Setting
Tokyo, Japan~Tokyo~Capital of Japan and city of Conan and most of the other characters.; Osaka, Japan~Osaka~City of Heiji and Kazuha. Head inspector is Goro Otaki, and the police chief is Heiji's father, Heizo, while Kazuha's father is also a detective.; Shizuoka, Japan~Shizuoka~Sango Yokomizo is the head inspector of Shizuoka District. A few cases occur there.; Nagano, Japan~Nagano~Kansuke Yamato is the head inspector of Nagano District. Other notable people from this district include Yamato's partner, Yui Uehara, and another friend of Yamato, Inspector Taka'aki 'Koumei' Morofushi.; Gunma, Japan~Gunma~Misao Yamamura is the head inspector of the Gunma prefecture.; Kanagawa, Japan~Kanagawa~Jugo Yokomizo is the head inspector of the Kanagawa prefecture.; Kyoto, Japan~Kyoto~Fumimaro Ayanokoji is the head inspector of Kyoto. |zoom=6 |width=600 |height=400 }}
The setting of Detective Conan is a combination of real locations in Japan and fictional locations.
Contents
Beika City
Beika City (米花町) is named after Baker Street, the location of Sherlock Holmes's flat.[1] It is a fictional special ward of Tokyo directly adjacent to Haido City.
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01) Haido City Hotel (File 156) 杯戸シティホテル |
16) Shinichi Kudo's house (File 2) 工藤新一の家 |
33) Beika Post Office (File 368) 米花郵便局 |
The Mouri Detective Agency
The Mouri Detective Agency (毛利探偵事務所) is the place where Detective Mouri lives with his daughter, Ran. Conan begins living there when he is shrunk in order to gain more information about the Black Organization. It is located in Beika city district 5 and according to episode 448 its located on the 39th street.
The Mouri Detective agency takes up the upper two floors of a three story building. The second floor is the detective agency proper, and is where Kogoro meets potential clients and stores his files. The windows are lettered with "Mouri Detective Agency". The third floor is the Mouri family living space. Part of the floor space is a living room with a kotatsu and television. There is also a small kitchen and a bathroom. Kogoro's bedroom, which is shared by Conan, has a sliding door out onto a small balcony overlooking the street. The agency is accessed via a covered staircase to the right of Cafe Poirot.
Cafe Poirot
Cafe Poirot (喫茶店ポアロ), where Azusa Enomoto works, is located directly beneath the Detective Agency. The cafe gets its name from one of Agatha Christie's most popular detectives, Hercule Poirot.[2] It is located in Beika city district 5.
Kudo Residence
House where Yusaku, Yukiko, and Shinichi lived. Current residence of Subaru Okiya after receiving permission from Conan Edogawa. After Yusaku and Yukiko traveled to America, Shinichi stayed in the house by himself while continuing to attend Teitan High School. Notable features of the house include its massive size and a huge library with dozens of shelves filled to capacity with mystery novels from all over the world.
According to the address on the letter from Teiji Moriya in The Time-Bombed Skyscraper, Shinichi's house is located at:
Beika City Beika Town
2-chōme, 21-banchi
The "2-21" number is a direct reference to Sherlock Holmes' residence at 221B Baker Street.
Agasa Residence
Located next door to the Kudo residence, this is where Professor Agasa and later Ai Haibara live. Agasa's house is located at:
Beika City Beika Town
2-chōme, 22-banchi
Agasa's residence includes a lab where he works on various inventions, and where Haibara works to synthesize an antidote to APTX 4869.
Beika Center Building
Beika Center Building (米花センタービル)
Mokubasou
The location of Subaru Okiya's apartment before it burnt down in an arson case. Its address Beika city district 2 #23A.
Teito Bank
A bank near the Beika Department store where a robbery took place
Beika Department Store
Beika Department Store (べいかデパート) is a multistory department store near the Teito Bank. It has a space for children to play on its roof. The floor with the sports department was hijacked by a bomber during the thirteen red shirts case.
