Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Saitama

Encouragement of Climb

Mt. Tenran

The 195 m hill the first season climbs, and the view from its summit that starts the whole story.

Getting there: Hanno Stn (Seibu Ikebukuro Line) · 25 min walk

• Hanno Station
• Mt. Hiwada
• Seibo Gakuen Junior & Senior High School
• Mt. Tonosu (Tonosuyama), Hanno
• Higashi-Hanno Station
• Kannonji Temple (Hanno)
• Hanno Komachi Park
• Nonin-ji
• Sakurayama Viewpoint
• Hanno Riverside
• Higashi-Agano Station
• Nishi-Agano Station
• Hanno Central Park
• Ne-no-Gongen Tenryu-ji
• Kanhasshu Miharashidai
• Mt. Tenkaku
• Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park
• Hanno Central Park
• Wariiwa Bridge
• Musaika Suzuki
• Sawarabi-no-Yu Hot Spring
• Seibo Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
• Hanno Ginza Shopping Street
• Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Old Chichibu Bridge

The bridge of the opening sequence and the group's meeting point.

Getting there: Ohnohara Stn (Chichibu Railway) · 10 min walk

Seibu-Chichibu Station

The way into Chichibu for most visitors, and the station the series draws for its arrivals and departures.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn · At the station

Chichibu Shrine

The shrine at the centre of the town all three Chichibu films are set in; its December night festival is one of Japan's three great float festivals.

Getting there: Chichibu Stn · 3 min walk

• Jorin-ji Temple
• Chichibu Station
• Ohanabatake Station
• Banba Street
• Muku Shrine (Ryusei Hall)
• Tokorozawa Station
• Hitsujiyama Park
• Chichibu Matsuri Kaikan
• Hanno Station
• Chichibu Daiichi Hospital
• Chichibu Daiichi Junior High School
• Unicus Chichibu
• Pink Moss Hill
• Monmart Inoue
• Chichibu City Hall
• Odamaki Junior High School
• Miyagawa Children's Park
• Minamisho-mae Crossing
• Keyaki Park
• Chichibu Bridge

Tsuki ga Kirei

Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

Where Akane and Kotaro spend the summer festival. The series is set in Kawagoe and draws the shrine closely.

Getting there: Hon-Kawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) + 7 min by bus · 5 min walk

Kawagoeshi Station

The Tobu station on the route the two take between school and home.

Getting there: Kawagoeshi Stn (Tobu Tojo Line) · At the station

Taisho Roman Dream Street

The brick-fronted street drawn again and again through the series, a block off the warehouse quarter.

Getting there: Honkawagoe Stn (Seibu Shinjuku Line) · 11 min walk

• Toki no Kane Bell Tower
• Honkawagoe Station
• Renkeiji
• Kitain
• Shingashi Station
• Minami-Otsuka Station
• Nishi-Kawagoe Station
• Minami-Furuya Station
• Kawagoe Station
• Kashiya Yokocho
• Dokanbashi Bridge
• Kumagaya Sports Culture Park
• Hikawa Bridge
• Kawagoe Matsuecho Post Office
• Kawagoe Kumano Shrine
• Yojuin Temple
• Tsukiyoshi Overpass
• Shingashi River Railway Bridge

Call of the Night

Minami-Urawa Station

The station of the Saitama suburb Kou walks out of once the trains have stopped.

Getting there: Minami-Urawa Stn · At the station

• Numakage Community Hall
• Mahora Park
• Yotsuya Park
• Tajima-Higashi Park
• Shikatebukuro Sakura Park
• Hijiri Midori Hospital
• Mitake Shrine
• Urawa Tajima Post Office
• Akigase Bridge
• Kishi Junior High School
• Kannon Children's Park
• Taisei 1-chome South Park
• Saitama Minami Ward Office
• Okudosan
• Chichibu Muse Park

Lucky Star

Washinomiya Shrine

The Hiiragi sisters' shrine. The site that started modern anime pilgrimage tourism in 2007.

Getting there: Washinomiya Stn (Tobu Isesaki Line) · 8 min walk

• Washinomiya Station
• Satte Station
• Kasukabe Station
• Omiya Station
• Kasukabe Kyoei Junior & Senior High School
• Gongendo Embankment
• Omiya Sonic City
• Sugito-Takanodai Station
• Meoto-matsu Pines, Akiba Shrine
• Tobu-Dobutsu-Koen Station
• Kasukabe Kyoei-mae Bus Stop
• Animate Omiya No. 2
• Miyamae Bridge

Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki

Omiya Station

The Saitama hub station the characters meet under.

