Real existing places of Death Note
Death Note is a manga (2003) and a anime (2006), a masterpiece that has had a worldwide hit and is absolutely one of favorites.
Not all areas represented in the series are recognizable, however, the series takes place almost exclusively in the city of
Tokyo.
Index
Aoyama
Kasumigaseki
Shibuya
Shinjuku
University of Tokyo
Kasumigaseki
The district of Kasumigaseki is a neighborhood of Tokyo which houses a lot of edifici governativi e istituzionali, including the national headquarters of the police. Precisely this building and the surrounding area can be seen in the episodes number 6 and 7 of the anime, when Light meets the girlfriend of Roy Penbar (the FBI agent).
Aoyama
The first part of the episode n.15 takes place in Aoyama, a neighborhood located between
Shibuya and
Akasaka.
We can recognize the
Icho Namiki Dori avenue, famous for its Ginkgo trees, and a curious construction nearby.
Then the scene will take place near a college, where L meets Light, and then Misa too, who soon after will be arrested. The college concerned is the
Aoyama Gakuin University.
Shibuya
In the first moments of the first ever episode of the anime, you can see Light walking through one of the most popular areas in Tokyo, the neighborhood of
Shibuya.
We can recognize, as you can see in the pictures below, the Shibuya station, the crosswalk and the big screen of a famous store of the area (Shibuya 109).
Shinjuku
In the episode n.5, during the shadowing of Light by the FBI agent Roy Penbar, both pass through the famous
Shinjuku station.
The agent will then go to take the
Yamanote line on the track 12 of the station, but now this line can be taken on the track 14.
University of Tokyo
In the episode number 9, we can clearly recognize the university attended by Light, or rather the one that he is going to attend, because in that episode he goes to do just the admission test.
We are talking about the very prestigious
University of Tokyo, whose main buildings are located in the area of
Hongo in
Bunkyo.
Guided tours, activities and other things to do
If you are planning a trip to Japan and you want to do something more than just visiting famous places and monuments, we suggest you to use
Govoyagin.
How to use Govoyagin
Govoyagin is a very useful website to
enrich your travel experience, especially if you are going solo or it's your first time in Japan.
Because of the language barrier (and more), in Japan it is very difficult to interact with the locals and to get off the tourist track.
Thanks to Govoyagin you can find a lot of interesting and sometimes unique
guided tours and activities all over Japan (and not only in Japan), that you would otherwise never be able to enjoy.
But there's more: on Govoyagin you can also
buy tickets for several famous attractions, events, transportation and other useful services for tourists. Last but not least, you can
reserve a table in hundreds of restaurants.
Some examples
