Sound! Euphonium: A Band Season in Uji

Kumiko's school day begins here. In the anime she rides the Keihan Uji Line from her nearest station, Keihan Uji, through Ōbaku, where her friend Hazuki gets on and off, all the way to Rokujizō. The station is one of the places the series is set in, and when Keihan Railway runs collaborations with the anime it uses illustrations of this platform and its surroundings. The building, by architect Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, won the Good Design Award in 1996.

Visitor guidance: Uji Bridge is a two-minute walk from the station.

Kitauji High School is invented, and the novel never names its nearest station. For the anime the staff chose Rokujizō, the end of Kumiko's commute, because the line between Ōbaku and Chūshojima runs past tea fields and the show draws them on her way to school. Rokujizō means "Six Jizō".

Location precision: Kitauji High is fictional and the novel names no station; the pin marks the station the anime chose as its stand-in.

Before drawing Uji, the main staff went out to see the real places, including the Uji River. A pilgrimage guide calls the bridge a central landmark, two minutes from the station, where many pivotal character interactions occur. It is much older than the series. Tradition says the first Uji Bridge was built in 646, and it counts among Japan's three ancient bridges. The present bridge dates from March 1996 and is 155.4 m long and 25 m wide.

Visitor guidance: It is a two-minute walk from Keihan Uji Station; the riverbanks give classic views back at the bridge.

During the Agata Festival Hazuki confesses to Shūichi Tsukamoto and is rejected, while Kumiko and Reina slip away from the crowds to play "Ai o Mitsuketa Basho" on Daikichiyama, the next stop. In Uji the festival is held on June 5 and 6, running from early morning until late at night. Agata Shrine, said to have become the guardian shrine of Byōdō-in in 1052 when Fujiwara no Michinaga turned his villa into the temple, holds the festival.

Location precision: The anime names the Agata Festival without saying where Hazuki's scene plays out; the pin marks Agata Shrine, which holds it.

Daikichiyama is where Kumiko and Reina play, in the novel and the anime. A pilgrimage guide says the view over Uji is famously depicted in their emotional scene, and the film even names their middle school after the hill. The deck, built in 1981, shows the town, Byōdō-in and Tonoshima at once. The trail starts a ten-minute walk from Keihan Uji Station, about 1 km and 20 minutes to the top.

Visitor guidance: Climb in daylight: the trail has no street lights and a sign at the foot warns against going up at night.