Anime locations in Japan by city: what official pages cover

Official anime location pages exist for three things: Takayama’s Hyouka map, five spots on the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) list and Tokyo’s 88 Animation Spots. No Kyoto or Nagoya anime location page was found. Osaka has Japanese pop-culture pages but no location map, and the Slam Dunk crossing in Kamakura is documented only by news reports.

This page sits in the Anime and manga hub and tells you which source to use in each city. Manners at shrines, stations and crossings are in Anime pilgrimage etiquette, and the wider trip is in the complete guide.

Which cities have an official anime location page?

Takayama and Tokyo do. Kyoto and Nagoya do not, in what was found, and Osaka has pop-culture pages without a location map.

What does Takayama say about Hyouka locations?

Takayama’s page gives a location list, a free map and two rules. Hyouka was a TV anime that ran from April to September 2012, and its fictional city, Kamiyama, is based on Takayama, according to the Hida tourism page.

The page lists nine places:

• Hida Senior High
• Kajibashi
• Miyagawa Morning Market
• Hie Shrine
• Yayoihashi
• Hirayu Onsen
• Takayama City Library
• Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine, whose festival is on 3 April
• The Garyu cherry trees, more than 1,100 years old

A free Japanese map called Butai Homon is handed out at four places: the tourist office at Takayama station, the tourism bureau at 1-2 Honmachi, the city hall tourism division and Marutto Plaza. PDF versions are online.

Two rules apply. Do not enter school grounds. Photographing students is prohibited.

The same page says Takayama was chosen as one of the Anime Tourism Association’s 88 sites in 2018.

Hida-Furukawa, the Your Name town, is covered on the etiquette page from secondary guides, because no official anime page for it was read.

Which spots does the national tourism organisation list?

JNTO’s anime locations feature lists five real places, and none is in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka or Nagoya.

The feature names the places. Hours and rules sit on each place’s own pages, so read them before you go. Oyama Dam, at Hita, is also on the etiquette page, with a bus route from secondary guides.

What does GO TOKYO offer?

GO TOKYO, Tokyo’s official tourism site, has an Anime and Manga hub with three kinds of page:

• 88 Animation Spots. Ten Tokyo spots, including Akihabara, Koenji, Nozoki-zaka, Chofu and Shibuya, with stamp locations. This is the 2022 version, and parts of it are dated.
• A museum guide. A fiscal 2025 guide to five English-friendly anime and manga museums, including Anime Tokyo Station, Tokyo Anime Center, the Suginami Animation Museum and the Tokiwaso Manga Museum.
• Yamanote Line sights. A page on anime sights along the Yamanote Line.

The 88 list comes from the Anime Tourism Association, a fan-voted project. GO TOKYO says spots have been selected since 2018. No guided anime walking tour was found.

Opening hours and tickets for the museums are in Anime venues in Tokyo. The shopping areas are in Anime districts in Tokyo.

What about Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya?

Kyoto and Nagoya have no official anime location page that was found. Osaka has Japanese pop-culture pages but no location map.

• Kyoto. Kyoto City’s tourism site shows general walking maps and no anime theme. For manga, the Kyoto International Manga Museum is closed on Wednesdays; see Manga museums in Japan.
• Osaka. OSAKA-INFO has Japanese pages on Nipponbashi Otaro Road, which it describes as the largest anime and pop-culture hub in West Japan. It also runs a digital stamp rally for the TV anime Nihon Sangoku around Tennoji and Abeno, from 28 April to 31 December 2026. The English versions were not read.
• Nagoya. Nagoya’s tourism site has general maps and a venue listing for Terepia Hall, with no anime pilgrimage map.

What do news reports say about the Slam Dunk crossing in Kamakura?

News reports (secondary), the latest from September 2025, describe crowds standing in the road at the crossing by Kamakurakokomae station on the Enoden line, a city camera with signs in four languages, a guard posted daily from 10:00 to 18:00, police patrols and officials guiding visitors. No Kamakura city or tourism page covers the crossing.

No fine is reported. The current status is unconfirmed, so check the Kamakura city website before you go. The full list of measures is in Anime pilgrimage etiquette.

How do you find spots without an official page?

Start with the Anime Tourism Association 88 list, then read the town’s own tourism page for each spot. One secondary guide suggests saving the pins in your own map and grouping them by neighbourhood, so you visit each street once. Community-made maps exist but are not official, so confirm access and rules on the town’s page.

Before you go Collect the Hyouka map at Takayama station before you walk the town. Stay out of school grounds and do not photograph students.

What rules apply at anime locations?

The only official visitor rules found are Takayama’s two. For Kamakura the measures come from news reports, and for Hida-Furukawa, Suga Shrine, Washinomiya and Hita they come from secondary guides. At places that publish no rules, assume someone lives there: keep your voice down, stay on public ground and ask before photographing a person.

Where next?

• Anime pilgrimage etiquette: Kamakura, Hida-Furukawa, Suga, Washinomiya and Hita.
• Anime districts in Tokyo: Akihabara, Ikebukuro and Nakano Broadway.
• Anime venues in Tokyo: Nintendo, Pokemon Center, Puroland and the museums.
• The complete guide and the Anime and manga hub.