Real existing places of GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)
GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) is a 1996 famous manga and anime by Toru Fujisawa.
As you probably know The story centers on the main character, Onizuka, who is a teacher at the Kissho private school (in the anime it is called Seirin institute) and also lives there.
Most of the series is set in a small interesting neighborhood west of
Shinjuku in Tokyo:
Kichijoji (
read my guide about).
Some particular scenes take place in more famous neighborhoods as
Shinjuku and
Shibuya.
Inokashira park
Whenever there is a scene set in the green or around a pond, it is always the pond and the park of
Inokashira.
This place is mentioned by his real name even in the anime, for example in the episode where Tontako (the "busty" of the class) participate in the contest to become
Miss Inokashira.
This is a very beautiful park just a few minutes walk from Kichijoji Station, on which I have already written in the guide of Tokyo related to
Kichijoji, definitely an interesting place for anyone, regardless of GTO.
Kissho / Seirin private school
As I already said, it is the school where most of the series takes place, where Onizuka works and lives.
Somewhere in the web you could find a
wrong,
false information about the existence of this school in real world in Kichijoji. There isn't any school similar to that of GTO in Kichijoji.
The only school that actually exists and that has to do with GTO is the "Jissen women college" (実践女子短期大学図書館), that was used for the filming of the live action of GTO, and it isn't located in Kichijoji but in
Hino, an area further west along the JR Chuo line, look at this map below for details.
Shinjuku
The episode n.34 of the anime takes place in Shinjuku.
In this episode Onizuka works as window cleaner in a skyscraper in Nishi-Shinjuku.
The plot of the episode centers on a trap set by Kanzawa to Aizawa and her friends, luring them in suite of a hotel, that seems to be the famous
Shinjuku Washington hotel.
The building form is not drawn very detailed, but the view from the "suite" where part of the episode takes place is unmistakable, it is the Washington Hotel. You can recognize the Park Hyatt hotel and the Tokyo Metropolitan government building on the left and the NS building and the Sumitomo building on the right.
"Vista" dalla stanza dove si svolge parte dell'episodio
Vista dal ristorante panoramico all'interno del Washington hotel di Shinjuku
Hakuba
In the episodes n.21 and 22 of the anime Onizuka and others go to this area north of Tokyo in Nagano Prefecture looking for teacher Fuyutsuki.
La stazione di Hakuba nell'anime
La stazione JR di Hakuba
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Vista dal ristorante panoramico all'interno del Washington hotel di Shinjuku
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