Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Hyogo

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station

Kitaguchi Station in the books is this one; the brigade's meeting point is the plaza outside.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · At the station

• Former Nishinomiya-Kita High School (exterior only)
• Shukugawa Park & Hankyu Shukugawa Station
• Koyoen Station
• Kurakuenguchi Station
• Koroen Station
• Nishinomiya Central Library
• Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Library
• Shukugawa Park
• Kabutoyama Forest Park
• Nishikita Park
• Shin-ike Pond
• Hinoike Park
• Nishinomiya Central Sports Park
• Kurakuen Junior High School
• Oide Bridge
• Ginsui Bridge
• Kurakuen Elementary School
• Maggie's Bakery
• Taisha Junior High School
• Hankyu Koyo Line Level Crossing
• Amagasaki Station Shopping Street
• Mukogawa Riverbed
• Hanshin Expressway Mukogawa Bridge
• Kanno-ji Temple
• Kami-Hirota Bridge
• Godanzaka Slope
• Coffee-ya Dream

The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan

• Koyoen Station
• Nishikita Park
• Sanwa Hondori Shopping Street
• Shukugawa Gakuin-kita Crossing
• Amagasaki Chuo Shopping Street
• Kita-Shukugawa Bridge
• Hinoike Park
• Nishinomiya City Library
• Hirota Shrine Torii
• Kamigahara Junior High School
• Hyogo Performing Arts Center
• Takamatsu Park
• Wakamiya Shrine
• Koza Bridge
• Shimo-Hirota Bridge
• Kabutoyama Nakayoshi Pond
• Former Guggenheim House
• Nishinomiya Central Sports Park
• Mukogawa Riverbed
• Port of Kobe
• Nishinomiya-Kita High School

Grave of the Fireflies

Sannomiya Station

The station where Seita dies; the film opens on the present-day Sannomiya and then slips back into the wartime concourse.

Getting there: Sannomiya Stn · At the station

Niteko Pond

The pond with the hillside shelter the two of them live in after the fire.

Getting there: Kurakuenguchi Stn · 8 min walk

• Nishinomiya Memorial Park (Niteko Pond)
• Koroen Beach
• Shukugawa Riverside Park
• Nishinomiya Kaisei Hospital
• Mikage Public Hall
• Ishiyagawa Station
• Shukugawa Station
• Omaehama Beach
• Kobe-Sannomiya Station
• Kobe City Hall

Nintama Rantaro

Obama Hachiman Shrine

A shrine in Amagasaki.

Getting there: Tachibana Stn · 24 min walk

• Nanatsumatsu Hachiman Shrine
• Amagasaki City Hall
• Susanoo Shrine
• Tachibana Station
• Tomatsu Shrine
• Inadera Station
• Shioe Park
• Chikuyaso Ryokan
• Kukuchi Susanoo Shrine
• Shioe Susanoo Shrine

Fate/stay night

Weathercock House

The emblematic Western house of Kobe's Kitano district, known for the weathercock on its roof.

Getting there: Shin-Kobe Stn · 13 min walk

• Oda Family Nagayamon Gate
• Uroko House Observation Gallery
• Kobe Ohashi Bridge
• Former Maya Kanko Hotel
• Fudo-zaka
• Hyogo Prefectural Kyudo Hall

Fate/Zero

Port Island Kita Park

A park on Port Island looking over Kobe harbour.

Getting there: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Stn · 30 min walk

• Oda Family Nagayamon Gate
• Weathercock House
• Uroko House
• Hotel Monterey Kobe
• Kitano Hall
• Kobe Ohashi Bridge

Suzume

• Mt. Maya Kikuseidai Observatory
• Shin-Kobe Station
• Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
• Higashiyama Shopping Street
• Ninomiya Shopping Street
• Ninomiya Market
• Kobe Seiai Church, United Church of Christ in Japan

Hankyu Railways

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station

The junction the film's linked stories begin at, on the Imazu line it never leaves.

Getting there: Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Stn · At the station

• Takarazuka Station
• Mondo-Yakujin Station
• Sakasegawa Station
• Nigawa Station
• Takarazuka Grand Theater

MM!

• Inadera Station
• Kawanishi-Ikeda Station
• Itami Station
• Shin-Sanda Station
• Takarazuka Station

Castle Defense

• Akashi Castle
• Himeji Castle
• Ako Castle
• Takeda Castle
• Sasayama Castle

Gunshi Kanbee

Himeji Castle

The castle Kanbei's family served at and that he later rebuilt the plan of; the drama's home ground.

Getting there: Himeji Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · 19 min walk

• Gochaku Castle site
• Tatsuno Castle
• Amagasaki Castle

Sangokushi

Zhao Yun Statue

One of the Three Kingdoms statues in Shin-Nagata.

Getting there: Shin-Nagata Stn · 8 min walk

• Guan Yu Statue, Taishosuji
• Shin-Nagata Ichiban Street

Wolf Girl and Black Prince

Shin-Kobe Station

The Sanyo Shinkansen station, at the foot of the Rokko hills.

