Okitsura
TV anime · 2025
Shuri Station
A Yui Rail station, the nearest to Shuri Castle. Appears in episode 8.
Getting there: Shuri Stn · At the station
Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Okinawa
90 places from 30 titles, including Okitsura, Cat Planet Cuties, Non Non Biyori Vacation.
Titles · 30
Cat Planet Cuties
TV anime · 2010
Okinawa Prefectural Government Office
The prefectural office in Naha.
Getting there: Prefectural Office Stn · 4 min walk
Non Non Biyori Vacation
Anime film · 2018
Pinaisara Falls
The tallest waterfall in Okinawa, on Iriomote island.
Getting there: Ishigaki Port + ferry and car 90min · 40 min walk
Harukana Receive
TV anime · 2018
Futenmagu Shrine
The Ginowan shrine and its cave the beach-volleyball pair visit; one of the Okinawa landmarks the series draws directly.
Getting there: Bus from Naha Bus Terminal · 5 min walk
The Aquatope on White Sand
TV anime · 2021
Azama Sun Sun Beach
The beach in Nanjo that opens the series and recurs through it.
Getting there: Naha Bus Terminal + bus 60 min · 5 min walk
Azumanga Daioh
TV anime · 2002
Grand Blue Dreaming
TV anime · 2018
Castle Defense
TV anime · 2017
Churasan
TV drama · 2001
Kohama Island
The Yaeyama island the drama is set on; the ridge road it opens with is signposted as the Sugar Road.
Getting there: Ishigaki Port + 30 min by ferry · 10 min walk
Stratos 4
TV anime · 2003
Shimojishima Airport
An airport with a 3,000-metre runway on Shimojishima beside Miyakojima. In the series it is the base of the Meteor Sweepers the heroines fly for.
Getting there: Miyako Airport + 30min by car · 5 min walk
Twin Angel Break
TV anime · 2017
Shuri Castle
The palace of the Ryukyu kingdom, under reconstruction since the 2019 fire.
Getting there: Shuri Stn · 11 min walk
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
TV anime · 2020
Jujutsu Kaisen
TV anime · 2020
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
TV anime · 2020
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
The aquarium in Ocean Expo Park at Motobu, known for its whale-shark tank.
Getting there: Naha Airport + bus 120min · 5 min walk
Ryukyu no Kaze
TV drama · 1993
Shurijo Castle
The Ryukyu court the drama is set in. The main hall burned in 2019 and its rebuilding is open to view.
Getting there: Shuri Stn · 11 min walk
Nabbie no Koi
Film · 1999
Aguni Port
The island the film is set on, an hour by boat from Naha and largely unchanged. The ferry lands here.
Getting there: Tomari Port + 120 min by ferry · 10 min walk
Dr. Koto's Clinic
TV drama · 2003
Dr. Koto's Clinic (film set)
The clinic built for the drama on Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, kept as a museum with the sets intact.
Getting there: Yonaguni Airport + 15 min by car · 5 min walk
Busou Shinki
TV anime · 2012
Waiting in the Summer
TV anime · 2012
Accel World
TV anime · 2012
The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat
TV anime · 2013
Girlish Number
TV anime · 2016
Sakura Quest
TV anime · 2017
A Sister's All You Need
TV anime · 2017
Seven Days War
Anime film · 2019
Ikei Bridge
The bridge out to Ikei island that the runaways cross in the Okinawa act.
Getting there: Naha Bus Terminal + 70 min by car · 3 min walk
The Quintessential Quintuplets
TV anime · 2019
Asteroid in Love
TV anime · 2020
Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory
The observatory the club travels to, with the 105 cm telescope the series draws.
Getting there: Ishigaki Port Terminal + 25 min by car · 3 min walk
The First Slam Dunk
Anime film · 2022
Lycoris Recoil
TV anime · 2022
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
TV anime · 2023