Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Iwate

Haikyu!!

• Karumai High School (exterior only)
• Karumai Junior High School
• Karumai Town Gymnasium
• Karumai High School
• Yukiyagawa Riverside Park
• Takesawa Store
• Tatesaka Electric Shop

The House of the Lost on the Cape

• Otsuchi Shiroyama Park Gymnasium
• Denshoen Park
• Kappabuchi Pool
• Seaside Town MAST

Dondo Hare

Morioka Station

The way into the Iwate hot-spring country the drama's inn stands in.

Getting there: Morioka Stn · At the station

Koiwai Farm

The farm under Mt. Iwate the drama films across, working since 1891.

Getting there: Morioka Stn + 35 min by bus · 3 min walk

• Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum

Amachan

Kuji Station

The drama's Kita-Sanriku Station. The Sanriku Railway platform beside it is the one from the opening.

Getting there: Kuji Stn · At the station

• Tanohata Station
• Miyako Station

Jujutsu Kaisen

• Morioka Station
• Bishamon Bridge
• Morioka District Court

Night on the Galactic Railroad

England Coast (Igirisu Kaigan)

The pale riverbed Miyazawa Kenji named and walked; the film's world is built out of this landscape.

Getting there: Hanamaki Stn · 25 min walk

• Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum

Yoshitsune

Chusonji Temple

The gold hall of the Fujiwara who sheltered Yoshitsune, and where the drama ends. A World Heritage site.

Getting there: Hiraizumi Stn · 32 min walk

• Motsuji Temple

Saki

• Miyamori Station
• Miyamorigawa Railway Bridge

Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey

• Miyazawa Kenji Museum
• Osawa Onsen Tojiya

Kinnikuman

• Taro Baseball Ground

Honoo Tatsu

Chusonji Temple

The gold hall the drama's Fujiwara built, and the century of northern independence it stands for.

Getting there: Hiraizumi Stn · 32 min walk

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Yugaose Bridge

The Kitakami crossing in Morioka that Kanichiro looks back at his home country from.

Getting there: Morioka Stn (JR Tohoku Main Line) · 10 min walk

Musashi Bushi

• Chusonji

The Idolmaster

• Jodogahama Beach

Little Forest

Mizusawa-Esashi Station

The film's Komori is a hamlet in this part of Iwate; the station is the way in.

Getting there: Mizusawa-Esashi Stn · At the station

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

• Shiwa Furu-Inari Shrine

March Comes In Like a Lion

• Morioka Station

Haruchika: Haruta & Chika

• Hanamaki Station

Himouto! Umaru-chan R

Marukan Building Restaurant

A grand dining hall on the top floor of a Hanamaki building, famous for its towering soft-serve ice cream.

Getting there: Hanamaki Stn · 16 min walk

Castle Defense

Morioka Castle

The Nanbu clan seat; its granite walls stand in what is now a park.

Getting there: Kami-Morioka Stn · 20 min walk

Suzume

• Orikasa Station

Overtake!

• Michi-no-Eki Sanriku

A Workplace Where You Can't Help But Smile

Morioka Station

The station where the Akita Shinkansen branches from the Tohoku line.

Getting there: Morioka Stn · At the station