Getting there: Shin-Kobe Stn · At the station

• Shin-Kobe Station South Exit
• Oji Zoo

Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto

Mukogawa Riverside Green Space

A green strip on the Muko riverbank.

Getting there: Kōshienguchi Stn · 12 min walk

• Kasaya Footbridge
• Naruo High School

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel

• Weathercock House
• Kobe Ohashi Bridge
• Oda Family Nagayamon Gate

Kageki Shojo!!

Takarazuka Station

A Hankyu and JR Fukuchiyama Line station, the gateway to the revue town.

Getting there: Takarazuka Stn · At the station

• Takarazuka Bow Hall
• Takarazuka Grand Theater

Imotako Nankin

• Ikuta Shrine
• Arima Onsen

The Eccentric Family

• Arima Onsen
• Kin no Yu

Ace of Diamond

Hanshin Koshien Stadium

The 1924 ballpark that is the home of high-school baseball, known for its ivy-clad walls.

Getting there: Koshien Stn · 5 min walk

• Miyako Hotel Amagasaki

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya

• Port Island North Park
• Kobe Ohashi Bridge

Okko's Inn

• Arima Inari Shrine
• Yumoto-zaka, Arima Onsen

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

• Mt. Shisho (Shishozan)
• Venus Bridge

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

• Suma-Kaihinkoen Station
• Kobe Suma Sea World

Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

atoa

An art-and-aquarium venue opened at Kobe's new port in 2021.

Getting there: Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae Stn · 12 min walk

• Nankinmachi

You Only Live Twice

Himeji Castle

The ninja training sequence was shot in these grounds in 1966; the keep is a World Heritage site and Japan's finest surviving castle.

Getting there: Kyōguchi Stn · 19 min walk

Mito Komon

Minatogawa Shrine

Built over Kusunoki Masashige's grave — the stone Mitsukuni himself raised, which is where the series' hero starts.

Getting there: Kōsoku Kōbe Stn · 3 min walk

Sazae-san

• Hokkeguchi Station

Dokaben

• Hanshin Koshien Stadium

Kagemusha

• Himeji Castle

Futarikko

• Yoroi Station

Detective Conan

• Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Genroku Ryoran

Ako Castle

The castle the forty-seven ronin lost when their lord was ordered to die — the start of the story.

Getting there: Banshu-Ako Stn · 20 min walk

Musashi

Himeji Castle

The castle where the young Musashi is hung in the keep by the priest Takuan in the story's opening; the white keep is the drama's first image.

Getting there: Himeji Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · 19 min walk

The Hidden Blade

• Himeji Castle

Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho

• Hanshin Koshien Stadium

Air

• Kasumi Fishing Port

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

• Rokko Cable-shita Station

Hidamari Sketch

• Mt. Maya Kikuseidai Observatory

Ryomaden

• Kobe City Museum

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

• Nishikita Park

Busou Shinki

• Kobe Harborland

Attack on Titan

• Tegarayama Central Park

Ghost in the Shell: Arise

• Kobe Ohashi Bridge

Samurai Flamenco

• Kobe Port Tower

Aldnoah.Zero

• Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

• Oda Family Nagayamon Gate

Asa ga Kita

• Unitika Memorial Hall

Sound! Euphonium

• Amagasaki Cultural Centre

KanColle

• Hioka Shrine

Beppin-san

Sorakuen Garden

The Kobe garden and its Meiji western house used for the well-to-do family scenes the story opens on.

Getting there: Kencho-mae Stn (Kobe Subway Seishin-Yamate Line) · 4 min walk

Keijo!!!!!!!!

• Maiko Park

This Art Club Has a Problem!

• Animate Himeji

Napping Princess

• Himeji Station

Dive!!

Nankinmachi

Kobe's Chinatown in Motomachi.

Getting there: Motomachi Stn · 3 min walk

Love and Lies

• Arima-Onsen Station

Hand Shakers

• Hanshin Koshien Stadium

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

• Hanshin Racecourse

Revue Starlight

• Takarazuka Grand Theater

Mix: Meisei Story

Hanshin Koshien Stadium

The 1924 ballpark that is the home of high-school baseball, known for its ivy-clad walls.

Getting there: Koshien Stn · 5 min walk

Yell

Hanshin Koshien Stadium

The composer the drama follows wrote the march the high-school tournament here has opened with ever since.

Getting there: Koshien Stn · 5 min walk

Getter Robo Arc

Himeji Castle

The National Treasure keep nicknamed the White Heron Castle, a World Heritage site.

Getting there: Kyōguchi Stn · 19 min walk

Summer Ghost

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

A Kobe art museum designed by Tadao Ando.

Getting there: Iwaya Stn · 9 min walk

The Colors Within

• Kobe College

Umamusume: Cinderella Gray

• Hanshin Racecourse