Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: Fujisawa to Enoshima

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai opens in a library. Sakuta Azusagawa sees Mai Sakurajima walking the shelves in a bunny-girl outfit, and no one else notices her; she is testing the invisibility caused by Adolescence Syndrome. Mai is a third-year pupil and a former child actress, and this is the first time the two speak. The anime models the room on the Fujisawa City General Library, ten minutes from Shonandai Station. It is a working public library, so visit quietly.

Location precision: The anime never names the library; the pin marks the Fujisawa City General Library used as its model.

Visitor guidance: A working public library near Shonandai Station; visit quietly.

Fujisawa is the station Sakuta and Mai use to get home, and it turns up in the opening and in ordinary commute scenes. In reality it is a busy interchange: JR East, Odakyu and the Enoshima Electric Railway all meet here, with department stores and office buildings clustered around the exits. The JR station opened in 1887 and the Enoden side in 1902. The north exit begins the walk to Goshogaya and the Enoden line, which runs to Kamakura and Enoshima.

Visitor guidance: A working interchange; the north exit is the handiest starting point for the Fujisawa stops.

Goshogaya Park is the quiet neighbourhood park where, in episode 2, Sakuta and Tomoe Koga kick each other during an argument and then become reluctant allies. Its characteristic jungle gym is the landmark pilgrimage guides point out. Tomoe is a first-year at Sakuta's school who has asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend to keep gossip away, and the park is where that arrangement starts to fray. The park is an ordinary public space about ten minutes from Fujisawa Station's north exit, in the Ogi district; the anime never names it, so the pin marks the block.

Location precision: The anime never names the park; the pin marks the Ogi district block that contains Goshogaya Park.

Visitor guidance: An ordinary neighbourhood park; visit quietly.

Shichirigahama is the station the characters use for school, and its level crossing appears again and again as they walk to Minegahara High. The station opened in 1903 as Tanabe Station and the building was rebuilt in 1997. It sits 5.6 km from Fujisawa on the Enoshima Electric Railway, a short walk from the beach. In the story the school is just across the tracks, so the crossing and the platform are the places to picture the daily commute.

Visitor guidance: A small working station on the Enoden; stay off the tracks and keep the crossing clear.

Shichirigahama Beach is the series' recurring shore. Sakuta first meets the high-school Shoko here, Mai's mother looks straight through her daughter on this sand, and Sakuta and Tomoe run here together to escape a senior. The beach runs about 2.9 km between Inamuragasaki and Koyurugimisaki and is one of Japan's 100 best beaches, with dark, iron-rich sand. On a clear day you can see both Mount Fuji and Enoshima; the series is listed among the works set at Shichirigahama.

Visitor guidance: The beach is a short walk from Shichirigahama Station and is public.

Enoshima Aquarium, nicknamed Enosui, is where Mai first notices that other visitors cannot see her, in episode 1. In episode 5 Sakuta brings Tomoe here on a date; he has come for the jellyfish, which he saw advertised on an Enoden train. The aquarium opened in 2004 and is built around the Sagami Bay Tank, with several jellyfish exhibit areas that continue the old Enoshima Aquarium's jellyfish displays. It is a public aquarium on Katase Beach in Fujisawa, and a full day out in its own right.

Visitor guidance: On Katase Beach, a short walk from Katase-Enoshima Station; check opening hours and ticket prices before setting out.

The Enoshima Benten Bridge is the pedestrian approach to the island. In the series the dragon lantern at its entrance is where the adult Shoko waits. Enoshima, administratively part of Fujisawa, is linked to Katase by a 389-metre bridge, and most of the 786-metre approach road is this walkway, so the crossing is made on foot with the island's shrines ahead.

Visitor guidance: A pedestrian bridge; keep to the side when stopping for photographs.

Enoshima Shrine is the goal of Sakuta and Tomoe's fourth end-of-term date in episode 6. They visit Hetsunomiya, one of the shrine's three shrines, founded in 1206 by Minamoto no Sanetomo. Afterwards, on the observation deck at Nakatsunomiya plaza, Tomoe finally lets out what she really feels. The shrine worships the three Munakata goddesses and is a 15-minute walk from Katase-Enoshima Station.

Visitor guidance: An active shrine on the island's stepped path; worshippers have priority.