Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

TV anime · 2011

Hanasaku Iroha — filming locations

7 places you can visit, in Ishikawa. 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 · 7

Yuwaku Onsen

Ishikawa Start here

The hot-spring village the inn of the series is drawn from. The town now holds the Bonbori Festival the anime invented, every October.

Getting there
Kanazawa Stn (JR Hokuriku Line) + 50 min by bus · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
湯涌温泉 · 花咲くいろは

Yuwaku Inari Shrine, Yuwaku Onsen

Ishikawa

The model for Yunosagi. The town now runs the Bonbori Festival invented for the series.

Getting there
Kanazawa Stn + bus 50min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
湯涌温泉 · 花咲くいろは

Nishigishi Station

Ishikawa

The model for Yunosagi Station, the little seaside stop the heroine arrives at. It carries the anime's name board.

Getting there
Nishigishi Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Unstaffed station — buy tickets in advance
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
西岸駅 · 花咲くいろは

Anamizu Station

Ishikawa

The end of the Noto Railway line, and the junction the characters change at.

Getting there
Anamizu Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Check the last cablecar or bus before dark
Sources
花咲くいろは

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

Ishikawa

The circular glass museum in Kanazawa the characters visit on their day off.

Getting there
Kanazawa Stn (JR Hokuriku Line) + 10 min by bus · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No photography indoors
Sources
花咲くいろは

Ishikawa Ongakudo

Ishikawa

The concert hall beside Kanazawa Station drawn into the city sequences.

Getting there
Kanazawa Stn (JR Hokuriku Main Line) · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors
Sources
花咲くいろは

Enkoji, Kanazawa

Ishikawa

The Kanazawa quarter the series' city scenes pass through on the way to Yuwaku.

Getting there
Bus from Kanazawa Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
金沢市 · 花咲くいろは

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