20140403-20140409 Japan : Location Hunt - Kyoukai no Kanata 境界の彼方


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Kyoukai no Kanata 境界の彼方
Kyoukai no Kanata 境界の彼方 was a 12 episodes TV anime series aired between October and December 2013.
The main characters are Akihito 秋人, Mirai 未来, Mitsuki 美月, and Hiroomi 博臣.
This session focuses on the shopping center complex where Mirai's apartment is located.
Nara-ken Nara-shi Ukyou 奈良県奈良市 右京
In real life, the shopping center complex where Mirai's apartment is located, is modelled after Heijou Daini Shopping Center 平城第2ショッピングセンター. The only difference is that the small playground with statues of a clown, an elephant, and a Hippo, in real life, is a car park, and the statues are actually located in a small park nearby.

Translation of names :
Bentou 弁当 Youmu 妖夢  

The nearest train station is Takanohara station 高の原駅 of Kintetsu 近鉄 Kyoto Line 京都線.
[EP01] Scene showing the door to Mirai's apartment [EP02] Scene showing the back of the shopping mall [EP02] Scene showing the back of the shopping mall
[EP02] Scene showing sculptures at the south west corner of the shopping mall [EP01] Mirai starting to eat the bentou Akihito bought her [EP01] Mirai starting to eat the bentou Akihito bought her
[EP01] Mirai starting to eat the bentou Akihito bought her [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu
[EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu Playground, left to right, 1 of 4
Playground, left to right, 2 of 4 Playground, left to right, 3 of 4 Playground, left to right, 4 of 4
[EP01] Akihito going to Mirai's apartment to help handle the Youmu [EP01] Akihito going to Mirai's apartment to help handle the Youmu [EP02] Mirai chasing the Youmu out of her apartment
[EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu
[EP01] Akihito going to Mirai's apartment to help handle the Youmu [EP01] Scene showing Akihito and Mirai in the playground after buying bentou [EP01] Scene showing Akihito and Mirai in the playground after buying bentou
[EP01] Akihito pay for Mirai's bentou since she was out of money [EP02] Scene showing the stairs in the shopping center [EP02] Mirai dueling with the Youmu
[EP02] Mirai trying to pin down the Youmu [EP02] Mirai try to find where the Youmu is when it burst out from the ground [EP02] Mirai's blade was stuck by Youmu's bandages
[EP02] Mirai's blade was stuck by Youmu's bandages [EP02] Mirai stabbed the Youmu but it escaped [EP02] Mirai stabbed the Youmu but it escaped
[EP02] The Youmu escaping from the scene [EP02] Mirai shadowing the Youmu [OP] Scene showing Akihito walking up the stairs
[OP] Scene showing Akihito walking up the stairs [EP02] Mirai finally pin down the Youmu [EP02] Mirai finally slashed the Youmu
[EP02] Akihito arrived at the scene where the Youmu was slashed [EP02] Mirai is shock as this is her first kill [EP02] Scene showing a car parked outside of a park nearby
[EP01/02] The small park with the statues of a clown, an elephant and a hippo [EP01/02] The clown statue [EP02] The elephant and hippo statues