Anime pilgrimage and film locations in Yamaguchi

Mai Mai Miracle

Saba Shrine

The shrine in Hofu the film's 1955 children play around, on the plain that was once the provincial capital.

Getting there: Hofu Stn · 25 min walk

• Matsuzaki Elementary School, Hofu
• Suo Provincial Government Ruins
• Hofu Station
• Hofu City Hall
• Hofu Tenjin Arcade
• Tenjo River
• Stone-paved Slope at Katsuma

Hanamoyu

Shokasonjuku Academy

The one-room school where Yoshida Shoin taught the men who made the Meiji state — the drama's whole cast passes through it. A World Heritage site.

Getting there: Higashi-Hagi Stn · 13 min walk

• Chofu Museum, Shimonoseki

KanColle

• Sumiyoshi Shrine, Shimonoseki
• Mutsu Memorial Hall

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Ube-Shinkawa Station

The platform of the closing scene, in the director's home town. The station is drawn as it stands.

Getting there: Ube-Shinkawa Stn (JR Ube Line) · At the station

• Chomonkyo Gorge

Kashin

Kozanji Temple

Where Takasugi Shinsaku raised eighty men against his own domain and turned the Restoration.

Getting there: Chofu Stn + 10 min by bus · 5 min walk

Musashi

Ganryujima

The Kanmon islet of the 1612 duel with Sasaki Kojiro that the drama builds to.

Getting there: Bus from Shimonoseki Stn, then boat · 5 min walk

Yoshitsune

Dannoura Battlefield (Mimosusogawa Park)

The strait where the Taira were destroyed and the child emperor drowned — the end the whole story runs towards.

Getting there: Shimonoseki Stn + 15 min by bus · 3 min walk

Mushishi

Akiyoshidai

One of Japan's largest karst plateaus, with the Akiyoshido cavern beneath it.

Getting there: Shin-Yamaguchi Stn + bus 45min · 3 min walk

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Ube-Shinkawa Station

An Ube Line station with its 1937 building intact.

Getting there: Ube-Shinkawa Stn · At the station

Castle Defense

• Iwakuni Castle

The Heike Story

• Dannoura Battlefield (Mimosusogawa Park)