Mount Fuji and Awashima Island, Numazu, ShizuokaPhoto: Kanesue / CC BY 2.0

Love Live! Sunshine!!: real places in Japan

5 places, each linked by an official source

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Numazu Station South 20220413, Numazu, Shizuoka

Numazu Station South Exit Manhole

Numazu, Shizuoka

The south exit of JR Numazu Station appears in the first season, and the city's route page starts here. On June 30, 2026 Numazu City installed a Love Live! Sunshine!! manhole cover donated by JR Central on the south exit plaza, bringing the city's design covers for the series to 23. More colour covers are in the Nakamise shopping street nearby.

淡島ホテル, Numazu, Shizuoka

Awashima Marine Park

Numazu, Shizuoka

An aquarium on Awashima, a small uninhabited island in Uchiura Bay reached by a short boat ride. Numazu City's tourism portal says the park's Frog Pavilion is the model for the diving shop where Kanan works, and the path to Awashima Shrine on the island is where Aqours train. The park holds its own Love Live! Sunshine!! events, such as character birthday events.

Mount Fuji and Awashima Island, Numazu, Shizuoka

Mito Beach

Numazu, Shizuoka

A small public beach in the Uchiura district, facing Awashima across the bay. Numazu City's tourism portal says it appears again and again in key scenes and is a special place for Aqours. Izu-Mito Sea Paradise, an aquarium used in an Aqours music video, is right next to it.

Nagahama Castle (2nd Kuruwa) and Mount Fuji, Numazu, Shizuoka

Nagahama Castle Ruins

Numazu, Shizuoka

The ruins of a Sengoku-period (Warring States) naval base of the Later Hojo clan, now a national historic site laid out with paths. It appears in episode 6 of the first season, and the city's official manhole map shows a Love Live! Sunshine!! cover here. From the top there is a view of Mt. Fuji across the bay.

沼津港大型展望水門(びゅうお) から眺める, Numazu, Shizuoka

Byuo Observation Water Gate

Numazu, Shizuoka

A tsunami gate at Numazu Port with an observation deck 30 m up, looking out to Mt. Fuji and Suruga Bay. It appears in episode 11 of the first season, where Mari and You talk. The Minato 83 restaurant area and a Love Live! Sunshine!! manhole cover are a short walk away.

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