Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

TV anime · 2013

Free! — real-life locations

Iwami Station, Uradome Coast, Tajiri Port and more — 29 places you can visit, in Tottori, Kyoto, Saitama. 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.

Locations · 29

Iwami Station

Tottori Start here

The gateway to the Iwami locations. The town has worked with the series for years and the station carries series displays.

Getting there
Iwami Stn (JR San'in Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
岩美駅

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Uradome Coast

Tottori Start here

The fifteen kilometres of clear water and rock stacks that open the series and run through it.

Getting there
Bus from Iwami Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • No alcohol allowed
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Tajiri Port

Tottori

The fishing harbour and breakwater that stand in for the characters' home town.

Getting there
Iwami Stn + bus 10 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
トリップログ — 岩美町 Free! 聖地巡礼

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Tajiri Shrine

Tottori

The shrine above the fishing port, one of the locations the series draws most often.

Getting there
Bus from Iwami Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Oiwa Station

Tottori

The Sanin Line halt drawn as the nearest station to Iwatobi High.

Getting there
Oiwa Stn (JR Sanin Main Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 聖地巡礼・ロケ地

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Uradome Swimming Beach

Tottori

The long sandy beach on Haruka and Makoto's walk to school, shown repeatedly across the series; the anime mostly uses its western end.

Getting there
Iwami Stn · 31 min walk
Before you go
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
Free！聖地巡礼・ロケ地 — 遥と真琴の通学路として何度も登場する砂浜

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Kyoto University of the Arts

Kyoto

The hillside campus Makoto's university is drawn from.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 31 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「京都芸術大学」

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Tottori Castle Ruins, Kyusho Park

Tottori

The castle park where Rin and Sousuke talk in the ending.

Getting there
Tottori Stn · 28 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「鳥取城跡　久松公園」

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Arimon Bridge

Tottori

The bridge where Rin and Gou walk together.

Getting there
Tottori Stn · 22 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「有門橋」

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Arasuna Shrine

Tottori

The shrine above the beach where Makoto and Rin talk as boys, and where the team prays before the heats.

Getting there
Iwami Stn · 37 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
トリップログ — Free! 「荒砂神社」

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Tottori Station

Tottori

Tottori station, on the way to the coast the story is set on.

Getting there
Tottori Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — Free! 「鳥取駅」 EP7

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Tajiri Yakushido

Tottori

The small hall on the headland at Tajiri, above the harbour.

Getting there
Ōiwa Stn · 47 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — Free! 「田後薬師堂」 EP9

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Kyoto Aquarena

Kyoto

The pool in Kyoto where the swimming meets are held.

Getting there
Nishikyogoku Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — Free! 「京都アクアリーナ」 EP12

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Ajiro Tunnel

Tottori

The old tunnel on the coast road at Ajiro, in the fishing village the swimmers train by.

Getting there
Iwami Stn + 20min by car · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down

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Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine

Saitama

An old Kawagoe shrine known for matchmaking, hung with wind chimes in summer.

Getting there
Hon-Kawagoe Stn · 27 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

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Iwami Nishi Elementary School

Tottori

The Iwami primary school by the shore, generally taken as one of the story's models.

Getting there
Ōiwa Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here

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Iwami Tourist Hall

Tottori

The town hall in Iwami, where the summer festival banners in the series are hung.

Getting there
Iwami Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — Free!

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Kishiwada Welfare Centre Annex

Osaka

The Kishiwada building named as the model for the school building.

Getting there
Kishiwada Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — Free!

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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Ishikawa

The round glass museum whose swimming-pool work is named behind the second season's ending.

Getting there
Nomachi Stn · 24 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — Free!

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Shimo-Ochiai Station

Tokyo

A station on the Seibu Shinjuku line.

Getting there
Shimo-Ochiai Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — Free!

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Aoyama Gakuin University, Aoyama Campus

Tokyo

The campus on Aoyama-dori in Shibuya.

Getting there
Shibuya Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
アニメ旅 — Free!

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Nishi-Hachioji Station

Tokyo

A station on the Chuo Main Line.

Getting there
Nishi-Hachioji Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — Free!

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Kobaneo Coast

Tottori

The Sea of Japan shore east of Iwami.

Getting there
Higashihama Stn · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
Sources
アニメ旅 — Free!

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Hayabusa Station

Tottori

An unstaffed station on the Wakasa Railway, said to be the design the station Rei alights at was drawn from.

Getting there
Hayabusa Stn (Wakasa Railway) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ Free! 「怜が降りた駅（デザイン）」

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Sports Depo Tottori

Tottori

The sports shop given as where the swimsuits are tried on in episode 4.

Getting there
Koyama Stn · 27 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ Free! 「遙たちがスポーツショップで水着を試着/4話」

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Natane Goto Rocks

Tottori

A island in Tottori.

Getting there
Bus from Iwami Stn · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
アニメ旅 — 菜種五島

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Hino Shrine

Tottori

A shrine in Tottori.

Getting there
Iwami Stn + 20min by car · 28 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「日野神社」

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Tajiri Park

Tottori

A park in Tottori.

Getting there
Bus from Iwami Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「田後公園」

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Ueno Station

Tokyo

A station in Tokyo.

Getting there
Ueno Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — Free! 「上野駅」

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