Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Jindai-ji and Nogawa Park: anime and film locations you can walk between

GeGeGe no Kitaro, Sailor Moon, Azumanga Daioh and 11 places in all, from 10 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 · 10

GeGeGe no Kitaro

TV anime · 1968

Kitaro Chaya, Jindaiji

Mizuki lived in Chofu for half a century. The tea house at the gate of Jindaiji temple is the town’s Kitaro landmark.

Getting there: Chofu Stn (Keio Line) + 15 min by bus · 3 min walk

Jindaiji Temple

The temple Mizuki lived beside, and the setting of the Chofu episodes. Its grounds hold the second-oldest Buddha in Tokyo.

Getting there: Chofu Stn (Keio Line) + 15 min by bus · 3 min walk

Sailor Moon

TV anime · 1992

Jindai Botanical Gardens

A large botanical garden in Chofu that appears as the destination of the group's bus outing in the Sailor Moon R movie.

Getting there: Chofu Stn · 33 min walk

Azumanga Daioh

TV anime · 2002

Jindaiji Temple

The temple town in the western suburbs the series takes its outing to.

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

Narutaru

TV anime · 2003

Chofu Airport

The airport shown in the story.

Getting there: Tama Stn · 20 min walk

Gegege no Nyobo

TV drama · 2010

Jindaiji Temple, Chofu

The temple town the couple of the drama lived beside, and where Mizuki walked every day.

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

Robotics;Notes

TV anime · 2012

Chofu Airport

The small Tokyo airfield the series uses for its island flights.

Getting there: Bus from Tama Stn · 10 min walk

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Anime film · 2013

Nogawa Park

The park shown in the film.

Getting there: Tama Stn · 18 min walk

Shirobako

TV anime · 2014

Chofu Airfield

The small airfield west of the studios the series is set among.

Getting there: Tama Stn · 20 min walk

Wish Upon the Pleiades

TV anime · 2015

NAOJ Mitaka Campus

The place shown in the story.

Getting there: Tama Stn · 31 min walk

Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory

TV anime · 2018

Nogawa Park

The park shown in the story.

Getting there: Tama Stn · 18 min walk

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