Getting there: Omiya Stn · At the station

• Hikawa Shrine
• Higashi-Iwatsuki Station
• Nishitani Park
• Kita-Yono Station
• Hanno Station
• Toda-Koen Station
• Musashi-Urawa Station West Exit Bus Stop
• Sawarabi-no-Yu
• Omiya Arche
• Cafe and Deli Hakushakutei
• Ecute Omiya
• Arakawa Sports Park
• Kenny's Family Village Auto Campsite

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

Hitsujiyama Park

A hilltop park in Chichibu famous for its spring moss phlox. Appears in episode 1.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn · 12 min walk

• Matsuri-no-Yu, Seibu-Chichibu
• Urayamaguchi Station
• Hashidate Limestone Cave
• Mount Buko
• Old Chichibu Bridge
• Mitsumine Shrine
• Mt. Hodo
• Chichibu Shrine
• Nagatoro Station
• Chichibu Asahiya
• Mahoro Bar

My Neighbor Totoro

• Tokorozawa Station
• Higashi-Tokorozawa Station
• Kurosuke's House
• Totoro Forest No. 1
• Horiguchi Tenman Tenjin Shrine
• Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park
• Totoro Forest No. 3
• Sayama Fudoson Temple
• Inaricho Bus Stop
• Shirahatazuka Mound
• Kadokawa Culture Museum

The Anthem of the Heart

Chichibu Muse Park

The hilltop park whose viewpoint closes the film.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn + bus 20 min · 10 min walk

• Yokoze Station
• Daijiji Temple
• Seibu-Chichibu Station
• Hitsujiyama Park
• Chichibu Park
• Chichibu City Hall
• Hananoki Elementary School
• Bokusui Falls
• Sakagori Crossing
• Yuki Bus Stop

Kamisama Kiss

Kita-in Temple

A Kawagoe temple holding rooms moved from Edo Castle, and known for its five hundred rakan statues.

Getting there: Hon-Kawagoe Stn · 13 min walk

• Kawagoe Castle Fujimi Yagura Site
• Toki no Kane
• Hon-Kawagoe Station
• Kawagoe Castle Moat Site
• Kawagoe High School (exterior only)
• Taisho Roman Yume-dori
• Kashiya Yokocho
• Hayashiya
• Fujimi Yagura Ruins

Her Blue Sky

Seibu-Chichibu Station

The terminus of the Seibu Chichibu Line, the gateway to Chichibu.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn · At the station

• Sakura Bridge
• Chichibu Ongakudo Hall
• Chichibu City Hall
• Tomogawa Bridge
• Old Chichibu Bridge
• Chichibu High School
• Urayama Dam
• Chichibu Government Building North Crossing
• Chichibu Muse Park Concert Hall

Asteroid in Love

• Washinomiya Shrine
• Saitama Seiganji Onsen
• Hachiman Bridge
• Isanuma Park
• Hon-Kawagoe Station West Exit
• Kawagoe Station West Exit
• Kasumigaseki-Higashi Green Space
• Kawagoe Bakery Rakuraku
• Toroko
• Hon-Kawagoe Station West Exit Rotary

Train to the End of the World

Agano Station

A Seibu Chichibu Line station in the hills.

Getting there: Agano Stn · At the station

• Higashi-Agano Station
• Inariyama-koen Station
• Koma Station
• Inariyama Park
• Bushi Station
• Hanno Station
• Musashi-Yokote Station
• Agano Tunnel
• Agano-juku Guesthouse

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

• Koshigaya Station
• Higashi-Koshigaya Botan Park
• Heiwa Bridge
• Kuki Station
• Yoshikawa Bridge
• Shirakobato Bridge
• Koshigaya Central Civic Hall
• Koshigaya City Hall

A Sign of Affection

Minami-Yono Station

A Saikyo Line station. Appears in episode 2.

Getting there: Minami-Yono Stn · At the station

• Meika Park
• Suzuya-Higashi Park
• Oyaguchi Hikawa Shrine
• Kita-Urawa Station
• Higashi-Urawa Station
• Maechi 1-chome Daini Park

My Dress-Up Darling

Iwatsuki Station

Gojo's town of doll makers — the series is set in the old capital of Japanese hina dolls.

Getting there: Iwatsuki Stn · At the station

• Shin-Misato Station
• Omiya Park
• Atago Shrine
• Chichibu Shrine
• Koshi Ningyo

Big Windup!

