in October 2012. It is a working school; look from the road.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + bus 50min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
鹿児島県立種子島中央高等学校

JAXA Tanegashima Space Center

Kagoshima

A facility in Kagoshima.

Getting there
Nishinoomote Port + 50min by car · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ROBOTICS;NOTES 「JAXA種子島宇宙センター」

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