Anime Travel 9 – Just Because! in Real Life

3/10/2023 10:25:00 PM

Anime Travel 9 – Just Because! in Real Life

Shonan Monorail

Let's continue with another anime post! This time, I would like to share the place for yet another bitter-sweet anime called Just Because! I don't think this anime was as popular as the other anime I posted before but I really liked the story so I decided to also visit and post this anime pilgrimage.

The setting was located around Kamakura City, Kanagawa which shared the same locations with Rascals Does Not Dream which I plan to also write after this post. This area are located around 45 mins away from Tokyo station with JR Ueno Tokyo Line.

We can find the iconic Shōnan monorail throughout the anime which we can use to explore the Shōnan area between Ōfuna and Enoshima.

1. JR Ōfuna Station

The first location that I visited was the JR Ōfuna Station. I took the train in early morning from Tokyo Station with JR Ueno Tokyo Line. I took some photos here, then transfer to the Shōnan Monorail.

Station platform from the anime
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The same platform in real life

Eita entering the ticket gate
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The same ticket gate in real life

2. Shōnan Fukasawa Station

Next, I visited the Shōnan Fukasawa Station which is three stations away from Ōfuna Station. This is the monorail station where we can find the real location shown in the above banner.

Expanded version of anime's banner
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Two monorails side-by-side in real life

Eita and Mio sitting and waiting for the monorail.
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View of the seat at the 1st platform in real life

Eita with his mom at the station
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The same stairs towards the station platform in real life

Eita and Ena talking in front of the station entrance
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The same station entrance in real life

Eita walking with the monorail behind
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The same location in real life

Eita met Mio before his "date" with Ena
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The same spot in real life (the angle is a bit off)

3. Around Fukasawa Elementary School

From the station, I walked for like 10 minutes to the nearby elementary school where I found some spot shown in the anime.

Mio waiting for a bus
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The bus stop in real life

Eita walking with Haruto
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The similar angle with the local tofu shop "Shimizu" shown

Eita and Ena arguing at night
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The shot of the similar pathway in real life

4. Kajiwara Mitama Shrine

Behind the elementary school, I walked into a shrine called Kajiwara Mitama shrine.

View to the outside from the shrine
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The same view in real life

5. Seven Eleven & Kamakura Tokiwa Shop

Next, I moved to the nearby Seven Eleven which took another 5 minutes by foot. This is located at the main street. We can also find some scene using this location as inspiration.

Eita and Haruto walking out of the convenience store

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Seven eleven in real life

Ena looking at the camera

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The same view in real life

6. Around Gourmet City

If we follow the main road, we will find a local grocery by the name of Gourmet City which also can be often seen in the anime.

Ena walking out of a local supermarket called Nice City

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This place is based of Gourmet City in real life

Ena gave her drink to Eita

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The same angle of shot of Gourmet City in real life

Eita is walking beside Nice City

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Side view of Gourmet City

Road with car dealership at the left side in the anime

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The same view with Toyopet dealership at the left side

Mio just got off the bus, but shocked when she saw Ena hugging Eita

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Kajiwara-guchi bus stop (sorry for the bad angle again)

7. Katase-Enoshima Station

After finish exploring around the Fukasawa area, I moved straight into Enoshima area. I walked into Odakyu Katase-Enoshima Station with its famous oriental style architecture.

Enoshima Katase Station