Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Gunma

Maebashi Witches

Maebashi Station

The Ryomo Line station that is Maebashi's gateway. Appears in the opening sequence.

Getting there: Maebashi Stn · At the station

• Maebashi Tosho-gu
• Hitone Bridge
• Ogo Station
• Sakutaro Bridge
• AQERU Maebashi
• Maebashi Plaza Genki 21
• Tatsukawacho-dori West
• Keyaki Walk Maebashi
• Michi-no-Eki Green Flower Farm Ogo
• Rinkokaku
• Daimon
• Runa Park
• Michi-no-Eki Maebashi Akagi
• Chuo Ohashi Bridge
• Mitsumata Station
• Kamiizumi Station
• Kitahara Station
• Akagi Station
• Chuo-Maebashi Station
• Gunma Hall
• Shikishima Park

Narenare: Cheer for You!

Takasaki Station

The station where the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines part.

Getting there: Takasaki Stn · At the station

• Takasaki City Central Library
• Numata Castle Ruins
• Takasaki Castle Ruins
• Haruna Shrine
• Takasaki Arena
• Numata Station
• Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
• Numata Castle Otemon Gate Site
• Minakami Town Minakami Branch Office
• Numata Park
• Jorin-ji Temple
• Kami-Toyooka Sports Ground
• Dango-zaka
• Takasaki Chuo Ginza Shopping Street

Initial D

Mt. Haruna (Akina)

Akina in the series is Haruna: the downhill the tofu delivery runs, hairpin by hairpin.

Getting there: Takasaki Stn + 90 min by bus · 5 min walk

Usui Pass

The 184-curve pass on the old Route 18 that the series' downhill runs are drawn from.

Getting there: Bus from Yokokawa Stn · 5 min walk

• Mt. Akagi (Akagi)
• Lake Haruna (Lake Akina)
• Mt. Myogi
• Shibukawa Station
• Ikaho Stone Steps
• Takane Viewpoint
• Yaseone Pass
• Ikaho Shrine
• Tokimeki Deck

A Place Further Than the Universe

• Tatebayashi Station
• Morin-ji Temple
• Morinjimae Station
• Tsutsujigaoka Park
• Shukaku-do Hall
• Tatebayashi Grand Hotel
• Cafe de Stael
• Hotel Fine Inn Tatebayashi

Encouragement of Climb

Ikaho Onsen

The stone-stair hot-spring town of the series' Gunma trip; the 365 steps climb between the inns.

Getting there: Bus from Shibukawa Stn · 3 min walk

• Mt. Tanigawa
• Doai Station
• Marble Village Lockheart Castle
• Mt. Akagi
• Ikaho Shrine
• Ikaho Onsen Open-Air Bath

Nichijou

Isesaki Commercial High School

A prefectural high school in Isesaki.

Getting there: Isesaki Stn · 30 min walk

• Kezoji Park Amusement Park
• Takasaki-Tonyamachi Station
• Isesaki Station
• Orion-dori Shopping Street

Dandadan

Ikaho Shrine

The shrine at the top of Ikaho's stone stairway street. Appears in episode 12.

Getting there: Shibukawa Stn + bus 25min · 5 min walk

• Ishidan-gai Pocket Park
• Yokotekan
• Ikaho Onsen Stone Steps

The Flowers of Evil

Kiryu City Library

The library of the town the story is set in.

Getting there: Kiryu Stn · 5 min walk

• Watarase River
• Kiryu Welfare Center

Sanada Maru

• Iwabitsu Castle site
• Numata Castle site
• Nagurumi Castle site

Laid-Back Camp

• Ikaho Onsen Stone Steps
• Usui Pass
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park

Spirited Away

• Sekizenkan, Shima Onsen
• Sekizenkan

Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Shima Onsen Bus Stop

The bus stop at Shima hot springs.

Getting there: Nakanojo Stn + bus 40min · 1 min walk

• Shima Tamura Kinyokan

Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!

Ikaho Shrine

The shrine at the top of Ikaho's stone stairway street.

Getting there: Shibukawa Stn + bus 25min · 8 min walk

• Ikaho Onsen Stone Steps

Wish Upon the Pleiades

Shikishima Park Rose Garden Greenhouse

The greenhouse in the rose garden of Shikishima Park.

Getting there: Maebashi Stn + bus 20min · 5 min walk

• Usui Third Bridge

KanColle

• Haruna Shrine
• Miyosawa Akagi Shrine

Nazotokine

• Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
• Koarai Seika

Castle Defense

• Kanayama Castle
• Minowa Castle

Shinkalion

• Usui Pass
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park

You Don't Know Gunma Yet

Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon

A 41.8-metre Kannon statue of 1936 on Takasaki's Kannonyama.

Getting there: Takasaki Stn + bus 20min · 5 min walk

• Drive-in Nanakoshi

Zom 100

Kosen-ji Temple

A temple above the Yubatake hot-spring field at Kusatsu. Appears in episode 8.

Getting there: Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Stn + bus 25min · 5 min walk

• Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal

Ruri Rocks

• Takasaki Station
• Gunma University Faculty of Science and Technology

Touch

Maebashi Commercial High School

A prefectural high school in Maebashi.

Getting there: Maebashi Stn · 12 min walk

Detective Conan

• Old Usui Pass Miharashidai

Fight

Shima Onsen

The Gunma spa valley the drama is set in; the wooden bath house at its head is said to have inspired Spirited Away.

Getting there: Nakanojo Stn + 40 min by bus · 3 min walk

Hell Girl: Three Vessels

Shimonita Station

The terminus of the Joshin Electric Railway. Appears in episode 14.

Getting there: Shimonita Stn · At the station

Ga-Rei: Zero

• Megane Bridge

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

• Maebashi Park

Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends

• Takasaki Station West Exit

Yowamushi Pedal

• Yaseone Pass

Aiura

Yamaguchi Bus Stop

A bus stop in Gunma. It appears in episode 1.

Getting there: Nakanojo Stn + 40 min by bus · 18 min walk

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

• Ikaho Onsen Stone Steps

Half Blue Sky

• Sori Station

Comic Girls

• Marble Village Lockheart Castle

Slow Start

• Old Usui Pass Lookout

Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko

• Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

Anima Yell!

Yamato Civic Gymnasium Maebashi

A bridge in Gunma. It appears in episode 4.

Getting there: Maebashi Stn · 35 min walk

Demon Slayer

• Hoshi Onsen Chojukan

Wasteful Days of High School Girls

• Tatebayashi Station

Tonikawa

• Kusatsu Onsen

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

• Tomioka Silk Mill

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

Ushibuseyama Observation Deck

A lookout on Mt. Ushibuse in Takasaki, over the Kanto plain.

Getting there: Gunma-Fujioka Stn + 30min by car · 5 min walk

Selection Project

• Takasaki Station

Slow Loop

• Kankoso

Komada: A Whisky Family

• Yokokawa SA

Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero

Kusatsu Onsen

The hot-spring town around the Yubatake, with the greatest natural flow in Japan.

Getting there: Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Stn + bus 25min · 1 min walk

Blue Box

• Yamato Civic Gymnasium Maebashi

Acro Trip

• Kusatsu Onsen

MONO

• Kannonyama Park

Dead Account

• Kusatsu Onsen