The Real Hinamizawa

[Farrelei]

Well, ever since I've seen Higurashi no naku koro Ni, I've been desperate to go to Shirakawa-go, the village that the anime is based in (in the anime it is called 'Hinamizawa', but it is the same place).
Everything in the anime is actually real (structure-wise. There is, unfortunately, no real Renas running around T^T) and is based off real things. You could go into character's homes...
; ;

I just decided to share this with you because it is so darn awesome. Here are some photos:

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The Furude Shrine (in anime. I don't know what it's actually called ^^).

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Rika and Satoko's home.

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The Sonozaki family estate.

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The clinic from the anime. The person standing up front is a cosplayer cosplaying as someone from the series.
...I think.

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The Houjo residence.

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Those poor people that actually live in that village must never run out of otakus...

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many places also shown in anime, and beautiful too :]

Now, interestingly, at the shrine you place up wooden 'wishes' in hopes that they will be recieved.
The authorities were forced to build another wall of wish-hanging spots because of this...


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Etc...

...I reallly wanna go there xD;