Visit around animation spots

Animation Spots
88 Animation Spots in Japan Recommended for Visits (2022 Version)

The Anime Tourism Association has selected 88 Animation Spots in Japan Recommended for Visits since 2018 to highlight information about Japanese animations both in- and outside Japan. We also promote the installation of the Certification Plaque for 88 Animation Spots, and stamps with scarlet seals at selected animation spots.
Here we introduce 10 animation spots inside Tokyo that are fun to stroll around.

Animation Spots inside Tokyo

No.88 Spot - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office

Animation Spot: [No.88] Tokyo Metropolitan Government　<Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1 Tokyo Tourism Information Center>

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1 Tokyo Tourism Information Center
Address: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1 1F, 2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

Spots Appearing in Animations

The 88 Animation Spots are selected each year. Based on the votes by animation fans at home and abroad, they are selected by comprehensive judgment through discussions with copyright holders and local governments.
There are some animation spots scattered around Tokyo too; however, here we introduce animations and facilities where you can get scarlet seals.

Animation Spot: STEINS;GATE　<Chiyoda City: EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex>

The STEINS;GATE setting in Akihabara in 2010 has links with the actual townscape in many spots. Visit and stroll around AKIBA to find these spots.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: In front of ECOCCO STUDIO on EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex B1F
Address: 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Animation Spot: Love Live!　<Chiyoda City: EDOCCO Edo Culture Complex>

Kanda Festival is counted as one of the three major festivals of Edo and Japan. On the 400th anniversary held in 2015, a collaboration with Love Live!, which is deeply associated with Kanda Shrine, was held.
Why don’t you walk up the slope near Kanda Shrine, which appears in the animation, to get a scarlet seal.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: In front of EDOCCO STUDIO, EOCCO Edo Culture Complex B1F
Address: 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Animation Spot: Accel World　<Suginami City: Suginami Animation Museum>

Koenji, Suginami City is the setting of this animation. The area is home to Suginami Animation Museum, the only museum in Japan that focuses solely on animations.
Come and tour Suginami City by Chuo Line trains while enjoying the animation spots.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Suginami Animation Museum
Address: Suginami Ward Welfare Hall 3F, 3-29-5 Kamiogi, Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Animation Spot: Saekano (How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend) Series　<Toshima City: Zoshigaya Tourist Information Center>

Nozoki-zaka, one of the steepest slopes in Tokyo, is used in an impressive scene in this animation. The slope is located between Gakushuin-shita Station and Kishibojin-mae Station on the Toden Arakawa Line.
It’s a great spot for strolling around while enjoying visits to shrines and temples.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Zoshigaya Tourist Information Center
Address: 3-19-5 Zohigaya, Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan

Animation Spot: Durarara!!　<Toshima City: Toshima City Tourism Association Tourist Information Center>

We recommend a visit to the actual spots in Ikebukuro that appear in this animation as well as Ikebukuro Sunshine Street, which is the animation spot, Naka-Ikebukuro Park, and Sunshine City, which is a commercial complex in Higashi-Ikebukuro located a little way further.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Toshima City Tourist Information
Address: Notoya Build. 3F, 1-19-7 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan

Animation Spot: GeGeGe no Kitaro　<Chofu City: Kitaro Chaya>

There are many sites and goods deeply associated with GeGeGe no Kitaro in Chofu City.
Enjoy strolling around the city to find Kitaro Chaya, where a scarlet seal is located, Tenjin-dori Street shopping area and Kitaro Square, where character monuments stand, and manholes covers featuring characters from GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Kitaro Chaya
Address: 5-12-8 Jindaiji-Motomachi, Chofu City, Tokyo, Japan

Facilities in Tokyo Related to Animations and Characters where a Scarlet Seal is Available

Tokyo Anime Center in DNP PLAZA SHIBUYA

Tokyo Anime Center is an important spot for cartoons, games, and sub-cultures. Walk across the world-famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing to get your scarlet seal.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Tokyo Anime Center in DNP PLAZA SHIBUYA
Address: Shibuya MODI 2F, 1-21-3 Jinnan, Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan

Toshima City Tokiwaso Manga Museum

Tokiwaso Manga Museum is a reproduction of the Tokiwaso, where great Japanese cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka and Fujio Akatsuka lived (Shiina-machi, Toshima City; present-day Minami-Nagasaki). It is filled with interesting things such as a full-size replica of an apartment from the Tokiwaso building, and different styles of cartoons.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Toshima City Tokiwaso Museum
Address: In Minami-Nagasaki Pak, 3-9-22 Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan

Sanrio Puroland

Tama City with its beautiful townscapes, greenery and hills is home to a theme park where you can see world-popular Sanrio characters. There are shows and a food court where you can enjoy cute menu items. There are many ways to enjoy this popular theme park, and even people who aren’t Sanrio fans love to visit.

Location of the Scarlet Seal: Entertainment Hall on the 1F of Sanrio Puroland
Address: 1-31 Ochiai, Tama City, Tokyo, Japan

*We introduce some of the animation spots in Tokyo here.
Anime Tourism Association