Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Fukushima

Engaged to the Unidentified

Hayama Park

A hilltop park in Koriyama.

Getting there: Koriyama Stn · 21 min walk

• Asaka High School
• Koriyama Station
• Aizu-Wakamatsu Station
• Aizu-Kawaguchi Station
• Sakabuta Park
• Kaneyama Town Hall
• Suetsugi Station
• Nyoho-ji Temple
• Asaka-Kunitsuko Shrine
• Tsurugajo Castle
• Kaiseizan Daijingu
• Sakabuta Pond

Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey

• Kutsurogijuku Chiyotaki
• Koriyama Station
• Aizu-Wakamatsu Station
• Kogaikuni Shrine
• Mount Iimori
• Higashiyama Onsen

Sora no Manimani

Inawashiro Station

A Banetsu West Line station, the gateway to Lake Inawashiro and Mt. Bandai.

Getting there: Inawashiro Stn · At the station

• Inawashiro-Kohan Station
• Tsuboage Beach, Lake Inawashiro
• Lakeside Banko

Demon Slayer

Ashinomaki Onsen Station

The Aizu station whose surroundings are often named alongside the series' mountain scenes.

Getting there: Ashinomaki-Onsen Stn (Aizu Railway) · At the station

• Okawaso, Aizu Ashinomaki Onsen
• Ookawaso
• Ookawaso, Ashinomaki Onsen

Hula Fulance

Aquamarine Fukushima

An Iwaki aquarium built around the theme of the meeting of ocean currents.

Getting there: Izumi Stn + bus 15min · 3 min walk

• Spa Resort Hawaiians
• Suetsugi Station
• Iwaki Corridor Art Museum

Hula Girls

Spa Resort Hawaiians

The Joban coal town's hot-spring resort, built by the miners' daughters the film is about. The hula show still runs daily.

Getting there: Yumoto Stn + 15 min by free shuttle · 2 min walk

• Iwaki Station
• Yumoto Station

Castle Defense

• Tsuruga Castle, Aizu
• Komine Castle
• Nihonmatsu Castle

Comic Girls

Shin-Shirakawa Station

The shinkansen platform Kaos leaves from in the opening minutes, on her way out of her home town.

Getting there: Shin-Shirakawa Stn (Tohoku Shinkansen) · At the station

• Shirakawa Barrier
• Fukushima Prefectural Shirakawa Technical High School

Hakubo

Iwaki Park

A park on the hills of Iwaki.

Getting there: Iwaki Stn + bus 30min · 5 min walk

• Kusano Station
• Iwaki Station

Rent-a-Girlfriend

• Spa Resort Hawaiians
• Yumoto Station

Kinnikuman

• Wakamatsu Castle

My Neighbor Totoro

• Mt. Shinobu

Love and Honor

• Komine Castle

NANA

Koriyama Station

The station where the Tohoku Shinkansen meets the Banetsu West and East lines.

Getting there: Koriyama Stn · At the station

Hayate the Combat Butler

• Lake Numazawa

Tenchijin

• Tsuruga Castle

Sengoku Basara

• Suriagehara Battlefield

Fate/Zero

• Fukushima Church, United Church of Christ in Japan

Yae no Sakura

Tsuruga Castle, Aizu

The castle Yae defended with a rifle through the month-long siege of 1868 — the drama's centrepiece.

Getting there: Aizu-Wakamatsu Stn + 20 min by bus · 5 min walk

KanColle

• Kashima Shrine, Shirakawa

Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat

Ashinomaki-Onsen Station

An Aizu Railway station known for its cat stationmaster.

Getting there: Ashinomaki-Onsen Stn · At the station

Shinkalion

• Koriyama Station

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

• Fukushima Racecourse

The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

Yumoto Station

The station for the Iwaki-Yumoto hot springs.

Getting there: Yumoto Stn · At the station

Zom 100

• Sannokura Highland Flower Field