TV anime · 2017
Tsuki ga Kirei — filming locations
12 places you can visit, in 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 · 12
Saitama
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Where Akane and Kotaro spend the summer festival. The series is set in Kawagoe and draws the shrine closely.
- Getting there
- Hon-Kawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) + 7 min by bus · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 月がきれい · 川越氷川神社 · 聖地巡礼のススメ — 「月がきれい」聖地スポット一覧(川越氷川神社)
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Saitama
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The Tobu station on the route the two take between school and home.
- Getting there
- Kawagoeshi Stn (Tobu Tojo Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- No tripods or selfie sticks
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Saitama
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The brick-fronted street drawn again and again through the series, a block off the warehouse quarter.
- Getting there
- Honkawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 川越市 · 月がきれい
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The bell tower over the old merchant street the two walk again and again.
- Getting there
- Hon-Kawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 22 min walk
- Before you go
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
- Sources
- 月がきれい · 時の鐘 · 聖地巡礼のススメ — 「月がきれい」聖地スポット一覧(時の鐘)
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The Seibu terminus Kotaro leaves from for Tokyo, and where the team gathers before the festival.
- Getting there
- Honkawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 月がきれい
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The temple courtyard the track team gathers in; its grounds open straight onto the shopping street.
- Getting there
- Honkawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 10 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Very crowded — expect queues
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The old Tendai temple in the series' Kawagoe, holding rooms moved from Edo Castle.
- Getting there
- Honkawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 13 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Worshippers come first
- No photography indoors
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A Tobu stop on the commuter line the series follows out of Kawagoe.
- Getting there
- Shingashi Stn (Tobu Tojo Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
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The quiet Seibu halt at the edge of the series' Kawagoe.
- Getting there
- Minami-Otsuka Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
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The single-platform JR halt west of town used in the series' quieter journeys.
- Getting there
- Nishi-Kawagoe Stn (JR Kawagoe Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
- Residential area — people live here
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The JR stop east of Kawagoe on the line the series' characters ride.
- Getting there
- Minami-Furuya Stn (JR Kawagoe Line) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Residential area — people live here
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The main station of the town the whole series is set in.
- Getting there
- Kawagoe Stn (JR Kawagoe Line) · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 月がきれい
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