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The Zenkoji exit plaza of Nagano Station with its timber canopy and bus loop

· The Atlas

The real places behind the builds.

Every new line starts from a real place. Here they are, each linked to the series it shaped.

Nesnad · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Map

SHOWING: Nagano Station

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Places

  1. Nagano Station
  2. Ueda Station
  3. Karuizawa Station
  4. Iiyama Tunnel
  5. Takaoka Station
  6. Shuto Expressway Mukojima Route
  7. Nishijin Central Shopping Street
  8. Shibuya Scramble Crossing
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Why these places

The Zenkoji exit plaza of Nagano Station with its timber canopy and bus loop

· Nagano

Nagano Station

The timber Zenkoji-exit canopy and bus loop are the model for Shinano Central's station square.

Project Shinano →

Photo: Nesnad · CC BY 4.0

An E7 series Shinkansen passing through the platforms of Ueda Station in Nagano Prefecture

· Nagano

Ueda Station

Shinkansen and local Shinano Railway lines side by side — the pattern for Shinano's two-level station.

Project Shinano →

Photo: 雑用部 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Shinkansen platform at Karuizawa Station under a wide steel canopy

· Nagano

Karuizawa Station

Resort town at the top of the climb from Gunma — reference for Shinano's resort edge.

Project Shinano →

Photo: Mochimoshi · CC BY-SA 4.0

The snowy Iiyama portal of the Hokuriku Shinkansen's Iiyama Tunnel

· Nagano

Iiyama Tunnel

Snow-country portal on the Hokuriku Shinkansen — reference for winter rail scenes.

Project Shinano →

Photo: IRishikawa521 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The station nameplate of Takaoka Station in Toyama Prefecture

· Toyama

Takaoka Station

The Hokuriku city that gave the 2025 island series its name.

Takaoka →

Photo: Aspere · CC0

The elevated Shuto Expressway Mukojima Route passing Ushijima Shrine in autumn, Tokyo

· Tokyo

Shuto Expressway Mukojima Route

Elevated expressway above a river and shrine — the look behind Horizon Springs EP 6.

Horizon Springs →

Photo: Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) · CC BY 3.0

Nishijin Central shopping street in Fukuoka at night, lit shop signs on both sides

· Fukuoka

Nishijin Central Shopping Street

A classic shotengai: narrow, shop-lined, busy into the night — reference for Japanese mixed-use streets.

Photo: そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0

Aerial view of the Shibuya scramble crossing in Tokyo

· Tokyo

Shibuya Scramble Crossing

Station-centred density at its most extreme — what transit-oriented development looks like at full scale.

Photo: David Kernan · CC BY 4.0