Amazing Real-Life Locations of Code Geass in Japan

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Klaus Edimo

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Are you a fan of anime? Are you based or on a visit to Japan? Is Code Geass one of your favorite anime and you want to get a little closer to it? Well, we have what you need. We will be presenting to you some amazing real-life locations of Code Geass. You won’t have a hard time recognizing these places, but to fit in with the anime universe, the producers added a few modifications to the places to make them more artistic.

Despite these small changes, they nevertheless remain real. Here are the three real-life locations of Code Geass we’ve found in Japan :

Real-life places of Code Geass

Kururugi Shrine

The first Code Geass real-life place is the Kururugi Shrine. The place is located in Area 11 near the sacred Mt. Fuji. It is the home of the Kururugi family, and it boarded Lelouch and Nunnally after they were sent to Japan as hostages.

This Code Geass real-life location was also the meeting place between Lelouch and Suzaku. In which Lelouch pleads with Suzaku to save Nunnally.

In real life, the shrine’s name is the Shirakawa Hachiman Shrine and is located in Gifu prefecture.

Amazing Real Life Locations of Code Geass in Japan : Kururugi Shrine

Shirakawa Hachiman shrine in Japan, image credit: reddit.com

Address: 559 Ogimachi, Shirakawa, Ono District, Gifu 501-5627, Japan

Mount Fuji

The second of our Code Geass locations in real life is Mount Fuji. We can appreciate the mountain in several episodes of the anime. It is the highest mountain in Japan, standing 3,776.24 m. It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia, after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra.

Mount Fuji is the epic of our Code Geass real-life locations cause it was the seat of the decisive battle between the Holy Britannian Empire and the United Federation of Nations.

The battle was the second phase of the Zero Requiem and was the most destructive battle in all of the world.

Amazing Real Life Locations of Code Geass in Japan : Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains” along with Mount Tate and Haku. It is a special place of scenic beauty and one of Japan’s historic sites. The most popular period for people to hike up Code Geass real-life Mount Fuji is from July to August. While huts and other facilities are operating and the weather is warmest.

Mount Haku, image credit: Wikipedia

Four main trails lead to the top of Mount Fuji: the Yoshida Trail, the Fujinomiya Trail, the Gotemba Trail, and the Subashiri Trail. Regardless of the path taken, you must first reach station 5 since it is the starting point for the ascents.

Another point that makes this place the best of our real-life locations of Code Geass is that around the mount there are many lakes such as the 5 lakes of Mount Fuji located at the foot of the mountain namely, Lakes Yamanaka, Kawaguchi, Saiko, Shōji and Motosu.

A street in Shinjuku

This street is the last of the real-life places of Code Geass we present to you. We don’t have too much information about the place except that it is a street in Shinjuku, next to the department store Yamada Denki.

The anime picture shows part of the war that took place in Shinjuku in the OVA of Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito.

Location : 3 Chome-23-7 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tōkyō-to 160-0022

These were the three amazing real-life locations of Code Geass we could find, if we find other places we would be happy to share them with you via this post.

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Is Code Geass a good anime?

Code Geass anime receives various criticisms depending on the universes loved by everyone. For some people, overall it’s a good anime, it’s a little slow to get off the ground and it may be not easy to understand the plot behind it all at the start of the series. Thereafter, we understand little by little and it becomes interesting.

For some others, it is considered one of the best anime in its category with its somewhat classy positioning on Manichaeism, a former major religion.

And our opinion? Code Geass offers viewers a lot of incredible plot, dazzling visuals, mecha robots and exciting storylines. It’s packed with intense fight scenes that involve a lot of sci-fi, robots, and violence. It also does a commendable job of pointing out classic moral and ethical dilemmas that are of great importance in our society.

We think many share this view, so it’s no wonder the anime shines in front of the public. The anime has also received accolades at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (now AnimeJapan) and the Animation Kobe event.

Where to watch Code Geass?

For those who haven’t seen the anime yet, we suggest you do so before visiting Code Geass places in real life. English speakers you can legally watch it on Crunchyroll with English dubs.

For Netflix lovers, nothing to worry about. Anime is also present on the platform. Funimation also streams Code Geass.

What to know about Code Geass?

Before visiting any real-life place of Code Geass, it is important to know a little bit about the anime. Its full name Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, is the result of the collaboration between the CLAMP studio, which drew the sketches of the protagonists, and Takahiro Kimura, responsible for finalizing these designs and the creator of those of the other characters.

In Japan, the series was scheduled for two seasons of 50 episodes and began airing on MBS on October 5, 2006. On the satellite channel Animax on November 7, 2006. However, its broadcast was interrupted at episode 23.

It resumes a few months later with two additional episodes, on July 21, 2007. The airing of the second half began on April 6, 2008, on MBS and ended on September 28, 2008, ending the series. Several OAVs then emerged.

There are also several Code Geass manga adaptations by Kadokawa Shoten. Each centered on a different character, and set in divergent universes of the anime.

Initiation, Transgression, and Glorification, a three-part compilation film recapping the events of both anime series’ seasons, was released between 2017 and 2018. A new original film titled Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;Surrection, was released in February 2019.

Code Geass: Z of the Recapture, an anime series set in the same alternate universe, was announced in December 2020 as part of a 10-year plan.

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