Omiya Park Baseball Stadium

The prefectural ballpark in Omiya Park.

Getting there: Omiya Park Stn · 11 min walk

• Urawa Nishi High School
• Urawa Municipal Baseball Stadium
• Asaka Central Park Baseball Ground
• Saitama Civic Hall Omiya

Chihayafuru

• Kawaguchi Station
• Kawaguchi Lilia Hall
• Toda Sports Center
• Kawaguchi Station West Exit

Sword Art Online

• National Defense Medical College Hospital
• Hatsukari Junior High School (exterior only)
• Tokorozawa Station West Exit
• Kawagoe Station West Exit

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku

Akamagawa Park

A park along the Shingashi river in Kawagoe.

Getting there: Kawagoeshi Stn · 18 min walk

• Kawagoeshi Station
• Shintomicho Shopping Street (Crea Mall)
• Animate Omiya

Saekano

• Wakoshi Station
• Seseragi Park
• Chibikko Park
• Mitsui Outlet Park Iruma

Fuuka

Shusse Inari Shrine

An Inari shrine in Asahicho, Itabashi.

Getting there: Chikatetsu-narimasu Stn · 7 min walk

• Toki no Kane
• Kawagoe Station
• Gyoden-ji Temple

Tsugumomo

Haraichi Junior High School

A municipal junior high school in Ageo.

Getting there: Haraichi Stn · 8 min walk

• Hakusan Shrine
• Hie Shrine
• Kawarabuki Hikawa Shrine

Selection Project

Hikawa Shrine

The first-ranked shrine of old Musashi province, with a two-kilometre approach leading to Omiya Park.

Getting there: Kita-omiya Stn · 7 min walk

• Omiya Station
• DOM Omiya Shopping Center
• Cafe & Bistro Hamacho

Our Rainy Protocol

Isanuma Park

A park beside Isanuma pond in Kawagoe.

Getting there: Kawagoe Stn + bus 20min · 3 min walk

• Kawagoe Station
• Yojuin Temple
• Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

5 Centimeters per Second

• Musashi-Urawa Station
• Omiya Station
• Kuki Station

Bakuman.

• Koshigaya Station
• Shin-Koshigaya Station
• Kita-koshigaya Station

Recently, My Sister Is Unusual

Misugidai Park

A neighbourhood park in Hanno.

Getting there: Hanno Stn · 14 min walk

• Hanno Station
• Hanno Ohashi Bridge

Maesetsu! Opening Act

• Omiya Station
• Coffee House Hakushakutei
• Hayashiya

Farewell, My Dear Cramer

Saitama Stadium 2002

Japan's largest football-only stadium, built for the 2002 World Cup.

Getting there: Urawa-Misono Stn · 20 min walk

• Warabi High School
• Kawaguchi-Warabi Overpass

Osamake

Aiwa Bridge

A bridge over the Iruma river.

Getting there: Motokaji Stn · 16 min walk

• Saitama Prefectural Hanno High School (South Building)
• Hanno Station

Musashino!

Tsuki Shrine

An old shrine in Urawa guarded by stone rabbits instead of the usual lion-dogs.

Getting there: Urawa Stn · 10 min walk

• Saitama Seiganji Onsen
• Hikawa Shrine

Blue Box

Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium

Tokorozawa's civic gymnasium. Appears in episode 4.

Getting there: Shin-Tokorozawa Stn · 12 min walk

• Ageo Sports Park Gymnasium
• Kawagoe Higashi High School

A Condition Called Love

Hikawa Shrine (Musashi Ichinomiya)

A shrine in Saitama. It appears in episode 4.

Getting there: Kita-omiya Stn · 10 min walk

• Urawa Station
• Sonic City

Touring After the Apocalypse

• Kazo-Watarase Roadside Station
• Yoshimi Hyakuana
• Tosenji Temple

Crayon Shin-chan

Kasukabe Station

The Nohara family lives in Kasukabe, and the city has embraced it — the town the series is set in starts at this station.

Getting there: Kasukabe Stn (Tobu Skytree / Urban Park Line) · At the station

Ito-Yokado Kasukabe site (closed)

The store said to be the model for the supermarket Sato Kokonokado; its rooftop sign was repainted with that name for the series' 25th anniversary in 2017. It closed on 24 November 2024 and the building has been coming down since April 2025. The Nohara family monuments that stood inside moved in January 2025 to Kasukabe City Hall and to the Pratto Kasukabe tourist office by the station.

