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Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Okayama

42 places from 23 titles, including If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Castle Defense, Re-Main.

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Titles · 23

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

TV anime · 2020

Charlotte

An eatery in central Okayama.

Getting there: Okayama Stn · 16 min walk

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

Re-Main

TV anime · 2021

Achi Shrine

A shrine on Tsurugatayama hill above the Bikan quarter.

Getting there: Kurashiki Stn · 14 min walk

Napping Princess

Anime film · 2017

Kojima Station, Kurashiki

The jeans-making town Kokone lives in, at the Honshu end of the Seto bridge.

Getting there: Kojima Stn (JR Seto-Ohashi Line) · At the station

The Village of Eight Gravestones

Film · 1977

Makido Cave

The limestone cave the film's underground scenes were shot in, lit and walkable for 450 m.

Getting there: Niimi Stn + 30 min by bus · 5 min walk

Tenchi Muyo!

TV anime · 1995

Taro Shrine

A shrine in Asakuchi.

Getting there: Konkō Stn · 35 min walk

Teasing Master Takagi-san

TV anime · 2018

Whisper Me a Love Song

TV anime · 2024

Okayama Station

Okayama's gateway, where the Sanyo Shinkansen meets the conventional lines.

Getting there: Okayama Stn · At the station

Spirited Away

Anime film · 2001

Naruto

TV anime · 2002

Mimasaka-Takio Station

An unstaffed Innbi line halt with its 1928 wooden station house.

Getting there: Mimasaka-Takio Stn · At the station

Nabari no Ou

TV anime · 2008

Okayama Station

Okayama's gateway, where the Sanyo Shinkansen meets the conventional lines.

Getting there: Okayama Stn · At the station

Sengoku Basara

TV anime · 2009

Angel Beats!

TV anime · 2010

Hirokane Residence

A red-ochre merchant's mansion on stone ramparts in the hills of Takahashi.

Getting there: Bitchu-Takahashi Stn + bus 50min · 5 min walk

Kyousougiga

TV anime · 2013

Tokyo Ravens

TV anime · 2013

Sanada Maru

TV drama · 2016

Yuri!!! on ICE

TV anime · 2016

Sagrada Reset

TV anime · 2017

Entsuji Park

A hilltop park behind Entsuji in Tamashima, the temple where the monk Ryokan trained.

Getting there: Shin-Kurashiki Stn + 15min by car · 5 min walk

Lu Over the Wall

Anime film · 2017

Takunomi.

TV anime · 2018

Dropout Idol Fruit Tart

TV anime · 2020

Come Come Everybody

TV drama · 2021

Okayama Castle

The black keep the drama's Okayama chapters are set around, beside the Korakuen garden.

Getting there: Shiroshita Stn · 9 min walk

Summer Pockets

TV anime · 2025

Walkable areas