Where is Blue Box set in real life?

Blue Box has 22 real-life locations including OP1 Murai Shoes, OP1 Koyasu Shrine, OP1 Higashi-Koganei Station, EP2 Fukushin, EP2 Enpa Oyama Store, EP2 Ishikawaen Tea Stall, EP2 Near the Mamashita Bridge, EP2 Gonbei. Explore them all on Anime Pilgrimage.

How many real locations does Blue Box have?

Blue Box has 22 confirmed real-life locations mapped on Anime Pilgrimage.

How is this location information verified?

Locations are identified by comparing user-submitted photos with scenes from the anime. Locations adopted as official places have been reviewed by our team; community-submitted-only locations are unverified. Every location includes a Street View link so you can check the site yourself.

What spots are easy to miss when visiting Blue Box locations?

Blue Box has 22 registered real-life locations, most of which don't appear in typical travel guides. Check the Anime Pilgrimage map and Street View before your trip and add them to your itinerary so you don't miss them.

Can I actually visit the places from Blue Box?

Yes — every location on this map is a real place you can visit, matched to the exact scene it appears in. Use the Street View link on each spot to see what it looks like before you go.

Is the scenery in Blue Box based on real places?

Yes — the backgrounds in Blue Box are matched to 22 real-world locations mapped here, each verified against the actual scene. Compare them yourself with the Street View link on each spot.

Where was Blue Box filmed?

Anime and manga are not filmed the way live action is. Their backgrounds are painted from photographs of real locations — for Blue Box, 22 of those real places have been identified and mapped.

Blue Box Anime Locations in Tokyo — Map of 22 Real Spots

3 routes, 30 spots in total

Route 113 spots · approx. 4 hr 50 min

Starts at Oyama station platform 2 and covers 13 spots in about 4 hr 50 min. Covers Itabashi. Of these: 3 with opening hours, 2 with an admission fee.

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Oyama station platform 2
Stay about 15 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
Has opening hoursAdmission fee
Walkapprox. 4 min
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Oyama Station
Stay about 15 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
Has opening hoursAdmission fee
Walkapprox. 2 min
2
Fukushin
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No opening hoursFree
3
Merumo
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
No opening hoursFree
Stay about 30 min
Walkapprox. 13 min
4
Koyasu Shrine
Stay about 40 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree
Walkapprox. 15 min
5
Ishikawaen Tea Stall
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No opening hoursFree
6
supermarket Mirabelle
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
Has opening hours
Stay about 25 min
Walkapprox. 1 min
7
Enpa Oyama Store
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
No opening hoursFree
8
Gonbei
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
No opening hoursFree
Stay about 20 min
Walkapprox. 3 min
9
Murai Shoes
Stay about 15 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
No opening hoursFree
Walkapprox. 10 min
10
Ito Kampo Pharmaceutical Store
Stay about 20 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree
Walkapprox. 3 min
11
Seven-Eleven Itabashi Nakamachi store
Stay about 40 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
Walkapprox. 9 min
12
Near the Mamashita Bridge
Stay about 10 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree

Trainapprox. 22 min

Walkapprox. 8 minNaka-itabashi Station
Trainapprox. 10 minIkebukuro Station
Walkapprox. 4 min

Route 28 spots · approx. 3 hr 31 min

Starts at Ikebukuro Station and covers 8 spots in about 3 hr 31 min. Covers Toshima, Bunkyō. Of these: 3 indoors, 4 with opening hours, 4 with an admission fee.

Walkapprox. 15 min
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Sunshine Aquarium
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
IndoorsHas opening hoursAdmission fee
4
Sunshine Aquarium - Coral Reef Ocean
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
IndoorsHas opening hoursAdmission fee
5
Sunshine Aquarium
©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
IndoorsHas opening hoursAdmission fee
Stay about 50 min
Trainapprox. 24 min
1. Walkapprox. 11 min東池袋四丁目駅（東京）（東京さくらトラム・下り）
2. Trainapprox. 3 min鬼子母神前駅（東京）（東京さくらトラム・上り）
3. Walkapprox. 10 min
7
Mejiro-dai 1-chome Playground
Stay about 30 min©三浦糀／集英社・「アオのハコ」製作委員会
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree

Route 34 spots · approx. 2 hr 11 min

Starts at Odawara Station and covers 4 spots in about 2 hr 11 min. Of these: 1 with opening hours, 1 with an admission fee.

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Odawara Station
Starting point
Busapprox. 66 min
1. Walkapprox. 4 minOdawara Sta
2. Busapprox. 57 minShirayuridai
3. Walkapprox. 5 min
1
Stay about 30 min
Has opening hoursAdmission fee
Walkapprox. 9 min
2
Stay about 10 min
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree
Walkapprox. 1 min
3
Stay about 15 min
OutdoorsNo opening hoursFree

Times are estimates. Check opening hours and timetables before you go.

Scene	Location	Area
OP1	Murai Shoes	Itabashi
OP1	Koyasu Shrine	Itabashi
OP1	Higashi-Koganei Station	Koganei
EP2	Near the Mamashita Bridge	Itabashi
EP2	Gonbei	Itabashi
EP2	Enpa Oyama Store	Itabashi
EP2	Ishikawaen Tea Stall	Itabashi
EP2	Fukushin	Itabashi
EP3	Mejiro-dai 1-chome Playground	Bunkyō
EP5	Oyama Station	Itabashi
EP5	Café&Bar RAGE ST	Toshima
EP5	Sunshine Aquarium	Toshima
EP5	Sunshine Aquarium - Coral Reef Ocean	Toshima
EP5	Sunshine Aquarium	Toshima
EP5	Sunshine Aquarium	Toshima
EP7	Merumo	Itabashi
EP7	Seven-Eleven Itabashi Nakamachi store	Itabashi
EP10	supermarket Mirabelle	Itabashi
EP13	Oyama station platform 2	Itabashi
EP15	Ito Kampo Pharmaceutical Store	Itabashi
EP25	Takase	Toshima
EP25	Ikebukuro Station	Toshima

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Anime pilgrimage itineraries for アオのハコ

Route 113 spots · approx. 4 hr 50 min

Route 28 spots · approx. 3 hr 31 min

Route 34 spots · approx. 2 hr 11 min