It turns out a lot of Japanese anime shows borrow real life locations as inspiration for their shows, making their Slice of Life genres even more relatable than ever!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with anime, Slice of Life refers to a series that depict real life situations. Usually they are coming of age stories of Japanese high school or middle school students, and deal heavily in matters of love. However, there are some really great series that break this particular mold while still remaining true to the genre.

The key thing about most Slice of Life anime is that it is often lighthearted, and tends to embody the better parts of life while still addressing some of the more negative aspects of growing up. These series are often beautiful and this needs some pretty beautiful settings.

Twitter user Bassist Tom tweeted out this amazing photo showing off the skills of the animators behind Free!:

The artists behind Amanchu! did an amazing job recreating the Izu Peninsula:

Twitter user Kuro Buta Piggy also toured the locations of Free! much to our delight:

You can view the rest of her images below!

These two anime are only a scarce sampling of some of the amazing recreations animators have painted and drawn in anime since its existence. If you want to see more, then we recommend taking in the sights via Crunchyroll!