Summary
- The Anime Tourism Association identified over 120 Anime Pilgrimage sites from 100+ anime titles.
- The association promotes “content tourism” by showcasing settings from manga, anime, and more.
- The 2025 Anime Holy Sites list includes locations from classic and recent titles, chosen in a selection process involving fans.
This year, the Anime Tourism Association unveiled their list of “Anime Destinations Worth Visiting,” bringing the grand total of such sites to more than 120, derived from over a hundred unique anime series and franchises. The updated list for 2025 was revealed on January 2024, incorporating locations from fifteen fresh titles like “Natsume’s Book of Friends“, “Girls Band Cry“, “Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night“, “Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!“, and even the recently premiered film “The Colours Within“. The Association has been sharing this list annually since 2018, and it can be accessed on their official website.
On February 13, at 2 PM Japan Standard Time, the Anime Tourism Association plans to hold a press conference on their YouTube channel about their Anime Pilgrimage Sites 88 program.
What’s the Anime Tourism Association?
Facilitating Contents Tourism
Established in September 2016, the Anime Tourism Association is a collaboration between Kadokawa and significant figures from Japan’s anime and travel sectors. Their objective is to boost tourism stimulated by the cultural exports of anime and manga. The Association, located in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is currently led by Shoji Kawamori, a renowned mecha anime designer who took over from Yoshiyuki Tomino as president in October 2024. The Association’s goal is to foster what is known as “content tourism,” which encompasses travel to locations depicted in various art forms, including literature, anime, and manga.
Every year, I’m thrilled to be part of the journey through the “88 Anime Holy Sites of Japan,” a guidebook series launched in 2018. The number 88 holds a deep significance, as it represents the 88 temples visited by the revered Buddhist monk Kūkai during his Shikoku Pilgrimage. This guidebook is not just any travel guide; it’s a treasure map for anime enthusiasts worldwide!
The selection process behind these holy sites is a collaborative effort between Japanese and international anime fans, who vote on their favorite locations. A board of directors then reviews the results to ensure the chosen spots truly embody the spirit of anime. It’s a fantastic way for us, as fans, to celebrate our shared passion for this vibrant art form while exploring the rich culture of Japan!
The 2025 Anime Holy Sites
Classic Titles and Recent Hits Share the Spotlight
2025’s List of 88 Anime Sacred Sites offers an assortment of locations from both timeless series and newer ones, featuring gems like “Jellyfish Can’t Swim at Night” (2024), “My Deer Friend Nokotan” (2024), “SHOSHIMIN: The Path to Ordinary” (2024), “A Certain Scientific Railgun” (2009), “Digimon Adventure” (1999), “Hanasaku Iroha” (2011), and “Hyouka” (2012). For a comprehensive view, please refer to the table below. Titles marked with asterisks are fresh additions.
| Anime Title | Local Government | |
|---|---|---|
| Love Live! Sunshine!! | Hokkaido | Hakodate City |
| Hakuouki Shinkai | ||
| Kantai Collection – KanColle – | Aomori Prefecture | Mutsu City |
| Backflip!! | Miyagi Prefecture | Iwanuma City |
| Sanpei the Fisherman | Akita Prefecture | Yokote City |
| My Oni Girl* | Yamagata Prefecture | Yonezawa City |
| Hakuouki Shinkai | Fukushima Prefecture | Aizuwakamatsu City |
| Ultraman Series (Birthplace of Eiji Tsuburaya) | Sukagawa City | |
| Girls & Panzer Final Chapter | Ibaraki Prefecture | Oarai Town |
| 5 Centimeters per Second | Tochigi Prefecture | Tochigi City |
| Narenare: Cheer For You!* | Gunma Prefecture | Takasaki City |
| Numata City | ||
| A Place Further Than the Universe | Tatebayashi City | |
| My Dress-Up Darling | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama City (Iwatsuki) |
| Tsuki ga Kirei | Kawagoe City | |
| Kamisama Kiss | ||
| AnoHana | Chichibu City | |
| The Anthem of the Heart | ||
| Her Blue Sky* | ||
| Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Tokorozawa City | |
| Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit | Hanno City | |
| Goodbye My Cramer | Warabi City | |
| How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | Wako City | |
| Lucky Star | Kuki City | |
| The Anthem of the Heart | Yokoze Town | |
| Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Nagatoro Town | |
| My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Chiba Prefecture | Chiba City |
| Blue Orchestra* | ||
| Amagami SS | Choshi City | |
