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Anime film · 2021

The House of the Lost on the Cape — real-life locations

Ikkeijima Shrine, Otsuchi Shiroyama Park Gymnasium and more — 5 places you can visit, in Miyagi, Iwate. 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 · 5

Ikkeijima Shrine

Miyagi Start here

A Sanriku coast shrine of the kind the film's town is drawn from, rebuilt after the tsunami.

Getting there
Minami-Kesennuma Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
岬のマヨイガ

Otsuchi Shiroyama Park Gymnasium

Iwate

The working town gymnasium in Otsuchi that models the evacuation shelter where Yui stays at the start of the film.

Getting there
Otsuchi Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Follow staff instructions
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ユイがいた避難所のモデル

Denshoen Park

Iwate

A folk heritage park in Tono whose thatched L-shaped farmhouse is the model for the magical house Mayoiga that shelters the film's heroines.

Getting there
Tono Stn (JR Kamaishi Line) + bus 20 min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — マヨイガのモデルの南部曲り家

Kappabuchi Pool

Iwate

A stream pool tied to Tono's kappa legends, reached along the river in the film; a small shrine to the kappa god stands on its bank.

Getting there
Tono Stn (JR Kamaishi Line) + bus 20 min · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — 大槌から川伝いで辿り着く場所

Seaside Town MAST

Iwate

A shopping centre in Iwate.

Getting there
Otsuchi Stn · 20 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 — 岬のマヨイガ 「シーサイドタウンマスト」

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