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I have seen the photos at the end of the Non Non Biyori episodes and they seem
to resemble places from within the anime. I wonder if all those photographed
places belong to roughly the same location.

In other words: **Is the Asahigaoka village in Non Non Biyori based on a real
one?**

And if yes: **Where is this located?**


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Is Non Non Biyori's location based on a real one?


The town of Asahigaoka is not explicitly based on any single real location. Of
course, some location scouting in the countryside was performed for the sake
of realism.1 Most anime these days engage in this activity (called "location
hunting" / ロケハン) when appropriate - e.g. when they are set in modern Japan or
something that looks like it.2

That said, the school the students in Non Non Biyori attend _is_ apparently
based on a real school: Ogawa Elementary's Shimosato Branch School3 in [Ogawa,
Saitama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogawa,_Saitama).4

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1 See [this blog post](http://anicobin.ldblog.jp/archives/35098549.html) (JP),
and in particular [this image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Es5wX.jpg) (JP),
taken from an interview with people on the production staff.

2 Of course, some shows _do_ use full-on model cities, e.g. [Ano
Hana](http://otakumode.com/sp/visit_japan/seichi-junrei/s005) and [Ano Natsu
de Matteru](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=497109).

3 I believe I translated that well enough, but school nomenclature confuses me
at times - the name in Japanese is 小川町立小川小学校 下里分校, lit. "Ogawa-machi Municipal
Ogawa Elementary School, Shimosato Branch School".

4 For details and comparison shots, see e.g. [this blog
post](http://tsurebashi.blog123.fc2.com/blog-entry-320.html).


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