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TV anime · 2013

Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) — real-life locations

Oyama Dam — Attack on Titan statues, Hita Station and more — 5 places you can visit, in Oita, Hyogo, Fukuoka. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

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

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Oyama Dam — Attack on Titan statues

Oita Start here

Bronze statues of Eren, Mikasa and Armin facing the dam wall, in the author's home town. Officially licensed.

Getting there
Hita Stn (JR Kyudai Line) + bus/taxi 30min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
大山ダム · 進撃の巨人

Hita Station

Oita

The gateway to the author's home town, which runs a permanent exhibition of the series and is the starting point for the dam statues.

Getting there
Hita Stn (JR Kyudai Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
日田市 · 進撃の巨人

Tegarayama Central Park

Hyogo

Named as a place whose view calls the walls to mind. A hilltop park in Himeji with a rotating observation deck.

Getting there
Tegarayamaheiwakōen Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 進撃の巨人

Kyushu Designer Gakuin

Fukuoka

The Fukuoka design school the author, Hajime Isayama, studied at.

Getting there
Hakata Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 進撃の巨人

Hita Rinko High School (exterior only)

Oita

The author's old high school in Hita. A working school — look from outside the gate.

Getting there
Teruoka Stn · 23 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 進撃の巨人

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