Getting there: Kasukabe Stn (Tobu Skytree / Urban Park Line) · 2 min walk

Initial D

• Sadamine Pass
• Mase Pass

Negima!

Sashiogi Station

A Kawagoe line station in the west of Saitama city.

Getting there: Sashiogi Stn · At the station

• Fukaya Station

Shakugan no Shana II

Daiei Bridge

A bridge over the tracks north of Omiya Station.

Getting there: Omiya Stn · 2 min walk

• Omiya Station East Exit

Girls und Panzer

• Saitama Super Arena
• Saitama-Shintoshin Station West Exit

Noragami

• Ichibasaka Bridge
• Ichibaita Bridge

Your Lie in April

• Kawaguchi Lilia Hall
• Fudo-ji Temple

Re:Zero

Manpuku-ji Temple

A temple in Satte. Appears in episode 4.

Getting there: Satte Stn · 5 min walk

• Gongendo Embankment

Stella no Mahou

• Agano Station
• Higashi-Agano Station

Symphogear AXZ

Tsuki Shrine

An old shrine in Urawa guarded by stone rabbits instead of the usual lion-dogs.

Getting there: Urawa Stn · 10 min walk

• Saitama Super Arena

Girls' Last Tour

• Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel
• Ryu-Q-kan

Kemono Friends

• Tobu Zoo
• Saitama Super Arena

Wasteful Days of High School Girls

• Tokorozawa Station
• Prope-dori Street

Gleipnir

• Chichibu City Hall
• Yasudaya Butcher

Tsugu Tsugumomo

Hie Shrine

A shrine at Haraichi in Ageo.

Getting there: Haraichi Stn · 3 min walk

• Hakusan Shrine

Otherside Picnic

• Saitama University
• Omiya Ichibangai

Burning Kabaddi

Ashigakubo Station

A Seibu Chichibu Line station, known for its winter ice columns.

Getting there: Ashigakubo Stn · At the station

• Jiyu no Mori Gakuen

Zom 100

• Kamisato SA
• Kamisato Service Area

Maboroshi

Auto Restaurant Tekken Taro

A vending-machine-only roadside diner in Gyoda, still in its Showa form.

Getting there: Gyodashi Stn + 20min by car · 3 min walk

• Mount Buko

Gushing over Magical Girls

Kanezuka Park

A park at Omiya Station's west exit.

Getting there: Omiya Stn · 4 min walk

• Animate Omiya

Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai

• Shukutoku Yono Junior and Senior High School
• Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

• Saitama Super Arena
• Seibuen Amusement Park

I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class

• Asakadai Station
• Hamasaki Kurome Bridge

Momentary Lily

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park

A park on the site of Japan's first airfield.

Getting there: Koku-koen Stn · 13 min walk

• Tokorozawa Station

Aim for the Ace!

Urawa Nishi High School

A high school in Saitama.

Getting there: Yono Stn · 23 min walk

Captain Tsubasa

• Omiya Park

Patlabor

• Urayama Dam

Moomin

Moominvalley Park

The Moomin theme park on the shore of Lake Miyazawa.

Getting there: Higashi-Hannō Stn · 34 min walk

Crayon Shin-chan: Action Mask vs. Leotard Devil

Kasukabe City Hall

Kasukabe's city hall.

Getting there: Kasukabe Stn · 12 min walk

Shall We Dance?

• Sayamagaoka Station

Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle

Kasukabe Station

A Tobu Skytree Line and Noda Line station.

Getting there: Kasukabe Stn · At the station

Voices of a Distant Star

Saitama Prefectural Office

Saitama's prefectural office in Urawa.

Getting there: Urawa Stn · 13 min walk

Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun

Kasukabe Station

A Tobu Skytree Line and Noda Line station.

Getting there: Kasukabe Stn · At the station

Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho

• Asaka Central Park Baseball Stadium

Negima!?

• Fukaya Station

The Garden of Sinners

• Shin-Arakawa Bridge

Ga-Rei: Zero

• Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel

Bakemonogatari

Saitama Super Arena

The giant reconfigurable arena at Saitama-Shintoshin. Appears in episode 14.

Getting there: Saitama-Shintoshin Stn · 5 min walk

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Hataya Inari Shrine

An Inari shrine in Mizuho.

Getting there: Hakonegasaki Stn · 53 min walk

Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor

Ōmiya Park

The prefecture's oldest public park, beside Hikawa Shrine and famous for its cherry trees.

