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TV anime · 2014

Wake Up, Girls! — real-life locations

Kotodai Park, Sendai Airport, Sendai Station and more — 28 places you can visit, in Miyagi, 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 · 28

Kotodai Park

Miyagi Start here

The park in central Sendai the group performs in, on the avenue of zelkovas.

Getting there
Kotodai-Koen Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
Wake Up, Girls!

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Sendai Airport

Miyagi

The airport the group flies out of on its first trip away from Sendai.

Getting there
Sendai Airport Stn · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
Wake Up, Girls!

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Sendai Station

Miyagi

The station the group works out of, in the city they refuse to leave for Tokyo.

Getting there
Sendai Stn (JR / Shinkansen) · 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 — Wake Up, Girls! 舞台探訪@仙台市街編 · 聖地巡礼マップ — 仙台駅東口 Wake Up, Girls!の聖地

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Sendai Stadium

Miyagi

In the New Chapter of Wake Up, Girls!, the heroines' idol group plays this stadium as a stop on their national tour.

Getting there
Izumi-Chuo Stn (Sendai Subway Namboku Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Do not enter private property
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
仙台スタジアム

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Kumagaiya Sendai Dagashi Honpo

Miyagi

The traditional sweet shop set as Airi's family home; the writer found a life-size standee of her inside.

Getting there
Kita-Yobancho Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
劇場版・TVアニメ『Wake Up,Girls!』舞台探訪（聖地巡礼）@仙台市街編／舞台探訪総研 — 藍里の実家の設定になっている和菓子屋

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Sendai Welfare Plaza

Miyagi

The plaza square where the group shares a stage with the city mascot.

Getting there
Itsutsubashi Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「仙台市福祉プラザ」

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Sendai Castle Ruins

Miyagi

The castle terrace above the city where the group works with the Date warrior troupe.

Getting there
Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「仙台城跡」

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Takeshita Street

Tokyo

The lane the seven of them go shopping down.

Getting there
Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「竹下通り」

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Senso-ji

Tokyo

The temple where they draw their fortunes together.

Getting there
Tawaramachi Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「浅草寺」

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Asakusa Umezono

Tokyo

The old sweet shop where they sit down to bowls of zenzai.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「梅園 浅草」

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Azuma Bridge

Tokyo

The red bridge they cross together in the evening light.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「吾妻橋」

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Ogikubo Station North Exit

Tokyo

The station forecourt where they hand-sell their CDs.

Getting there
Ogikubo Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「荻窪駅北口」

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Marine Gate Shiogama

Miyagi

The ferry terminal where Nanami and Mayu meet a sea squirt and recoil.

Getting there
Hon-Shiogama Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「マリンゲート塩釜」

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Furukawa Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

Miyagi

A private secondary school in Osaki.

Getting there
Furukawa Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「古川学園中学校・高等学校」

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Sendai Yagiyama Zoological Park

Miyagi

Sendai's zoo on the Yagiyama hill.

Getting there
Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
Wake Up, Girls! · 旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「仙台市八木山動物公園」

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Ajishirahama Beach

Miyagi

A white sand beach on Ajishima island.

Getting there
Ishinomaki Stn + car and ferry 90min · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「網地白浜」

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Hapina Nakakecho

Miyagi

A covered shopping arcade by Sendai Station.

Getting there
Aoba-dōri Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

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Nakayama Modern House

Miyagi

A coffee shop in Sendai.

Getting there
Kitayama Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

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Cafe Bijou

Miyagi

A coffee shop in Sendai.

Getting there
Kita-Yobancho Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

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Sendai Youth Culture Centre

Miyagi

The concert hall in Asahigaoka the stage scenes are drawn from.

Getting there
Asahigaoka Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — Wake Up, Girls!

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Miyagi Gakuin Junior and Senior High (exterior only)

Miyagi

A private school on the Sakuragaoka hill. A working school — look from the road.

Getting there
40 min by bus from Sendai Stn · 5 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 — Wake Up, Girls!

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Aoba Shrine

Miyagi

The Sendai shrine to Date Masamune.

Getting there
Kita-Sendai Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — Wake Up, Girls!

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Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai

Miyagi

Sendai's youth culture centre at Asahigaoka.

Getting there
Asahigaoka Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — Wake Up, Girls!

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Kimachi-dori Community Centre

Miyagi

A community centre on Kimachi-dori in Sendai.

Getting there
Kita-Yobancho Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — Wake Up, Girls!

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Miyagi Prefectural Government Building

Miyagi

A government building in Miyagi.

Getting there
Kotodai-Koen Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「宮城県庁舎」

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Sendai Welfare Plaza Fureai Square

Miyagi

A plaza in Miyagi.

Getting there
Itsutsubashi Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「仙台市福祉プラザ・ふれあい広場」

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Kotodai Park Open-Air Concert Hall

Miyagi

A concert hall in Miyagi.

Getting there
Kotodai-Koen Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No photography indoors
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Wake Up, Girls! 「勾当台公園・野外音楽堂」

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Otamaya Bridge

Miyagi

A bridge in Miyagi. It appears in the film.

Getting there
Omachi Nishi-koen Stn · 20 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
舞台探訪総研 — Wake Up, Girls! 「霊屋橋」

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