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Namba and Dotonbori: anime and film locations you can walk between

Hand Shakers, The Prince of Tennis, Oishinbo and 8 places in all, from 4 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 · 4

Hand Shakers

TV anime · 2017

Aiaubashi-suji Shopping Street

The arcade running south from Dotonbori.

Getting there: Namba Stn · 8 min walk

Hozen-ji Temple

The Sennichimae temple known for its moss-covered Fudo Myo-o.

Getting there: Ōsaka Namba Stn · 4 min walk

Nipponbashi Den Den Town

Osaka's electronics and subculture quarter.

Getting there: Namba Stn · 7 min walk

Shitenno-ji Temple

One of Japan's oldest state temples, said to have been founded in 593.

Getting there: Tennoji Stn · 17 min walk

The Prince of Tennis

TV anime · 2001

Isshinji

A Tennoji temple known for its ossuary, entered through a modern gate.

Getting there: Tennoji Stn · 14 min walk

Shitennoji

Held to be Japan’s oldest state temple, founded in 593.

Getting there: Tennoji Stn · 13 min walk

Oishinbo

TV anime · 1988

Hozenji Yokocho

The stone-paved lane of small restaurants behind Dotonbori.

Getting there: Kintetsu-Nippombashi Stn · 5 min walk

Wz

TV anime · 2019

Big Step, Amerikamura

The atrium shopping block in Amerikamura.

Getting there: Shinsaibashi Stn · 7 min walk

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