20120825-20120829 Japan : Location Hunt - Ano Natsu de matteru (NatsuMachi)


All the digital photos were taken with Canon EOS 5D Mk.II with EF 24-105 F4 L IS USM lens,
5616 x 3744 Fine Mode, scaled down to 786 x 524 for internet access, and 282 x 188 for thumbnails.
Please click on the thumbnail images to see the larger version.
 
Ano Natsu de matteru (NatsuMachi)
Ano Natsu de matteru (NatsuMachi) is the 12 episodes TV anime series aired between January and March 2012, and is the distant successor of the previous TV anime series Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins.
The main characters are Ichika, Kaito, Kanna, Tetsurou, Mio, Remon & Rinon
This is my third trip for NatsuMachi location hunt. Previous photos can be found here and here.
Almost all the locations appeared in the series are located inside Nagano-ken.
Nagano-ken Saku-shi Yomogida
The nearest train station is Sakudaira station of JR Nagano Shinkansen and Koumi Line. The station is about 8.8 km away and there is bus service between.
[EP01/EP11] Scene showing road side houses with fences and electric pole [EP01/EP11] Scene showing road side houses with fences and electric pole Flowers seen near the location
   
Flowers seen near the location    
Nagano-ken Komoro-shi Yamaura
The first photo was taken near Komoro Big Bridge, while the others were taken around the Misaki Big Pond, which is surrounded by rice fields.
The nearest train station is Komoro station of JR Koumi Line, which is around 6km away from these locations.
[EP12] Scene showing the Chikuma River with Komoro city in the background Rice field near the Misaki Big Pond [EP09] Kaito trying to take photos of trees near ponds or lakes for Ichika
[EP09] Kaito trying to take photos of trees near ponds or lakes for Ichika [EP09] Ichika found Kaito [EP09] Ichika found Kaito
[EP09] Remon secretly filming Kaito and Ichika from the opposite bank [EP10] Ichika and Kaito teleported to the pond [EP10] Scene showing the night view near the pond
Nagano-ken Chikuma-shi Togura, Nagano-shi Kurita, and Komoro-shi Aioichou
In order to attract tourists, local train company Shinano Tetsudou (Shinano Railway) has collaborated with the Natsumachi Production Committee to have one of their trains in Natsumachi "wrapping".
This particular train has 3 cars : KuHa 115-1011, MoHa 114-1017 & KuMoHa 115-1012. Here after these 3 cars will be referred as Car 1, Car 2 & Car 3 respectively. This train will continue to bear this "wrapping" till summer 2013.
I have taken photos of this train in 3 occasions within 2 days. In Togura station near its depot, in Nagano station & in Komoro station.
The nearest train stations are Togura station, Nagano station and Komoro station of Shinano Tetsudou.
[Togura][Car 1] Left side front view [Togura][Car 1] Right side window viewed from inside the car - Remon [Togura][Car 1] Right side window viewed from inside the car - Ichika
[Togura][Car 1] Right side window viewed from inside the car - Kanna [Togura][Car 1] Left side window viewed from inside the car - Ichika [Togura][Car 1] Left side window viewed from outside the car - Ichika
[Nagano][Car 3] Left side overview [Nagano][Car 2] Left side overview [Nagano][Car 1] Left side overview
[Nagano][Car 1] Left side - Ichika & Kanna [Nagano][Car 1] Left side - Remon & Mio [Nagano][Car 1] Left side - Rinon
[Nagano][Car 2] Left side - Rinon, Remon, Mio & Rinon [Nagano][Car 2] Left side - Tetsurou & Kanna [Nagano][Car 2] Left side - Ichika
[Nagano][Car 3] Left side - Ichika & Remon [Nagano][Car 3] Left side - Mio & Kanna [Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Kanna
[Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Mio [Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Remon [Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Ichika
[Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Rinon [Nagano][Car 1] Right side - Rinon [Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Rinon & Remon
[Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Mio [Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Tetsurou [Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Kanna
[Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Rinon [Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Kaito [Nagano][Car 2] Right side - Ichika
[Nagano][Car 3] Right side - Rinon [Nagano][Car 3] Right side - Mio [Nagano][Car 3] Right side - Remon
[Nagano][Car 3] Right side - Kanna [Nagano][Car 3] Right side - Ichika [Nagano][Car 3] Right side overview
[Nagano][Car 3] Right side back view [Komoro][Car 3] Left side - Kanna [Komoro][Car 3] Left side - Mio
[Komoro][Car 3] Left side - Remon [Komoro][Car 3] Left side - Ichika [Komoro][Car 3] Left side - Rinon
[Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Ichika [Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Kaito [Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Rinon
[Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Kanna [Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Tetsurou [Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Rinon
[Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Mio [Komoro][Car 2] Left side - Rinon & Remon [Komoro][Car 1] Left side - Rinon
[Komoro][Car 1] Left side - Mio [Komoro][Car 1] Left side - Remon [Komoro][Car 1] Left side - Kanna
[Komoro][Car 1] Left side - Ichika [Komoro][Car 1] Left side - full title of the anime - Ano Natsu de matteru The memorial board used for the tape cutting ceremony for the wrapping train in Komoro station in early August