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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 立教大学
The red-brick campus from Tokyo Ghoul, a Korean poet's memorial, and a giant Christmas tree.
Seikei University 成蹊大学
The zelkova avenue from Hana Yori Dango, the story remade across Asia.
Waseda University 早稲田大学
Haruki Murakami's alma mater and home of Japan's biggest university festival.
The University of Tokyo 東京大学
The Red Gate, Yasuda Auditorium and the pond named after a Soseki novel.
Meiji University 明治大学
A 410,000-volume manga library and a free museum of Edo-period crime and punishment.
Hosei University 法政大学
The campus behind the anime Golden Time, on a moat lined with cherry trees.
Keio University 慶應義塾大学
Japan's oldest private university, founded by the man on the old 10,000-yen note.