Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Anime and film locations you can walk between in Onomichi

Pon no Michi, I Are You, You Am Me, Kamichu! and 32 places in all, from 12 titles, inside 2.2 km.

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

Titles · 12

Pon no Michi

TV anime · 2024

Onomichi Station

The station shown in the story.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn · At the station

I Are You, You Am Me

Film · 1982

Misode Tenmangu

The 55-step stone stair the two fall down and swap bodies on — the film's founding scene.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · 21 min walk

Senkoji Temple

The temple on the cliff above Onomichi, and the stone steps the body-swap film runs down.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn · 13 min walk

Kamichu!

TV anime · 2005

Misode Tenmangu Shrine

The model for Raifuku Shrine, where Yurie serves as a god. The long stone stairway is the one from the opening.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn · 21 min walk

Tamayura

TV anime · 2010

Sora to Umi no Aida

TV anime · 2018

Ushitora Shrine

The shrine shown in the story.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn · 15 min walk

Tokyo Story

Film · 1953

Onomichi Station

The station the old couple leave from and return to; the film opens and closes on this town.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · At the station

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)

Film · 1983

Ushitora Shrine

The old Onomichi shrine below the ropeway, with camphor trees over the path Kazuko runs.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn (JR Sanyo Main Line) · 15 min walk

D.C.: Da Capo

TV anime · 2003

Senko-ji Temple

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Onomichi Stn · 13 min walk

Hikaru no Go

TV anime · 2001

Teppan

TV drama · 2010

Ace of Diamond

TV anime · 2013

The Dangers in My Heart

TV anime · 2023

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