Campuses with a story
Seven Tokyo universities where the campus itself is worth the trip: a drama location, a novelist's alma mater, a 19th-century gate, or a piece of your own country's history. Each guide tells you what to see, whether you can visit on a normal day, and when the festival is.
Rikkyo University η«ζ倧ε¦
The red-brick campus from Tokyo Ghoul, a Korean poet's memorial, and a giant Christmas tree.
Seikei University ζθΉε€§ε¦
The zelkova avenue from Hana Yori Dango, the story remade across Asia.
Waseda University ζ©η¨²η°ε€§ε¦
Haruki Murakami's alma mater and home of Japan's biggest university festival.
The University of Tokyo ζ±δΊ¬ε€§ε¦
The Red Gate, Yasuda Auditorium and the pond named after a Soseki novel.
Meiji University ζ治倧ε¦
A 410,000-volume manga library and a free museum of Edo-period crime and punishment.
Hosei University ζ³ζΏε€§ε¦
The campus behind the anime Golden Time, on a moat lined with cherry trees.
Keio University ζ Άζ義呾倧ε¦
Japan's oldest private university, founded by the man on the old 10,000-yen note.