Oarai Town, the Setting of "Girls & Panzer"

Oarai Town is a delightful coastal town blessed with a maritime climate.

When visiting Oarai, the town of Girls und Panzer, we highly recommend staying at 【Capsule Hotel Ooarai no Nedoko】.

The "Oarai Seafood Market" is a gourmet spot in Oarai where you can easily savor fresh and delicious seafood. In addition to seafood bowls and set meals, some shops offer fishermen-style beachside grilling right on the spot.

Oarai Iso-Mae Shrine, located in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Omoikane-no-Mikoto and Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto as its enshrined deities.

The company Almav Bianca, which operates "AMNIBUS," a store specializing in original merchandise from manga and anime, will have a booth as "AMNIBUS" at the "2023 Oarai Anglerfish Festival Garupan Mini Mini Hobby Show."

The Yoyogi East Exit Shopping Street will be hosting the second Autumn Festival event, "Yoyogi Broadway Festival 2023 Autumn Festival," from October 20th (Friday) to October 22nd (Sunday), 2023. Following the theme of "FOOD×ART×SMILE," we have prepared various events with the cooperation of many contributors.

Special wrapping train designed with characters like Eren and Levi, "Seaborne Attack Train," will be in operation for a limited time starting from August 8th, running through the waters of Kyoto.

Yawata Kamado Shrine is located in the Uchikamado district of Beppu City. It's approximately a 5-minute drive from JR Nippo Main Line's Kamegawa Station. The term "Kamado" in the shrine's name holds significance. The protagonist of "Demon Slayer" is named "Tanjiro Kamado." With the shared term in their names and numerous other points in common with the world of "Demon Slayer," fans have started to visit the shrine as a sacred site.

Hita City, the hometown of Hajime Isayama, the author of the manga "Attack on Titan," initiated a crowdfunding campaign as part of the series' 10th-anniversary project. The campaign successfully raised funds to install statues depicting the childhood versions of Eren, Mikasa, and Armin in the park facilities of Ooyama Dam.

As part of the "ONE PIECE Kumamoto Revival Project," a life-size statue of Luffy was installed in November 2018 at the Kumamoto Prefectural Office Promenade.

Kumamoto, a vibrant city in Kyushu, is one of the most energetic places in the region. It's a town imbued with the scents of nature and history, boasting numerous historical sites such as Kumamoto Castle. It's also a region known for its thriving agriculture, offering a variety of fresh produce nurtured by abundant water resources and a temperate climate. Allow me to share the charms of Kumamoto with you.

Hakone offers a diverse range of tourist spots, including art museums, historical sites, temples, and shrines.

Opened on April 20, 2017, Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu is a hot spring ryokan where every room comes with a private open-air hot spring bath, offering a truly soothing experience for all five senses in the beauty of Hakone.

At the Hakone Glass no Mori Museum, you can admire exquisite Venetian glass masterpieces that once captivated European royalty during the Renaissance.

At the Pola Museum of Art, you can enjoy a wide collection ranging from Western paintings by Monet and Renoir to Japanese paintings, contemporary art, glass crafts, and even cosmetic tools.

Hakone Shrine, founded in the first year of the Tenpyo Hoji era (757) during the early Nara period, was established by Monk Manmaru while he was training on Mount Hakone, following a divine message from the Hakone Daimyojin (deity).

Hakone's symbol, Lake Ashi (Ashinoko), is a dammed lake formed approximately 3,000 years ago by the steam explosion of Mount Kamiyama, which blocked a river.

As a place that conveys the volcanic activity of Hakone to this day, Owakudani is an indispensable destination on the tourist route.

Hakone served as the setting for the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" as the "Tokyo-3" city.

Toei Uzumasa Eigamura (location: Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City), Keifuku Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (location: Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City), and Central Japan Railway Company (location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) are producing the TV anime “Touken Ranbu Kai-”. A collaboration event with “Kouden Burning Honnoji Temple”, “Touken Ranbu Kai” Festival ~Kyo no Kiseki~” will be held from Saturday, July 13th to Sunday, September 1st, 2024.