Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Akita
11 places from 8 titles, including Sanpei the Fisher Boy, Captain Tsubasa, KanColle.
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Titles · 8
TV anime · 1980
Japan's first museum built around original manga artwork. Yaguchi Takao, who drew this series from the rivers of his native Yokote, was its honorary director.
Getting there: Jumonji Stn (JR Ou Line) + bus 15 min · 5 min walk
The way into the rivers of Akita the series fishes.
Getting there: Akita Stn + 40 min by bus · 3 min walk
The falls in the Akita mountains the fishing series draws.
Getting there: Ugo-Honjo Stn + 60 min by car · 10 min walk
A tributary of the Naruse River said to run in front of the author's birthplace, where he fished for char and trout as a boy.
Getting there: Yokote Stn (JR Ou Line) + bus 50 min · 5 min walk
TV anime · 1983
Listed as the model for Hanawa Middle School, the Akita team led by the acrobatic Tachibana twins.
Getting there: Kazuno-Hanawa Stn · 22 min walk
TV anime · 2015
A shrine in the Shinya quarter of Akita, on the coast side of the city.
Getting there: Araya Stn · 7 min walk
Anime film · 2016
An unstaffed rural station on the Akita Nairiku line whose platform, curving track and mountain setting fans noticed closely resemble the country station in the film; a visitors' notebook sits in its waiting room.
Getting there: Maedaminami Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2016
The terminus of the Akita Shinkansen.
Getting there: Akita Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2017
The Satake seat at Akita — an earthwork castle with no keep, now Senshu Park.
Getting there: Akita Stn · 13 min walk
Anime film · 2022
The shrine where Sawakita prays after climbing its roughly 300 steep stone steps.
Getting there: Ugo-Honjo Stn (JR Uetsu Line) + 20 min by car · 10 min walk
TV anime · 2024
The terminus of the Akita Shinkansen. Appears in episode 5.
Getting there: Akita Stn · At the station