Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Miyagi

Wake Up, Girls!

Kotodai Park

The park in central Sendai the group performs in, on the avenue of zelkovas.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · At the station

• Sendai Airport
• Sendai Station
• Sendai Stadium
• Kumagaiya Sendai Dagashi Honpo
• Sendai Welfare Plaza
• Sendai Castle Ruins
• Marine Gate Shiogama
• Furukawa Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
• Sendai Yagiyama Zoological Park
• Ajishirahama Beach
• Hapina Nakakecho
• Nakayama Modern House
• Cafe Bijou
• Sendai Youth Culture Centre
• Miyagi Gakuin Junior and Senior High (exterior only)
• Aoba Shrine
• Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai
• Kimachi-dori Community Centre
• Miyagi Prefectural Government Building
• Sendai Welfare Plaza Fureai Square
• Kotodai Park Open-Air Concert Hall
• Otamaya Bridge

Jujutsu Kaisen

• Sendai Stadium
• Yagiyama Bridge
• Kamuri Ohashi Bridge
• Sendai Izumi Library
• Ichinazaka Sakura Park
• Sendai City Museum
• Sendai Daisan High School
• Kikusuian
• Yurtec Stadium Sendai
• Hapina Shopping Street

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens

Hanabuchi Shrine

The wooded shrine above Shichigahama that gave Nagi's home shrine its shape; the approach through the trees to the sea is the anime's opening image.

Getting there: Bus + walk from Tagajo Stn · 25 min walk

• Tagajo Ruins
• Miyagi Prefectural Tagajo High School
• Rikuzen-Takasago Station
• Nanakita River
• Sendai Station
• Hapina Nakakecho Arcade
• Toraya Yokocho
• Nishi Park

Sengoku Basara

Aoba Shrine

The Sendai shrine to Date Masamune, whose one-eyed swordsman the series is built around.

Getting there: Kita-Sendai Stn · 8 min walk

• Kessan-ji Temple
• Sendai Castle ruins
• Daio-ji Temple
• Shiroishi Castle

Haikyu!!

Sendai City Gymnasium (Kamei Arena)

Where the prefectural tournaments are played. The series names it outright rather than inventing a stand-in, and it is where Hinata and Kageyama first meet.

Getting there: Tomizawa Stn (Sendai Subway Namboku Line) · 7 min walk

• Sendai Station
• Sendai City Museum
• Furukawa Technical High School
• Kamei Arena Sendai

Come Home, Mone

Kesennuma Oshima Bridge

The bridge to the island the heroine grows up on, opened in 2019 after generations of ferries.

Getting there: Kesennuma Stn + 25 min by bus · 5 min walk

• Yanaizu Station
• Minami-Kesennuma Station
• Kesennuma Oshima
• Kesennuma Station

Backflip!!

Kawamura

A butcher's shop in Iwanuma.

Getting there: Iwanuma Stn · 16 min walk

• Tsuruya
• Iwanuma Big Arena
• Watari Station
• Natori High School

Kuma Miko

Kotodai Park Open-Air Concert Hall

The open-air stage in Kotodai Park.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · 2 min walk

• Izumi-Chuo Station
• Fujisaki Main Store
• Sendai Station

JoJo: Diamond Is Unbreakable

Jozenji-dori Avenue

Morioh is drawn from Sendai, down to its place names — Jozenji and Kotodai both appear in the story.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · 6 min walk

• Kotodai Park
• Koyo Grand Hotel

Gakuen Handsome

• Palace Heian
• Sendai E-Beans

Fireworks

• Utatsu Station
• Mishima Shrine

Castle Defense

• Tagajo
• Sendai Castle

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

• Sendai Station
• Tohoku University Katahira Campus

Suzume

• Otanikaigan Station
• Oya-Kaigan Roadside Station

My Deer Friend Nokotan

• Mt. Gobansho
• Koganeyama Shrine

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

• Date Masamune Equestrian Statue
• The Westin Sendai

See You Tomorrow at the Food Court

Morisekinoshita Station

A Sendai Airport Line station, the nearest to Aeon Mall Natori.

Getting there: Morisekinoshita Stn · At the station

• Sendai Airport

Momi no Ki wa Nokotta

• Funaoka Station

Dokuganryu Masamune

Zuihoden Mausoleum

Date Masamune's tomb above Sendai, rebuilt in the lacquered style of his own century.

Getting there: Omachi Nishi-koen Stn · 16 min walk

Only Yesterday

• Okama Crater Lake, Mt. Zao

Honoo Tatsu

• Tagajo Station

Slam Dunk

• Tomizawa Junior High School (exterior only)

Pokémon

Pokémon Center Tohoku

The Pokémon store in central Sendai.

Getting there: Aoba-dōri Stn · 3 min walk

Durarara!!

• Inari Koji

Tono to Issho

• Kessan-ji

ReLIFE

Tagajo Ruins

The Nara-period provincial capital in the Miyagi town the series is drawn from.

Getting there: Kokufu-Tagajo Stn · 11 min walk

March Comes In Like a Lion

• Sendai Station

Dream Festival!

• LaLa Garden Nagamachi

Hanebado!

• Matsushima-Kaigan Station

The House of the Lost on the Cape

Ikkeijima Shrine

A Sanriku coast shrine of the kind the film's town is drawn from, rebuilt after the tsunami.

Getting there: Minami-Kesennuma Stn · 8 min walk

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

Sendai Station

The largest rail terminal in Tohoku.

Getting there: Aoba-dōri Stn · 3 min walk

Backflip!! The Movie

Kanahebisui Shrine

An Iwanuma shrine known for its wisteria in May.

Getting there: Iwanuma Stn · 39 min walk

Arcade Girl and Cultural Exchange

Roadside Station Oyakaigan

A seaside roadside station at Kesennuma, rebuilt after the tsunami.

Getting there: Ōyakaigan Stn · 1 min walk