Getting there: Omiya Park Stn · 9 min walk

Oreimo

• Tsuki Shrine

Steins;Gate

• Wakoshi Station

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

• Iwabuchi Floodgate

Tari Tari

• Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium

Ebiten

Seibuen Amusement Park

An amusement park recreating a Showa-era townscape.

Getting there: Seibuen-yūenchi Stn · 4 min walk

Say I Love You.

Urawa Nishi High School

A prefectural high school in Saitama.

Getting there: Yono Stn · 23 min walk

Kuroko's Basketball

• Former Ishikawa-gumi Silk Mill Western House

Golden Time

• Yanasegawa Station

Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!

Saitama Super Arena

The giant reconfigurable arena at Saitama-Shintoshin.

Getting there: Saitama-Shintoshin Stn · 5 min walk

Free!

• Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

White Album 2

• Minami-Furuya Station

Samurai Flamenco

• Tokorozawa Station

Non Non Biyori

Shimosato Branch School

A wooden branch school that closed in 2011 and is now kept open as a community building.

Getting there: 20 min by bus from Ogawamachi Stn · 5 min walk

Ace of Diamond

• Saitama Sakae High School

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

Shin-Tokorozawa Station

A Seibu Shinjuku Line station.

Getting there: Shin-Tokorozawa Stn · At the station

Re-Kan!

Minami Central Park

A neighbourhood park in Yoshikawa.

Getting there: Yoshikawa-Minami Stn · 8 min walk

KanColle

• Hikawa Shrine, Omiya

Tiger Mask W

• Hanno Municipal Gymnasium

Ajin: Demi-Human

Iruma Koyo High School

A prefectural high school in Iruma.

Getting there: Irumashi Stn · 13 min walk

Rikuoh

Gyoda-shi Station

The tabi-making town the drama is set in; the old sock warehouses are a walk from the platform.

Getting there: Gyōdashi Stn · At the station

Fastest Finger First

Minami Urawa Library

The city library at Minami-Urawa.

Getting there: Minami-Urawa Stn · 11 min walk

Castle Defense

• Hachigata Castle

Kado: The Right Answer

• Lake Sayama

Shinkalion

Railway Museum, Omiya

The Omiya museum that houses the series' secret base; the real hall of preserved locomotives is where the story starts.

Getting there: Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Stn (New Shuttle) · 2 min walk

Run with the Wind

• Ageo Athletic Park

My Awkward Senpai

• Toda-Koen Station

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

• Tokorozawa Sakura Town

Jujutsu Kaisen

• Omiya Racoon Yoshimoto Theatre

22/7

• Mizuhodai Station

Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It

• Saitama University

Darwin's Game

• Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Dropout Idol Fruit Tart

• Sonic City Event Plaza

Tamayomi

Eimei High School

A high school in Saitama.

Getting there: Koshigaya-Laketown Stn · 15 min walk

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

• Former Shibusawa Residence

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Grand Emio Tokorozawa

The station building at Tokorozawa.

Getting there: Tokorozawa Stn · 1 min walk

Non Non Biyori Nonstop

• Shimozato Branch School

Sing a Bit of Harmony

Saitama Prefectural Arts High School

A prefectural arts high school in Tokorozawa.

Getting there: Seibukyujo-mae Stn · 35 min walk

Tokyo Revengers

• Mt. Tsuki

The 13 Lords of the Shogun

• Sugaya Fort Ruins

Blue Lock

Saitama Stadium 2002

Japan's largest football-only stadium, built for the 2002 World Cup.

Getting there: Urawa-misono Stn · 22 min walk

Blue Orchestra

• Nagareyama Bridge

Kawagoe Boys Sing

Kawagoe High School

A prefectural high school in Kawagoe.

Getting there: Hon-Kawagoe Stn · 22 min walk

The Dreaming Boy Is a Twin

• Kita-Asaka Station

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night

• Omiya Station

Dandadan

• Hata Tunnel

Ruri Rocks

Otaki Onsen Roadside Station

A roadside station with hot-spring baths in the hills of Chichibu. Appears in episode 3.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn + bus 30min · 3 min walk

Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

Hoshine no Yu

A day-use hot spring at Ogano in Chichibu.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn + bus 20min · 5 min walk

Please Put Them On, Takamine-san

Kasukabe Kyoei High School

A private high school in Kasukabe.

Getting there: Toyoharu Stn · 27 min walk

Arcade Girl and Cultural Exchange

• GiGO Tokorozawa