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Underground Passage, Ikebukuro Station (East Exit 35/36) → Ikebukuro Station
Walking 09:00 → 09:03（About 3 min・0.27km）
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Wait
09:03 → 09:06（About 3 min）
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Ikebukuro Station → Takadanobaba Station
Train (JR) 09:06 → 09:11（About 5 min）
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Takadanobaba Station → Takadanobaba Station
Walking 09:11 → 09:12（About 1 min・0.07km）
Takadanobaba Station
09:12〜09:32
Stay 20 min
The station in Takadanobaba, said to be Astro Boy's birthplace. The JR Yamanote Line departure melody uses the Astro Boy theme. Under the railway overpass in front of the station is a large Astro Boy mural, and the surrounding shopping streets have Astro Boy decorations and monuments.
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Takadanobaba Station → Tezuka Productions
Walking 09:32 → 09:43（About 11 min・0.86km）
Tezuka Productions
09:43〜10:03
Stay 20 min
The production company founded by Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School（Public transit + walkingAbout 20 min）
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Tezuka Productions → Takadanobaba Station
Walking 10:03 → 10:14（About 11 min・0.88km）
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10:14 → 10:15（About 1 min）
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Takadanobaba Station → Higashi-Nakano Station
Train (JR) 10:15 → 10:27（About 12 min）
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Higashi-Nakano Station → Railway Crossing Beside Nakai Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
Walking 10:27 → 10:44（About 17 min・1.39km）
Railway Crossing Beside Nakai Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
10:44〜11:04
Stay 20 min
The crossing that became the model for the scene where Makoto's bicycle brakes fail and she is hit by a train.
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Railway Crossing Beside Nakai Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) → Nakai Shoyukai Arch Clock
Walking 11:04 → 11:05（About 1 min・0.08km）
Nakai Shoyukai Arch Clock
11:05〜11:25
Stay 20 min
An arch-shaped clock installed by the Nakai shopping association, featured in the story.
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Nakai Shoyukai Arch Clock → Mohan Dry Cleaning Nakai
Walking 11:25 → 11:28（About 3 min・0.2km）
Mohan Dry Cleaning Nakai
11:28〜11:48
Stay 20 min
A dry cleaner that appears in the background of the story.
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In Front of Yoshinoya Nakano Kitaguchi（Public transit + walkingAbout 20 min）
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Mohan Dry Cleaning Nakai → Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall
Walking 11:48 → 11:51（About 3 min・0.23km）
Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall
11:51〜12:11
Stay 20 min
The model for Makoto's home. The connecting corridor and living-room view are depicted in the story.
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Side Street in Front of Nakano Station（Public transit + walkingAbout 20 min）
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Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall → Go-no-zaka
Walking 12:11 → 12:13（About 2 min・0.14km）
Go-no-zaka
12:13〜12:33
Stay 20 min
A slope in the Nakai area that appears in the story.
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Mixed-Use Building, Nakano Station North Exit（Public transit + walkingAbout 18 min）
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Go-no-zaka → Higashi-Nakano Station
Walking 12:33 → 12:50（About 17 min・1.39km）
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12:50 → 12:52（About 2 min）
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Higashi-Nakano Station → Nakano Station
Train (JR) 12:52 → 12:55（About 3 min）
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Nakano Station → Railway Crossing Beside Araiyakushimae Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
Walking 12:55 → 13:16（About 21 min・1.66km）
Railway Crossing Beside Araiyakushimae Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
13:16〜13:36
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The crossing beside Araiyakushimae Station that appears in the story.
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Railway Crossing Beside Araiyakushimae Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) → Nakano Station (Merchandise Shopping)
Public transit 13:36 → 13:51（About 15 min・1.79km）
🛍️ Nakano Station (Merchandise Shopping)
13:51〜15:51
Stay 120 min
Nakano
Please use this as free time to shop for merchandise around Nakano Station, including Nakano Broadway.
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Nakano Station (Merchandise Shopping) → Underground Passage, Ikebukuro Station (East Exit 35/36)
Public transit 15:51 → 16:20（About 29 min・7.09km）