Haido City
Haido City (杯戸町) is named after London's Hyde Park.[1] It is a fictional special ward of Tokyo directly adjacent to Beika City.
Haido City Hotel
The Haido City Hotel (杯戸シティホテル) was first introduced when Kaitou Kid landed on its roof before the Black Star Heist. It appeared again in Reunion with the Black Organization where Pisco assassinated a politician and Gin and Shiho Miyano had a confrontation on the roof.
Haido Art Museum
The Haido Art Museum (杯戸美術館)
Haido Central Hospital
Haido Central Hospital (杯戸中央病院) was the location where the FBI held Kir while she was unconscious and the site of a showdown between the Black Organization and the FBI.
Haido Park
A park in Haido city where the Black Organization attempted to assassinate a politician.
Restaurants
Cafe Poirot
Cafe Columbo
Cafe Columbo (喫茶コロンボ) was first mentioned in chapter 2 of the manga. It is the restaurant that Professor Agasa had been to right before meeting Conan. The restaurant itself first appears in the The Forgotten Cell Phone Case. The restaurant gets its name from TV detective Columbo.
Donny's
Donny's is a family restaurant, likely modeled off of Denny's. Kogoro met at least one of his clients regarding a prospective case at Donny's.
Cafe Raoul
A french restaurant with a Paris style interior that Mouri Kogoro considers his new-found secret hideout. After Conan told Ran about it, Eri and Ran went out to eat there as well.[3]
Ramen Ogura
Ramen Ogura used to be a rundown shop on a shopping street in Haido district. Despite the low customer traffic, its specialty dish full of bamboo shoots "yama ramen" is very tasty. The shop's motto is "So good, it's to die for." Ironically it was the scene of a murder case. After the case, it moved to Beika city and became quite popular. It's motto also changed to "Ramen so wicked, it's to die for." [4]
Police Stations
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Station
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters are located just north of Minato City, in the the government buildings area of Chiyoda City beside the Imperial Palace.
Educational institutions
Educational institutions found within Detective Conan include but are not limited to: Teitan Elementary, Teitan High, Haido Elementary, and Ekoda High School. Each school within the series has their own specific uniforms or dress code for their male and female students.
Teitan Elementary School
Teitan Elementary School (帝丹小学校 Teitan shougakkou) is the elementary school of Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ai, and previous school of Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko. Teitan Elementary does not currently require a uniform. It is worth noting however that Shinichi referred to the clothing he first wore as Conan as his old primary school uniform, implying Teitan Elementary at one point did require uniforms.[5]
"Teitan" is most likely a play-on word of "tantei"(探偵) meaning "detective".
Staff
Teitan Middle School
Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko went to Teitan middle school.[6]
Teitan High School
Teitan High School (帝丹高校) is a "ladder school" associated with Teitan University. Students include Shinichi, Ran, Sonoko, Eisuke, and Sera. Teitan High's uniform consists of a white shirt, green tie, navy blue blazer, and either a pair of navy blue pants (boys) or navy blue skirt (girls).
Staff
- Jodie Santemillion (English teacher)
- Tomoaki Araide (Nurse and basketball coach)
Teitan University
Teitan University (帝丹大学) is associated with Teitan high school and elementary school.
Haido Elementary School
While no main characters attend this Haido Elementary School (杯戸小学校), this school plays a key role in Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case.
Jikogenba High School
This school is mentioned by Conan in episode 393 and is said to be near Beika Park.
Ekoda High School
Ekoda High School (江古田高校) is the high school of Kaito, Aoko, Akako, and Saguru. Ekoda High's uniform consists of a midnight blue gakuran for the boys and a navy blue sailor outfit with a red ribbon for the girls. It's also the same school that some of the characters from Yaiba (Sayaka, Yaiba) attend.
Okuho Middle School
Okuho is Hiroshi Agasa's middle school. It is probably located near Teitan elementary in the Beika district as Agasa walked Fusae Campbell to Teitan elementary on his way to Okuho middle school in the morning.
