Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Kichijoji and Mitaka: anime and film locations you can walk between

Occultic;Nine, Witch Watch, YuruYuri and 79 places in all, from 42 titles, inside 2.6 km.

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Titles · 42

Occultic;Nine

TV anime · 2016

Kichijoji Station

Kichijoji station, at the centre of the neighbourhood the whole series is set in.

Getting there: Kichijoji Stn · At the station

Witch Watch

TV anime · 2025

Kichijoji Station

A Chuo Line and Keio Inokashira Line station. Appears in the ending sequence.

Getting there: Kichijoji Stn · At the station

YuruYuri

TV anime · 2011

Re:Creators

TV anime · 2017

Tamon's B-Side

TV anime · 2025

One-Punch Man

TV anime · 2015

Gu Gu the Cat

Film · 2008

Inokashira Park

The park the manga artist of the film walks her cat's world around, in her own neighbourhood.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Bakuman.

TV anime · 2010

Kimi to Boku.

TV anime · 2011

Inokashira Park

The pond-centred park at Kichijoji, known for its rowing boats and cherry blossom.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Wolf Children

Anime film · 2012

Tesagure! Bukatsumono

TV anime · 2013

Inokashira Park

The pond-centred park at Kichijoji, known for its rowing boats and cherry blossom.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Shirobako

TV anime · 2014

Garakowa: Restore the World

Anime film · 2016

You and I Are Polar Opposites

TV anime · 2026

Ocean Waves

Anime film · 1993

April Story

Film · 1998

Kichijoji Station

The Musashino the film's student moves to; the park and the bookshop are a few minutes out.

Getting there: Kichijoji Stn · At the station

GTO

TV drama · 1998

Spirited Away

Anime film · 2001

The Cat Returns

Anime film · 2002

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

TV anime · 2003

Inokashira Park

The pond-centred park at Kichijoji, known for its rowing boats and cherry blossom.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Golden Time

TV anime · 2013

Coppelion

TV anime · 2013

Tokyo Ghoul

TV anime · 2014

Mr. Osomatsu

TV anime · 2015

Inokashira Park

The pond-centred park at Kichijoji, known for its rowing boats and cherry blossom.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Stella no Mahou

TV anime · 2016

Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun

TV anime · 2017

BanG Dream!

TV anime · 2017

Tsuki ga Kirei

TV anime · 2017

Persona 5 the Animation

TV anime · 2018

Takunomi.

TV anime · 2018

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

TV anime · 2018

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?

TV anime · 2019

Kichijoji Sun Road

The covered arcade at Kichijoji Station's north exit.

Getting there: Kichijoji Stn · 3 min walk

The Helpful Fox Senko-san

TV anime · 2019

Inokashira Park

The pond-centred park at Kichijoji, known for its rowing boats and cherry blossom.

Getting there: Inokashira-koen Stn · 6 min walk

Magical Sempai

TV anime · 2019

Kichijoji Station North Exit

The bus stop at Kichijoji Station's north exit.

Getting there: Kichijoji Stn · 1 min walk

Domestic Girlfriend

TV anime · 2019

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

The Boy and the Heron

Anime film · 2023

Mitaka Yuzo Yamamoto Memorial Museum

The Taisho-era house in Mitaka where the writer Yuzo Yamamoto lived.

Getting there: Mitaka Stn · 11 min walk

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

TV anime · 2023

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

TV anime · 2023

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

Anime film · 2024

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

TV anime · 2026

Journal with Witch

TV anime · 2026

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