Buzzer Beat (2009) | Karuizawa Ohga Hall — Riko’s Finale Rehearsal in 2010

The finale of Fuji TV’s 2009 ブザー・ビート〜崖っぷちのヒーロー〜 jumps Riko Shirakawa’s musical career forward to 2010, and 軽井沢大賀ホール (Karuizawa Ohga Hall) supplies the real venue for her rehearsal scene. The filming-location archive explicitly identifies the hall as the place where Riko is practicing in the finale, broadcast 21 September 2009. That distinction matters: the scene is set in the story’s future year of 2010, but the episode itself aired in September 2009. This memory records the broadcast date while preserving the fictional time jump rather than treating 2010 as the filming or air date. Karuizawa Ohga Hall remains an active concert venue at 28-4 Karuizawahigashi, Karuizawa. Its official site continues to publish a concert calendar and visitor access information, and notes that the hall has no dedicated parking, encouraging public transport and nearby paid parking. The pin, 36.3456881 / 138.6384884, is a building-level map coordinate for the hall, not an invented stage position. For pilgrims, this is best visited as a functioning cultural venue: attend a public performance or view the exterior from normal public approaches. Backstage, rehearsal and performance spaces should only be entered when a ticketed event or venue permission allows it.