Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Kagawa
98 places from 22 titles, including Teasing Master Takagi-san, Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, Poco's Udon World.
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Titles · 22
TV anime · 2018
The sandbar that appears at low tide on the island the series is set on.
Getting there: Tonosho Port (ferry from Takamatsu) + bus 10 min · 5 min walk
Shodoshima is the island the series is set on, and this is where the ferries land.
Getting there: Takamatsu Port + 60 min by ferry · 2 min walk
TV anime · 2014
A castle known for Japan's tallest stone walls and its original keep. Appears in episode 10.
Getting there: Marugame Stn · 15 min walk
TV anime · 2016
The Takamatsu daimyo garden the father and son walk through; the series' Kagawa is built on places like this.
Getting there: Ritsurin-koen-kitaguchi Stn (JR Kotoku Line) · 9 min walk
TV anime · 2025
The granite lighthouse on the northern tip of Ogijima, the island generally taken as the model for the story's Torishirojima.
Getting there: Takamatsu Port + 40 min ferry · 35 min walk
Film · 1992
The Kagawa town the film's 1960s schoolboys form their band in.
Getting there: Kan'onji Stn · At the station
Film · 2006
The udon-pilgrimage town at the centre of the film's Sanuki noodle boom; Kobo Daishi's birth temple stands a few minutes from the station.
Getting there: Zentsuji Stn (JR Dosan Line) · At the station
TV anime · 2007
An Inari shrine in Kanonji.
Getting there: Kan-onji Stn + 15min by car · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2011
A bathing beach along the Tsuda pine grove, one of Japan's 100 finest pine-and-sand shores.
Getting there: Sanuki-Tsuda Stn · 9 min walk
Anime film · 2017
Film · 1954
The wooden schoolhouse set on Shodoshima, kept as it was built for the 1954 film.
Getting there: Tonosho Port + 45 min by bus · 3 min walk
The island the twelve children and their teacher live on, filmed here in 1954 and again in 1987.
Getting there: Takamatsu Port + 60 min by ferry · 5 min walk
TV anime · 2010
The terminus of the Yosan and Kotoku lines, near Takamatsu port.
Getting there: Takamatsu Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2017
TV anime · 2025
TV anime · 2011
TV anime · 2013
A castle known for Japan's tallest stone walls and its original keep.
Getting there: Marugame Stn · 15 min walk
TV anime · 2014
TV anime · 2015
TV anime · 2016
TV anime · 2017
TV anime · 2019
TV anime · 2022
The island the harbour half of Hitogashima is drawn from, houses stacked up the slope from the pier.
Getting there: Takamatsu Port + 40 min ferry · 2 min walk
Anime film · 2024
Walkable areas