Beika University
Beika University (米花大学) is a University in Beika city. Its drama students occasionally put on performances for the public.
Touto University
The fictional counterpart of the similarly prestigious Tokyo University.
Kaihou Academy
Kaihou Academy (改方学園) is Heiji and Kazuha's high school, located in Osaka. The summer uniforms are a sailor outfit with a white shirt, slate-blue skirt, and red ribbon for the girls and grey slacks with a white short-sleeve button-up shirt for the boys. It is seen in Movie 13.
Entertainment places
Tropical Land
Tropical Land (トロピカルランド TOROPIKARU RANDO) is an amusement park which was the site of the last date between Shinichi and Ran, before Shinichi was forced to take APTX 4869 by Gin and Vodka of the Black Organization. The park is built in what is now considered a standard layout: guests enter the park into a central hub which then splits off into other themed areas radiating out from the center. Notable appearances of Tropical Land within Detective Conan include The Roller Coaster Murder Case, The Revival of the Dying Message, and Captured in Her Eyes. This location was first introduced in the Magic Kaito manga.
Haido City Shopping Mall
Haido City Shopping Mall (杯戸町のショッピングモール) has the largest ferris wheel in Japan, over 125m tall, with 72 seats. For the ferris wheel to make one full rotation, it takes over 18 minutes (30cm per second, according to Haibara). The ferris wheel itself is better known as the place where Jinpei Matsuda died trying to defuse a bomb left by a crazed bomber.
Miracle Land
This amusement park is prominently featured in the 10th movie, The Private Eyes' Requiem.
Historical sites
Landmarks
Touto Tower
Touto (Tokyo) Tower (東都タワー) is communications and observation tower located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan built in the 1950s. Inspired in design by the Eiffel Tower, this landmark has become a popular tourist and school field trip destination. In the manga and anime series the tower is referred to by the "Touto Tower" name instead of "Tokyo Tower". ("Touto" is how Tokyo used to be called in the past.) The tower was featured recently in the 13th movie, The Raven Chaser during the climax of the film. [7]
Tsutenkaku Tower
The Tsutenkaku Tower (通天閣) is a weather and observation tower located in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan built originally in 1912, dismantled, and then rebuilt in the 1950s. This tower, like Touto Tower, was inspired in design by the Eiffel Tower in addition to the Arc de Triomphe. The 1912 Tsutenkaku Tower was built next to an amusement park but later dismantled in the 1940s in an effort to thwart American bombing raids. The current tower was built on the same site in the 1950s thanks to the efforts of the citizens of Osaka.[8] Notable appearances of this landmark in Detective Conan include The Naniwa Serial Murder Case, Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy, and The Last Wizard of the Century.
Tokyo Sky Tree
The Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー) is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan and is still under construction as of November 9, 2011. The Sky Tree was built mostly to give better digital terrestrial television coverage since the Tokyo Tower has long been overshadowed by taller high-rise buildings and is unable to provide the necessary coverage. The in series name for the Tokyo Sky Tree is currently unknown. The Sky Tree replaced the Tokyo Tower as the scene of the climax for Akako's face-off against Kaitou Kid in A Witch Sheds No Tears.[9]
Hotels
Hotel New Beika
Haido City Hotel
- See above
Haido Hotel
Enjyu City Hotel
The hotel where Akemi Miyano left her money.
K3
Located in Osaka, it was dedicated to three sports players, with the three K's representing something sports-related.
References
- ^ a b "名称集". http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/cookie/name.html. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
- ^ Manga Chapter 440
- ^ Manga Chapter 594
- ^ Manga Chapter 765
- ^ Episode 002: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case
- ^ Manga Volume 18, File 3, page 6: "First Love"
- ^ "Tower Tower". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower. Retrieved on 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Tsūtenkaku". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku. Retrieved on 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Tower Sky Tree". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Sky_Tree. Retrieved on 2011-11-09.
