20070511-20070516 Japan : Location Hunt - Lucky Star


All the digital photos were taken with Canon EOS 20D with EF 17-40 F4 L USM or EF 24-105 F4 L IS USM lens, 3504 x 2336
Fine Mode, scaled down to 806 x 537 for internet access, and 280 x 186 for thumbnails.
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Lucky Star
Most of the Lucky Star locations are located in Satte-shi, Washinomiya-chou,and Kasukabe-shi in Saitama prefecture, with the rest in Miura-shi, Kanagawa prefecture.
This session only covered up to Episode 06 only. Episode 06 was broadcast on 13 May, and I left Japan on 16 May.
Satte-shi
Satte-shi is located in Saitama prefecture, and there is a Satte station in the Tobu Nikko Line.
[OP] Konata Dancing. The tree line is Gongendou Sakura-tsutsumi, which is famous for Sakura watching [OP] Konata Dancing Offical notice of Gongendou Sakura-tsutsumi
[OP] Konata's father watching high school girls [Various] Izumi house [Various] Izumi house
   
Back side of the Izumi house    
Washinomiya-chou
Washinomiya-chou is located in Saitama prefecture, and there is a Washinomiya station in the Tobu Isesaki Line.
[OP] Kagami dancing. This is the entrance of the Washinomiya Shrine [Ep05] Summer festival in the shrine area Shrine entrance
[Ep03] Back side view of the shrine's Torii Washinomiya Shrine Washinomiya Shrine
[Ep01] One of the insdie view of the shrine Washinomiya Shrine Washinomiya Shrine
Washinomiya Shrine Washinomiya Shrine [Ep05] Miyuki talking during the summer festival
Ema in shrine Kagami Kagami and Sakura (different series : Sakura Taisen)
Tsukasa Konata and Tsukasa Me
Tree in the shrine area Tree in the shrine area [Various] Hiiragi house. 0 min walk from the shrine
 
[Various] Hiiragi house [Various] Hiiragi house  
Kasukabe Station in Kasukabe-shi
Kasukabe-shi is located in Saitama prefecture, and there is a Kasukabe station in the Tobu Isesaki Line, Tobu Nikko Line, and Tobu Noda Line. All the locations here are located near the West Exit of the station.
[OP] Tsukasa dancing in front of the west exit of the Kasukabe Station [Ep01] Konata and Tsukasa walking past both buildings [Ep01] Konata and Tsukasa walking past both buildings
[Ep01] Konata and Tsukasa walking past both buildings. The latter one is "Two's" in the scene [Ep01] Konata and Tsukasa walking past both buildings Rotary outside the west exit
Rotary outside the west exit [Ep04] Konata, Kagami, and Tsukasa walking past the building with the marking "Lady Clinic" Bus stops and Mizuho Bank outside the west exit
[Ep04] Konata talking here with Kagami and Tsukasa [EP04] Konata talking here with Kagami and Tsukasa [Ep04] Konata talking here with Kagami and Tsukasa
[Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei [Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei [Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei
[Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei [Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei [Ep02/04] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, & Miyuki talking here while waiting for the bus to Kyouei
[Ep02] The street besides the game center [Ep02] Game Center [Ep02] Game Center. The Print Club machine just inside the entrance is the one behind Konata, Kagami, & Tsukasa when they worked with the UFO catcher
[Ep02] The west exit sign of the Kasukabe station [Ep03] Most of the 1st half of episode 3 happened in the platform for trains going towards Satte and Washinomiya, where Konata and the twins reside respectively [Ep06] In the preview of the next episode part, Tsukasa is talking i front of the "exit" sign in the station
Kyouei Koukou in Kasukabe-shi
Kyouei Koukou (high school) is located in Kasukabe-shi, Saitama prefecture. It takes around 15 min bus ride to go to Kyouei from Kasukabe Station. This is where the girls currently attend. Manga author, Yoshimizu Kagami, also attended this school.
[OP] Miyuki dancing in front of the main entrance and the school bus stop of Kyouei [Various] Front entrance of Kyoukei [Various] Front entrance of Kyoukei
[Various] Front entrance of Kyoukei Front entrance of Kyoukei Front entrance of Kyoukei
[Various] Front entrance of Kyoukei School buildings at the right side of the front entrance School buildings at the right side of the front entrance
School buildings at the left side of the front entrance [Various] School ground where they have their physical education lessons [Various] School ground where they have their physical education lessons
[OP] Cheerleading pom-pon girls : Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, Miyuki, Yutaka, Minami, Hiyori, Misao, Ayano, Patricia [OP] Cheerleading pom-pon girls [OP] Cheerleading pom-pon girls
School ground, with the parking lot at the far corner [Ep04] Bus stop at the side entrance of the school [Ep02] Parking lot inside the school
Bashamichi, only 5 min walk form Kyouei, is the familiy restaurant Konata, Kagami, and Tsukasa went to in episode 03 Bashamichi Bashamichi
Bashamichi [Ep03] Bashamichi's stained glass, as seen in the familiy restaurant scene. However, the internal table arrangement in the scene does not exist in this Bashamichi, and may be based on other Bashamichi. Bashamichi
Bashamichi Bashamichi Bashamichi
 
Bashamichi Bashamichi  
Miura-kaigan in Miura-shi
Miura-kaigan (sea shore) is a beach area located in Miura-shi, Kanagawa prefecture. There is a Miura-kaigan station in the Keikyu Main Line.
[Ep06] Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, Miyuki, Nanako-sensei, and Yui onee-chan finally arrived at the seashore [Ep06] The "No Fireworks" sign post on the beach [Ep06] The boat storage facility on the beach
[Ep06] The minshuku near the beach [Ep06] The minshuku near the beach [Ep06] Front door of the minshuku near the beach, and is where Tsukasa seeking Kagami's shoulder support after the sea-shell incident
[Ep06] Beach area looking back at the town side. The hills and buildings in the scene cannot be found in Miura-kaigan [Ep06] Beach area looking back at the town side [Ep06] Beach area looking back at the town side
   
[Ep06] Beach area looking back at the town side. Note the minshuku in the left