Laid-Back Camp: real places in Japan

1 station · each backed by an official source

  1. 1Lake Motosu with Mt. Fuji, Minobu, YamanashiLake Motosu (Koan Campground)

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Plan a trip

Snow-capped Mt. Fuji above lakes and mountains, Kanagawa & Yamanashi2 days

Tokyo area · Mt. Fuji & Central

Evangelion Hakone & Laid-Back Camp Lake Motosu: 2 Days Around Mt. Fuji

Evangelion, Laid-Back Camp

Stations

The places

Lake Motosu with Mt. Fuji, Minobu, Yamanashi1

Lake Motosu (Koan Campground)

Minobu, Yamanashi

The lakeside campground from the first episode, with the view of Mt. Fuji printed on the 1,000-yen note. Yamanashi's official tourism site lists it among the anime's model locations and says only campers who have checked in at reception may enter.

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On the map

Before you go

Where to watch

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Photo credits

Photos of the real places, from Wikimedia Commons. Resized and compressed by us; some are cropped by the layout. No other changes.