

The main setting of _Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless_ appears to me to be
extraordinarily fancy, at least by my American experience of going to high
school in Wisconsin.

Outside:

[![outside view of high
school](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmByA.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmByA.jpg)

Do those poles along the building support a net, maybe to protect windows from
stray balls? The surrounding area is beautiful, with a rural forested feel and
located near a river.

Inside:

[![inside view of high
school](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AG7sD.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AG7sD.jpg)

It appears as if one end is open, and there are other shots of small patios
upstairs. Apparently they do not air condition the middle area -- it is sort
of a breezeway, albeit with one end partially closed off. I am impressed by
the sunroof, the middle downstairs area which appears to be some sort of
courtyard or atrium, and the upstairs walkway which reminds me more of an
indoor shopping mall than a high school. I don't remember other anime where
the high school itself was so interesting.

Wow, a Google search for [Japanese high school
architecture](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=japanese%20high%20school%20architecture)
starts off with 5 more affluent-looking schools. Maybe the word _architecture_
tuned the search for high end samples. It gets even more impressive if you
click over to **Images**. This ain't Wisconsin.


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Is Tanaka's high school more fancy than most in Japan?