Beautiful Life (2000) | International Christian University — Kyoko’s Miyanomori Library

TBS’s 2000 romance Beautiful Life / ビューティフルライフ〜ふたりでいた日々〜 uses International Christian University (ICU) in Mitaka as the real-world setting for the fictional 宮の森図書館 (Miyanomori Library), where Kyoko Machida works.

The 全国ロケ地ガイド filming record identifies ICU directly and adds a useful production detail: the place where Shuji Okishima leaves his motorcycle was filmed in the parking area in front of the university’s main building. This makes ICU one of the drama’s recurring everyday anchors rather than a one-off scenic backdrop.

ICU remains an active university at 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka. The coordinate here is a campus-level pin for the university, not a claim that it marks the exact doorway or camera position used in 2000. Visitors should treat the campus as a functioning educational environment, follow current university access rules, and avoid entering teaching, office, library, or other restricted interiors solely to recreate a shot.

For a pilgrimage, the value is the surviving campus atmosphere and the relationship between Kyoko’s working life and the drama’s quieter scenes. Architecture, landscaping, parking arrangements, and access conditions may have changed since filming.

Sources: TBS Program Catalog; 全国ロケ地ガイド; International Christian University official access page.