Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Umeda and Tenjinbashisuji: anime and film locations you can walk between

The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hand Shakers and 21 places in all, from 16 titles, inside 2.3 km.

Open on the map

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

Titles · 16

The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!

TV anime · 2018

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

TV anime · 2006

Hand Shakers

TV anime · 2017

Black Rain

Film · 1989

Pokémon

TV anime · 1997

The Prince of Tennis

TV anime · 2001

Osaka Station

The great Umeda station, with a plaza under its roof.

Getting there: Fukushima Stn · 7 min walk

Manten

TV drama · 2002

Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street

Japan's longest shopping arcade, 2.6 km of it, where the drama's Osaka chapters are set.

Getting there: Temma Stn · 2 min walk

Chiritotechin

TV drama · 2007

Detective Conan: Magic File 4 - Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey

TV anime · 2010

Umeda Station

The heart of Osaka, where the Hankyu, Hanshin and subway lines meet.

Getting there: Higashi-Umeda Stn · 6 min walk

Day Break Illusion

TV anime · 2013

Asa ga Kita

TV drama · 2015

Daido Life Osaka Head Office

The company the drama's heroine founded, on the Nakanoshima bank of the river.

Getting there: Higobashi Stn · 1 min walk

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Anime film · 2020

22/7

TV anime · 2020

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!

TV anime · 2021

Yaiba: Samurai Legend

TV anime · 2025

Nippon Sangoku

TV anime · 2026

By prefecture