Kyoto Animation's 2006/2009 adaptation of Nagaru Tanigawa's novels: Kyon is dragged by Haruhi Suzumiya — a girl who can unknowingly rewrite reality — into the SOS Brigade with an alien, a time traveller and an esper. A pioneer of modern anime pilgrimage: its setting mirrors Nishinomiya (Hyōgo), the author's home town, between Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi and Kōyōen stations.
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Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stationthe meeting spot
The Hankyu station at the heart of the series: the SOS Brigade's meeting point for its 'city patrols' is the north exit. The square, cafés and surrounding streets appear faithfully traced in the anime.
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Nishinomiya Kita High School — North HighNorth High model
The public high school on the Kōyōen hillside where Nagaru Tanigawa studied is the model for Kyon and Haruhi's North High, including the famous slope they climb every morning. It is a working school: view from outside without disturbing.
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Kōyōen Stationthe walk to school
The little terminus of the Kōyō Line, the closest station to the school: the walk climbing from here towards North High, with its residential streets and slopes, is one of the most-walked pilgrimage routes among fans.
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ACTA Nishinomiya — Nagato's LibraryNagato's library card
The shopping complex by the station's north exit houses the Kitaguchi municipal library, where Kyon gets Yuki Nagato her library card in one of the series' most remembered (and, in Endless Eight, most repeated) moments.