

I am sure that the VN and anime used some real-world references to illustrate
the location.

The school is located by the seaside in Mishima Cape, probably in Shizuoka
prefecture. There is indeed a [Mishima
City](http://www.google.com.br/maps/place/Mishima,+Shizuoka+Prefecture,+Japan/@35.1317474,139.0100426,12z/)
in that prefecture.

The VN puts the academy near the mouth of the Shinozaki river (it is where
Sakaki gets attacked by her father's goons in [episode
6](http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-fruit-of-grisaia/episode-6-raison-
dtre-661503)).

I fumbled about in Maps, but could not find that [river in the
list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_Shizuoka_Prefecture), so
maybe its a fictional river.

That in mind, my question is if someone can post a Maps link to the most
likely location of the school.


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What is the most likely real world location for the Mihama Academy if it really existed?


Looking around in Google Maps, I have determined two likely locations for
Mihama Academy. Starting in Mishima, because of the name of Mishima Cape in
the VN and anime, I found a lake on the south end of the city, just north of
the Kano river. It is also conveniently right on the border of Ohira, whose
border looks kind of like a cape. This would make the "Mishima Cape" a
geographical name, not a city or town name, or perhaps a district name.
However, being a lake, I don't see why it might have a lighthouse as in the
anime (I don't think there is a lighthouse in the VN).

The other place I have found is on the north end of the city, around the
Ashinoko Country Club. Google Maps shows the area around the club to be quite
barren of infrastructure and "civilisation", though I do not know quite how
accurate this is. My reasoning behind this place is because Mihama Academy is
mentioned to be quite a ways away from the city itself, on the outskirts,
which would make the sparsely populated area up north an ideal place for it.
Also, Lake Ashi is just to the north, and while it is not in Mishima City (it
is located within Hakone in the Kanegawa Prefecture), there are plenty of
protrusions of land for there to be the cliff that we see Michiru visit
multiple times, and the lake is a closed cruise destination (the cruises only
go around the lake because there is no sea or ocean access), which would
provide a need for light houses so the cruise ships don't run aground. It is
never mentioned that the cliff Michiru frequents is in the same city as Mihama
Academy, and we know Yuuji runs 15(?)km every morning, so this is well within
the realm of possibility. The only thing missing from this location is the
river Sakaki gets attacked by, but since it appears to be a man-made river
(because of how straight and "square" it is), that could possibly be forgiven,
especially since it appears to be a fictional river.


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I know I'm a couple years late, but this was the closest I could find. Just in
case anyone was still looking like I was.

Arai, Itō, Shizuoka 414-0043, Japan

[![Grisaia
Background](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ynBqi.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ynBqi.jpg)

[![Ito,
Shizuoka](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ghKFm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ghKFm.jpg)


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