| Trapezium* | Tateyama City | |
| BanG Dream! | Tokyo | Arakawa Line |
| Touch.* | (Takadanobaba) | |
| Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale | Tokyo | |
| STEINS;GATE | Chiyoda Ward | |
| Love Live! | ||
| Edomae Elf | Chuo Ward | |
| Digimon Adventure (1999) | Minato Ward (Odaiba) | |
| Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | Minato Ward | |
| Lycoris Recoil | Sumida Ward | |
| THE iDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! | Koto Ward (Toyosu) | |
| Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | Koto Ward | |
| Bocchi the Rock! | Setagaya Ward | |
| 5 Centimeters per Second | ||
| Ultraman Series (Ultraman Shopping Street) | ||
| Love Live! Superstar!! | Shibuya Ward | |
| Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night* | ||
| My Dress-Up Darling | Toshima Ward | |
| BanG Dream! | ||
| How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | ||
| Durarara!! | ||
| Digimon Adventure (1999) | Nerima Ward (Hikarigaoka) | |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun | Tachikawa City | |
| A Certain Magical Index | ||
| “SHIROBAKO” the Movie | Musashino City | |
| Laid-Back Camp | Akishima City | |
| Gegege no Kitaro | Chofu City | |
| Dropout Idol Fruit Tart | Koganei City | |
| My Deer Friend Nokotan* | Hino City | |
| Hakuouki Shinkai | ||
| Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Higashimurayama City | |
| GAMERA -Rebirth- | Fussa City | |
| Love Live! Superstar!! | Kozushima Village | |
| Bungo Stray Dogs | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama City |
| Girls Band Cry* | Kawasaki City | |
| Slow Loop | Yokosuka City | |
| High School Fleet | ||
| Kantai Collection – KanColle – | ||
| Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | Fujisawa City | |
| Evangelion | Hakone Town | |
| Yowamushi Pedal | ||
| Do It Yourself!! | Niigata Prefecture | Sanjo City |
| Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki | Toyama Prefecture | Kamiichi Town |
| Hanasaku Iroha | Ishikawa Prefecture | Kanazawa City (Yuwaku Onsen) |
| A Few Moments of Cheer* | Kanazawa City | |
| Hakui City | ||
| Laid-back Camp | Yamanashi Prefecture | Yamanashi City |
| Minobu Town | ||
| Super Cub | Hokuto City | |
| Summer Wars | Nagano Prefecture | Ueda City |
| SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary* | Gifu Prefecture | Gifu City |
| Hyouka | Takayama City | |
| Let’s Make a Mug Too | Tajimi City | |
| Higurashi When They Cry: Graduation | Shirakawa Village | |
| Monster cat Anzu-chan* | Shizuoka Prefecture | Izu |
| Laid-back Camp | Hamamatsu City | |
| Evangelion | ||
| Love Live! Sunshine!! | Numazu City | |
| Laid-back Camp | Kawane Town | |
| Shikizakura | Aichi prefecture | Nagoya City |
| Laid-back Camp | ||
| Shikizakura | Toyota City | |
| MakeIne: Too Many Losing Heroines* | Toyohashi City | |
| Nagi no Asukara | Mie Prefecture | Kumano City |
| Hakuouki Shinkai | Kyoto Prefecture | Kyoto City |
| Kantai Collection – KanColle – | Maizuru City | |
| Ikkyu-san (Shuonan Ikkyu-ji Temple) | Kyotanabe City | |
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Hyogo Prefecture | Nishinomiya City |
| Hinabita♪ | Tottori Prefecture | Kurayoshi City |
| Gegege no Kitaro | Sakaiminato City | |
| If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die | Okayama Prefecture | Okayama City |
| Kantai Collection – KanColle – | Hiroshima Prefecture | Kure City |
| Tamayura | Takehara City | |
| Shrine Maiden of the Morning Mist | Miyoshi City | |
| Evangelion | Yamaguchi Prefecture | Ube City |
| Yuuki Yuna is a Hero | Kagawa Prefecture | Kanonji City |
| Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 | Tonosho Town | |
| Ganbatte Ikimasshoi* | Ehime Prefecture | Matsuyama City |
| Dragon and the Freckled Princess | Kochi Prefecture | Ochi Town |
| Bull Buster | Fukuoka Prefecture | Kitakyushu City |
| Your Color* | Nagasaki Prefecture | Nagasaki City |
| Iroduku: The World in Colors | ||
| Your Color* | Sasebo City | |
| Kantai Collection – KanColle – | ||
| GAMERA -Rebirth- | Tsushima City | |
| Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion | ||
| Your Color* | Goto City | |
| Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm | ||
| Your Color* | Shinkamigoto Town | |
| Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm | ||
| Natsume’s Book of Friends* | Kumamoto Prefecture | Hitoyoshi, Kuma area, etc. |
| After School Fishing Diary | Ashikita Town | |
| 5 Centimeters per Second | Kagoshima Prefecture | Tanegashima |
| White Sand Aquatope | Okinawa Prefecture | Nanjo City |
| Ultraman Series (Tetsuo Kinjo Museum) | Haebaru Town | |
The official 88 Holy Sites lists of previous years can be found on the official website.
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