Makoto Ojiro's manga (2019) and LIDENFILMS anime (2023): Ganta Nakami and Isaki Magari, two students who suffer from insomnia, meet in their school's old observatory and revive the astronomy club, finding solace in the night and the stars. Set in Nanao, on the Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa), the author's home region, with its stations, hills and coast.
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Nanao High School (model for Kuyō High)the astronomy club
The real Nanao high school that serves as the model for Kuyō High, which Ganta and Isaki attend. In the story, its abandoned rooftop observatory is where they meet and revive the astronomy club. It is a working school, not visitable inside.
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Nanao Stationthe station
Nanao Station, the town's transport hub, appears as the backdrop for the protagonists' outings and nocturnal walks.
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Komaruyama Castle Ruins Parkthe town park
A park on a low hill in central Nanao, on the old ruins of the castle built by Maeda Toshiie. With its views and cherry trees, it is one of the town's spots the protagonists visit.
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Nanao Castle Ruinsthe bay lookout
The ruins of a great mountain castle southeast of the city, with stone walls among the forest and a lookout spanning Nanao Bay. A quiet height that fits the series' nocturnal, contemplative tone.
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Mawaki Archaeological Sitethe photography outing
A Jōmon-period archaeological site in the town of Noto, with its huge reconstructed wooden poles set in a circle. It is the setting of a photography outing in the series, on the peninsula's northern coast.
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Kanazawa Station (Tsuzumi Gate)the Tsuzumi Gate
The great wooden Tsuzumi Gate, shaped like a traditional drum, at the east entrance of Kanazawa Station. Ishikawa's capital appears in the series' outings, an hour by train from Nanao.