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In the footsteps of Dandadan
ダンダダン
8 real places in 3 prefectures: Saitama, Gunma, Tokyo.
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This is the street along which Okarun and Momo arrive at dawn in episode 2: the series' town of ‘Shōnō’ is modelled on Hannō. At its entrance, the Mitsui no Repark car park on 飯能銀座通り appears in the same homecoming sequence, at the start of the episode.
Saitama4 places
photo by Aimaimyi · CC BY-SA 3.0Kawagoe Kurazukuri Neighbourhood (小江戸)
🚉 Hon-Kawagoe · 18 min walk
The street of kurazukuri-style storehouses, with the Toki no Kane bell tower, is the townscape that guides recognise behind the series' town, and it is the stop most visited by readers, together with Hannō. Kawagoe is…
photo by Tx-re · CC BY-SA 3.0Hata Tunnel (畑トンネル)
🚉 大河原工業団地入口 · 5 min walk
It is the model for the tunnel where Momo and Okarun meet Turbo Granny in the first episode: it is a ‘haunted’ spot known throughout the area even before the series.
photo by 京浜にけ · CC BY-SA 3.0Hanno Riverbed (飯能河原)
🚉 Hanno · 12 min walk
It is the natural setting that recurs in the series' outdoor fight scenes.
The place today 
📺 the scene Dandadan — Yukinobu Tatsu · Shūeisha · anime Science SARU (2024)Nikujiru Gyōza no Dandadan — Kawagoe (肉汁餃子のダンダダン 川越店)
🚉 Kawagoe · 6 min walk
In chapters 176 to 179 Ayase Seiko brings Payase and Kashimoto here to get them to tell her how to bring Momo back to her proper height: they eat the ‘究極の餃子定食’ on the second floor until a horde of kyonshi bursts in…
Gunma2 places
photo by noppo3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ikaho Onsen — Stone Steps
🚉 Ikaho Onsen · in front of the station
It is the model for the hot spring town in the twelfth episode: the roughly four hundred steps, lined on both sides by inns, souvenir shops and restaurants, are reproduced precisely, together with the shrine area at the…
The place today 
📺 the scene photo by Norimasa Hayashida · CC BY 2.0Dandadan — Yukinobu Tatsu · Shūeisha · anime Science SARU (2024)Ikaho Shrine (伊香保神社)
🚉 Jinja Shita · 1 min walk
The shrine at the top of the 365 steps closes the route of the staircase that appears in episode 12, the one set in Jiji's hot spring town. In the anime the building is clearly reworked compared with the original.
Tokyo1 place
The place today 
📺 the scene photo by 路側帯 · Public domainDandadan — Yukinobu Tatsu · Shūeisha · anime Science SARU (2024)Takushoku Daiichi High School
🚉 Tamagawa-Josui · 6 min walk
It is cited as the model for the high school that Momo and Okarun attend.