TV anime · 2012
Girls und Panzer — real-life locations
Oarai Isosaki Shrine, Oarai Station, Oarai Marine Tower and more — 25 places you can visit, in Ibaraki, 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 · 25
Ibaraki
Start here
The shrine and its sea-facing torii appear repeatedly; the town has embraced the series for over a decade.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn (Kashima Rinkai Rail) · 30 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- 聖地巡礼のススメ — 大洗磯前神社とガールズ&パンツァー
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Start here
Start of the town course. Local shops display character panels — the model case of anime-town cooperation.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn (Kashima Rinkai Rail) · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Sources
- 大洗駅 · ガールズ&パンツァー
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The landmark tower overlooking the town's tank-battle streets.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 12 min walk
- Before you go
- Sources
- 大洗マリンタワー
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The shopping street the tanks drive through in the final battle. Nearly every shop still displays its character panel.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- ガールズ&パンツァー
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The market hall by the harbour drawn in the series, and where the town's collaboration goods live.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 14 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- ガールズ&パンツァー
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The town hall the film's tank battle runs straight through.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 18 min walk
- Before you go
- Do not enter private property
- Follow staff instructions
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- ガールズ&パンツァー
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The ferry terminal the school ship berths at in the series; the real Tomakomai boats sail from the same quay.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn (Kashima Rinkai Railway) · 19 min walk
- Before you go
- A working harbour — keep clear of nets and gear
- Keep your voice down
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- ガールズ&パンツァー
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The seaside hot-spring bath where the crews go to soak after the opening tank match in the film.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 32 min walk
- Before you go
- No photography indoors
- Admission fee required
- Keep quiet indoors
- Sources
- ガルパン聖地巡礼ガイド — 劇場版で戦車道のあとに休む温泉
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The wooden former schoolhouse where the Oarai tankery team camp out after being evicted from their school ship in the film.
- Getting there
- Hitachi-Daigo Stn · 36 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Follow staff instructions
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 大子町立上岡小学校 · ガルパン聖地巡礼ガイド — 劇場版で戦車道メンバーが一時的に暮らす校舎
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The traditional inn that a tank crashes into, the last of the long run of shopping-street shots.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 16 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Paying guests have priority
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- TVアニメ『ガールズ＆パンツァー』舞台探訪@大洗編（エリア09〜23）舞台探訪総研 — 戦車に突っ込まれた旅館
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The seaside park seen during the 'Anko War' sequence, set apart from the other locations in town.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- TVアニメ『ガールズ＆パンツァー』舞台探訪@大洗編（エリア01〜08）舞台探訪総研 — アンコウ・ウォーのカット
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The pharmacy front on the alley-narrow lane where a tank fires its gun in the show; in reality there is no room for a tank at all.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- ガールズ&パンツァー · TVアニメ『ガールズ＆パンツァー』舞台探訪@大洗編（エリア09〜23）舞台探訪総研 — 狭い路地の砲撃シーン
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One of the shopfronts drawn in the run of cuts that races down the shopping street from a tank's point of view.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- TVアニメ『ガールズ＆パンツァー』舞台探訪@大洗編（エリア09〜23）舞台探訪総研 — 戦車目線で商店街を駆け抜けるシーン
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The aquarium on the Oarai shore, in the town the school ship calls home.
- Getting there
- Nakaminato Stn · 23 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- No tripods or selfie sticks
- Sources
- Anime Pilgrimage『ガールズ&パンツァー』聖地巡礼マップ — アクアワールド茨城県大洗水族館
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A park in the streets of Oarai the tanks roll through.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 3 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 — ガールズ&パンツァー 「桜道公園」
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The hotel on the Oarai seafront.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn + bus 10min · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Paying guests have priority
- Keep quiet indoors
- No photography indoors
- Sources
- Anime Pilgrimage『ガールズ&パンツァー』聖地巡礼マップ — 大洗ホテル
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Saitama
The arena with the moving stands, in Saitama Shintoshin.
- Getting there
- Saitama-Shintoshin Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Follow staff instructions
- Sources
- 聖地巡礼マップ — ガールズ&パンツァー
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The exit facing the arena, on the deck over the tracks.
- Getting there
- Saitama-Shintoshin Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- 聖地巡礼マップ — ガールズ&パンツァー
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The crossing under the first torii of Oarai Isosaki Shrine, on the coast road.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 聖地巡礼マップ — ガールズ&パンツァー
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The dolphin figure outside Oarai station.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — ガールズ&パンツァー
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A crossing at Isohama in Oarai.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 14 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — ガールズ&パンツァー
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The site of a coastal watch post built by the Mito domain in 1856, on the rise above Oarai's beach. It appears in the series.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 19 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 聖地巡礼のススメ
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A stretch of coast in Ibaraki.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn + bus 10min · 6 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
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — ガールズ&パンツァー 「大洗海岸」
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A hotel in Ibaraki.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 22 min walk
- Before you go
- Paying guests have priority
- Keep quiet indoors
- No photography indoors
- Sources
- triplog — ガールズ&パンツァー 「大洗シーサイドホテル」
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A shopping centre in Ibaraki.
- Getting there
- Oarai Stn · 13 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — ガールズ&パンツァー 「大洗シーサイドステーション」
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