Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Anime and film locations you can walk between in Akihabara and Ueno

Steins;Gate, Love Live!, Love Live! Sunshine!! and 206 places in all, from 92 titles, inside 2.9 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 92

Steins;Gate

TV anime · 2011

Akihabara Radio Kaikan

The building the lab sits above, and the site of the satellite crash that opens the story. Rebuilt in 2014, so the exterior no longer matches the 2011 series.

Getting there: Akihabara Stn (JR / Tokyo Metro) · 1 min walk

Love Live!

TV anime · 2013

Kanda Myojin Shrine

The shrine beside the school. Its steps and gate appear throughout, and the shrine itself sells series charms.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 5 min walk

Love Live! Sunshine!!

TV anime · 2016

Blue Period

TV anime · 2021

Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts

The school Yatora is trying to get into, and the exam the whole series builds towards. The Ueno campus grounds are open; the buildings are not.

Getting there: Ueno Stn (JR lines) · 10 min walk

Kanamemo

TV anime · 2009

Kanda Myojin

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

Oreimo

TV anime · 2010

Mitsuboshi Colors

TV anime · 2018

Ameyoko Market

The market street the three girls patrol, under the Yamanote tracks in Ueno.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn · 2 min walk

Shinobazu Pond

The lotus pond at the bottom of the park, on the route the three walk between cases.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn (Keisei Main Line) · 4 min walk

Call of the Night

TV anime · 2022

Touring After the Apocalypse

TV anime · 2025

Suzume

Anime film · 2022

Hijiribashi Bridge, Ochanomizu

The Tokyo keystone sequence unfolds around this bridge and the railway ravine below it.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 2 min walk

Kochikame

TV anime · 1996

Blood-C: The Last Dark

Anime film · 2012

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The place shown in the film.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 9 min walk

Etotama

TV anime · 2015

Kanda Myojin

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

The Great Passage

TV anime · 2016

Tokyo Dome City

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 5 min walk

Blend S

TV anime · 2017

Horin Park

The park shown in the story.

Getting there: Hongo-sanchome Stn · 17 min walk

Dropkick on My Devil!

TV anime · 2018

Kanda Matsuya

The restaurant shown in the story.

Getting there: Awajicho Stn · 3 min walk

Death Note

TV anime · 2006

University of Tokyo

The school shown in episode 10.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 14 min walk

Mr. Osomatsu

TV anime · 2015

Akiba's Trip: The Animation

TV anime · 2017

Manseibashi Bridge

The bridge shown in episode 2.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

Re:Creators

TV anime · 2017

22/7

TV anime · 2020

Oshi no Ko

TV anime · 2023

Heavenly Delusion

TV anime · 2023

Manseibashi Bridge

The bridge shown in episode 7.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

Pseudo Harem

TV anime · 2024

The Tiger and Her Wings

TV drama · 2024

Meiji University, Surugadai

The law school the drama's heroine studies at — Japan's first women's law course was taught here.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · 5 min walk

Akane-banashi

TV anime · 2025

Yushima Tenmangu

The shrine shown in episode 12.

Getting there: Hongo-sanchome Stn · 12 min walk

Shabake

TV anime · 2025

Yushimaseido Temple

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 3 min walk

You and I Are Polar Opposites

TV anime · 2026

3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei

TV drama · 1979

Saint Seiya

TV anime · 1986

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Yushima Stn · 5 min walk

Only Yesterday

Anime film · 1991

Neon Genesis Evangelion

TV anime · 1995

Hajime no Ippo

TV anime · 2000

Korakuen Hall

The place shown in episode 6.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 5 min walk

Hamtaro

TV anime · 2000

Kanda Myojin

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

Sakura Wars

TV anime · 2000

Tsukihime, Lunar Legend

TV anime · 2003

Tokyo Dome City

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Suidobashi Stn · 6 min walk

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Anime film · 2004

Always: Sunset on Third Street

Film · 2005

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Anime film · 2006

Tokyo National Museum

Where Kazuko's aunt restores paintings, and where the film returns at the end.

Getting there: Uguisudani Stn · 6 min walk

Lucky Star

TV anime · 2007

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

TV anime · 2009

Bakuman.

TV anime · 2010

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

TV anime · 2011

Joshiraku

TV anime · 2012

Nisemonogatari

TV anime · 2012

Teekyu

TV anime · 2012

Butayaro

The restaurant shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 1 min walk

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

TV anime · 2013

Little Witch Academia

Anime film · 2013

Akihabara UDX

The place shown in the film.

Getting there: Akihabara Stn · 4 min walk

Outbreak Company

TV anime · 2013

Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!

TV anime · 2013

Gate

TV anime · 2015

My Love Story!!

TV anime · 2015

Ueno Zoo

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Nezu Stn · 6 min walk

Bungo Stray Dogs

TV anime · 2016

Erased

TV anime · 2016

Kizumonogatari

Anime film · 2016

Ueno-hirokoji Station

The station shown in the film.

Getting there: Ueno-hirokoji Stn · 1 min walk

New Game!

TV anime · 2016

March Comes In Like a Lion

TV anime · 2016

Touken Ranbu

TV anime · 2016

Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun

TV anime · 2017

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 9 min walk

Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu

TV anime · 2017

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale

Anime film · 2017

Tsuki ga Kirei

TV anime · 2017

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

TV anime · 2018

Comic Girls

TV anime · 2018

Persona 5 the Animation

TV anime · 2018

Segodon

TV drama · 2018

Ueno Park

Saigo's bronze statue stands here, at the edge of the park where the last shogunate loyalists made their stand.

Getting there: Ueno Stn · 4 min walk

Shinkalion

TV anime · 2018

The Quintessential Quintuplets

TV anime · 2019

Shinobazu Pond

The Ueno pond and its lotus beds in the series' Tokyo scenes.

Getting there: Keisei-Ueno Stn (Keisei Main Line) · 4 min walk

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Anime film · 2020

Dropout Idol Fruit Tart

TV anime · 2020

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

Rent-a-Girlfriend

TV anime · 2020

In/Spectre

TV anime · 2020

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard

TV anime · 2020

National Museum of Nature and Science

The museum shown in the story.

Getting there: Ueno-okachimachi Stn · 15 min walk

Higehiro

TV anime · 2021

Mieruko-chan

TV anime · 2021

My Senpai Is Annoying

TV anime · 2021

Tokyo Revengers

TV anime · 2021

Otherside Picnic

TV anime · 2021

Akiba Maid War

TV anime · 2022

Manseibashi Bridge

The bridge shown in the story.

Getting there: Iwamotocho Stn · 7 min walk

Chainsaw Man

TV anime · 2022

Cue!

TV anime · 2022

A Couple of Cuckoos

TV anime · 2022

Kanda Myojin

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Ochanomizu Stn · 6 min walk

Lycoris Recoil

TV anime · 2022

The Idolmaster Million Live!

TV anime · 2023

Catholic Kanda Church

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Jimbocho Stn · 6 min walk

A Galaxy Next Door

TV anime · 2023

Ueno Zoo

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Nezu Stn · 6 min walk

Blue Archive The Animation

TV anime · 2024

Ninja vs. Gokudo

TV anime · 2025

Summer Pockets

TV anime · 2025

Takopi's Original Sin

TV anime · 2025

Tamon's B-Side

TV anime · 2025

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

TV anime · 2026

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