Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

TV anime · 2026

Yomi no Tsugai — real-life locations

Oi Racecourse, Oi-Keibajo-mae Station and more — 3 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Nara. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

Open on the map

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

Locations · 3

Oi Racecourse

Tokyo Start here

Tokyo's municipal racecourse, known for its night races.

Getting there
Oikeibajo-Mae Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Open on race and simulcast days only — check the calendar
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues

Oi-Keibajo-mae Station

Tokyo

A Tokyo Monorail station.

Getting there
Oikeibajo-Mae Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road

Takatori Castle ruins

Nara

The model for Higashi-mura, the hidden village Yuru grew up in. Hiromu Arakawa came here to research it, and the raid in the story was worked out from this ground. A mountain castle with 390 m of climb from the valley — allow an hour and a half to two hours up.

Getting there
Tsubosakayama Stn · 110 min walk
Before you go
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼ギルド — 黄泉のツガイ 聖地・舞台 — 高取城跡(東村のモデル)

The same places, in other titles

Nearby, from other titles

More titles in Tokyo

Walkable areas

By prefecture