https://seichi.jp.net/ Field guides to the real places behind anime: where they are, how to get there, and how to visit without wrecking them for the people who live there. en https://seichi.jp.net/story/this-week-in-seichi-2026-10-13.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/this-week-in-seichi-2026-10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe anime pilgrimage dates worth knowing for October and November 2026, in order. https://seichi.jp.net/story/kamakurakokomae-crossing-guards-2026.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/kamakurakokomae-crossing-guards-2026.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGuides on duty, an official photo area in the park next door, crowdfunding and AI cameras. Inside the city's plan for the crossing everyone wants a photo of. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/shichirigahama.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/shichirigahama.htmlSun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe series lives along the Enoden, from Fujisawa Station to the sea at Shichirigahama. With a new film opening October 16, here's how to do it right. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/kamakurakokomae.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/kamakurakokomae.htmlSat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTKamakura spent 2025 turning the crossing from the TV opening into a managed photo spot. Shoot from the park, stay off the road, and the guides will love you. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/nishinomiya.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/nishinomiya.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTNishinomiya is the SOS Brigade's hometown. The meeting-spot clock tower is public, and on November 21 the school is finally letting fans in. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/shimokitazawa.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/shimokitazawa.htmlThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSTARRY's real-life model is a working basement venue, and the anime's official account has asked fans more than once to visit like music fans, not a crowd. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/uji.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/uji.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTKitauji's hometown is author Ayano Takeda's own, an easy hop from Kyoto. Keihan's autumn stamp rally is running right now. https://seichi.jp.net/story/what-is-seichi-junrei.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/what-is-seichi-junrei.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTFans have been tracking down the real places behind anime for years. Here's what the hobby is, how towns got involved, and the one idea that makes it work. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/hakkoda.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/hakkoda.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe poll-driven travel anime's Aomori episode climbs a ten-minute ropeway into one of the snowiest places on Earth. Check the wind first. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/motosu.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/motosu.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRin's off-season solo camp at Lake Motosu is anime's most copied camping trip. Here's how to do it, or just see the view, without walking through anyone's tent. https://seichi.jp.net/story/one-day-on-the-enoden.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/one-day-on-the-enoden.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA relaxed coastal day from Fujisawa to Kamakura with two anime stops, one island, and no standing in traffic. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/hitoyoshi.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/hitoyoshi.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSix years after the 2020 floods, the Kumagawa Railway runs end to end again through the Hitoyoshi-Kuma countryside that Kumamoto promotes as Natsume's model. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/suga-shrine.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/suga-shrine.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSuga Shrine's stone staircase in Yotsuya is the film's most famous real place. Here's how to get the shot without becoming the reason the neighbors sigh. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/toyosato.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/toyosato.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe old Toyosato Elementary School is open to visitors most days, with a cafe in the old library. Just don't touch the piano. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/kanda-myojin.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/kanda-myojin.htmlWed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTNozomi's part-time job and the stairs μ's train on are a short walk from Akihabara. Bring coins, not a speaker. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/kure.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/kure.htmlTue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTSuzu's adopted hometown is a working naval port with bridges, storehouses and a hilltop house you can visit. Some of its lanes are simply people's homes. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/numazu.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/numazu.htmlMon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTLove Live! Sunshine!! turned a seaside city into one of anime tourism's most loyal hosts. The concerts have wound down; the welcome hasn't. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/shodoshima.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/shodoshima.htmlSun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTShodoshima is creator Soichiro Yamamoto's home island, and Tonosho turned a corner of its ferry terminal into Takagi-san HQ. https://seichi.jp.net/story/lucky-star-washinomiya-history.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/lucky-star-washinomiya-history.htmlSat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTIn 2007 a quiet shrine appeared in an anime opening. A year later its New Year crowd had more than tripled, the town had six new fictional residents, and fans were about to carry their own mikoshi. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/washinomiya.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/washinomiya.htmlSat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTLucky Star turned a quiet Saitama shrine into the template for modern anime tourism. Nineteen years on, fans still carry a Lucky Star mikoshi every July. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/demachi.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/demachi.htmlFri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTDemachi Masugata is a working neighborhood market, and Tamako Love Story's riverside scenes are a short walk away at the Kamo River delta. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/yuwaku.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/yuwaku.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA hot-spring village outside Kanazawa took a lantern festival from an anime and has held it most years since 2011. Some of the show's inns are gone. The lanterns aren't. https://seichi.jp.net/story/your-name-both-halves.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/story/your-name-both-halves.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTSee the film's Tokyo and countryside locations in one trip, with a sunset lookalike stop at Lake Suwa if your route allows. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/hida-furukawa.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/hida-furukawa.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe station, the library and a shrine from the film are all close together in a quiet Gifu town. Ask before you shoot indoors. https://seichi.jp.net/spot/omi-jingu.htmlhttps://seichi.jp.net/spot/omi-jingu.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe shrine of Emperor Tenji hosts karuta's title matches every January and the high-school championship every July. Go then to see the real thing.