Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Anime and film locations you can walk between in Chichibu

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, The Anthem of the Heart, Her Blue Sky and 28 places in all, from 6 titles, inside 2.8 km.

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

Titles · 6

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

TV anime · 2011

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

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

The Anthem of the Heart

Anime film · 2015

Her Blue Sky

Anime film · 2019

Seibu-Chichibu Station

The station shown in the film.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn · At the station

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

TV anime · 2026

Hitsujiyama Park

The park shown in episode 1.

Getting there: Seibu-Chichibu Stn · 12 min walk

Gleipnir

TV anime · 2020

My Dress-Up Darling

TV anime · 2022

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