Azabu-Juban (麻布 十番; "Azabu" meaning "linen cloth," "Juuban" meaning "tenth" or "No. 10"), also referred to as Juban, is a district in the Azabu region in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the main locations shown in the series. The district has cobblestone streets, parks, and a subway station. It is the home of Usagi and many of her friends. The district has a 4-sided pillar entrance sign at the district's border with a 5-sphere light fixture on top and 6 hexagon lights on each side with the kanji 十番 町商 店街 each in the middle on each hexagon light that light up at night.
Locations[]
Schools[]
- Juban Public Elementary School
- Juban Junior High School
- Shiba Koen Public Middle School
- Juban High School
- T.A. Girls' Academy
- Moto-Azabu Private High School
Residences[]
Trivia[]
- In the DIC dub and TokyoPop version of the manga, the area is called "Crossroads" due to the cross-like 3rd character of its kana.
- The real life pillar entrance sign that was used as inspiration for the manga and the anime was 3-sided; the sign had 7 hexagon lights with 7 kanji 麻布十番商店街 instead of 6 like its anime counterpart.[1]
- A picture of the Japanese Sailor Moon voice actors Michie Tomizawa, Emi Shinohara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa and Rika Fukami standing in front of the Azabujuban pillar entrance sign from an Animage January 1993 magazine was taken at where the Azabujuban Station entrance (seen in Sailor Moon Crystal) was built.[2]