<p>I don't really know how easy you can find such places, but &quot;Western greater Tokyo&quot; is one area where you can find those places.</p>
<p>For example <a href="https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/530/page/0000063423.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> lists parks with similar views in Kawasaki city, city to the west/south of Tokyo.</p>
<p>Generally, the greater Tokyo area is flat although Japan is covered mostly by mountains as commented. Even then, the western part of Tokyo (not Tokyo-Tokyo full of skyscrapers, here Tokyo means an area defined by government) was originally hills and developed after the war.</p>
<p>There is this joke song made by the heroine of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisper_of_the_Heart" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Whisper of the Heart</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Concrete roads, everywhere</p>
<p>Cutting down the trees, filling in the valley</p>
<p>West Tokyo, Mount Tama</p>
<p>My hometown is concrete roads</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The 'western part of Tokyo' mentioned above basically corresponds to <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9A%E6%91%A9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tama</a> area mentioned in the lyrics. Thus the area is hills made habitable, hence places like what you see are easy enough to find (probably). FYI the movie has some similar views (you can see the real pictures for example <a href="https://www.odekakeiku.com/entry/mimiwosumaseba-seisekisakuragaoka" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in this blog</a>).</p>

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sundowner
<p>In many anime, there are places where you can get an overview of (part of) the town, just like in the pictures below.</p>
<ul>
<li>From <em>Koi to Uso</em>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/XDr57.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/XDr57.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></li>
<li>From <em>The Quintessential Quintuplets</em>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LgdoO.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LgdoO.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></li>
<li>From <em>Shuffle!</em>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/flE9Q.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/flE9Q.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Where I live and in places around, there are no such places at all. Why are these kinds of places so common in anime?</p>

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2022-10-25T04:19:59.667Z
Is this maybe like why anime always has rooftops or something? P.S. [in where](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/325874/is-it-grammatically-correct-and-natural-to-use-in-where-in-this-sentence)
BCLC
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Japan is quite mountainous (from the top of my head around 70%), so I would expect it to be depicted in their media more often, as chances are the authors grew up with such a landscape.
Dimitri mx
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It's potentially a combination of (a) it makes a good setting for certain types of scenes, and (b) there happen to be places that look like it close to the animation studios, so it's easy to scout them.
ConMan
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2022-10-29T16:28:31.053Z
Because you live on flat land and Japan is very mountainous.
Ocean
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Why does this kind of places often appear in anime?
# Why does this kind of places often appear in anime?
Posted by: username_0 on 2022-10-25
In many anime, there are places where you can get an overview of (part of) the town, just like in the pictures below.

* From *Koi to Uso*
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/XDr57.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/XDr57.jpg)
* From *The Quintessential Quintuplets*
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LgdoO.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LgdoO.png)
* From *Shuffle!*
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/flE9Q.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/flE9Q.jpg)

Where I live and in places around, there are no such places at all. Why are these kinds of places so common in anime?
**Tags:** tropes
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is this maybe like why anime always has rooftops or something? P.S. [in where](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/325874/is-it-grammatically-correct-and-natural-to-use-in-where-in-this-sentence)  
> **username_2**: Japan is quite mountainous (from the top of my head around 70%), so I would expect it to be depicted in their media more often, as chances are the authors grew up with such a landscape.  
> **username_3**: It's potentially a combination of (a) it makes a good setting for certain types of scenes, and (b) there happen to be places that look like it close to the animation studios, so it's easy to scout them.  
> **username_4**: Because you live on flat land and Japan is very mountainous.  
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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-10-25. Score: 5
I don't really know how easy you can find such places, but "Western greater Tokyo" is one area where you can find those places.

For example [this](https://www.city.kawasaki.jp/530/page/0000063423.html) lists parks with similar views in Kawasaki city, city to the west/south of Tokyo.

Generally, the greater Tokyo area is flat although Japan is covered mostly by mountains as commented. Even then, the western part of Tokyo (not Tokyo-Tokyo full of skyscrapers, here Tokyo means an area defined by government) was originally hills and developed after the war.

There is this joke song made by the heroine of [Whisper of the Heart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisper_of_the_Heart):

> Concrete roads, everywhere
>
> Cutting down the trees, filling in the valley
>
> West Tokyo, Mount Tama
>
> My hometown is concrete roads

The 'western part of Tokyo' mentioned above basically corresponds to [Tama](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9A%E6%91%A9) area mentioned in the lyrics. Thus the area is hills made habitable, hence places like what you see are easy enough to find (probably). FYI the movie has some similar views (you can see the real pictures for example [in this blog](https://www.odekakeiku.com/entry/mimiwosumaseba-seisekisakuragaoka)).
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