Anime Pilgrimage · Kyushu

BULLBUSTER Anime Pilgrimage Guide

🏅 Selected for the 2026 edition of “Japanese Anime Tourism 88-Spots” (Anime Tourism Association)📍 2 places
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A robot anime about a young engineer seconded to a pest control company who battles giant beasts with his own robot while struggling with costs. Kitakyushu, Fukuoka is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and places around the city, starting with Ainoshima Island, served as models for the setting.

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Places

Places to visit

Places introduced by local governments, tourism associations or the work’s official channels.

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    Kitakyushu Manga Museum

    📍 Asano, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

    A manga museum in the Aruaru City building in front of Kokura Station that holds the official 88 Anime Spots plaque and goshuin (commemorative stamp) for the anime.

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    Ainoshima Island

    📍 Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

    An island in the Hibiki Sea, introduced in Kitakyushu City's newsletter as one of the models for the anime's setting.

    ⚠️ This is a small island where residents live. Stay out of the fishing port's working areas and private property, and take your trash home.

Etiquette

Pilgrimage etiquette

  • ✓Ainoshima is where residents live their daily lives. Do not get in the way of work at the port, and do not enter private property.
  • ✓Around factories and port facilities, do not enter restricted areas.
Tips

Tips

  • •Ainoshima is reached by the city ferry from Kokura port. Departures are limited, so check the timetable in advance.
  • •The manga museum is in a building directly connected to Kokura Station, so you can drop in as soon as you arrive.
Where to Stay · Agoda

Places to Stay near Kitakyushu Manga MuseumPR

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Anime Pilgrimage

More anime spots in Kyushu

🎬 7 places

KanColle: Kantai Collection

Tohoku・Tokyo & Around・Kansai・Chugoku & Shikoku・Kyushu ・ Mutsu, Aomori・Wakamatsucho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Keikyu Yokosuka-chuo Station)・Yokosuka, Kanagawa

A browser game in which you collect "Kanmusu" (ship girls), characters inspired by naval vessels, and organize them into fleets; it has also been adapted into anime. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes the port cities of Mutsu (Ominato) in Aomori, Yokosuka in Kanagawa, Maizuru in Kyoto, Kure in Hiroshima and Sasebo in Nagasaki.

🎬 6 places

5 Centimeters per Second

Tokyo & Around・Kyushu ・ Tochigi City, Tochigi・Iwafune, Tochigi City, Tochigi・Gotokuji, Setagaya, Tokyo

Makoto Shinkai's anime film told in three short stories about the time and distance that separate a boy and a girl. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes three places where the story is set: Tochigi City in Tochigi Prefecture, Setagaya in Tokyo, and Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

🎬 1 place

IRODUKU: The World in Colors

Kyushu ・ Nagasaki City, Nagasaki

The story of a high school girl who cannot see colors, is sent by magic into Nagasaki's past, and changes alongside the friends she meets there. Nagasaki City in Nagasaki, where the story is set, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

🎬 4 places

The Colors Within

Kyushu ・ Minamiyamatemachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki・Sasebo, Nagasaki・Goto, Nagasaki (Hisakajima Island)

An original animated film directed by Naoko Yamada about Totsuko, a high school girl who sees people as colors, who forms a band with her classmate Kimi and a boy named Rui. Nagasaki, Sasebo, Goto and Shinkamigoto in Nagasaki Prefecture, which served as models for the film, are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

🎬 4 places

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion

Kyushu ・ Mitsushimamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki・Komoda, Izuharamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki・Izuharamachi, Tsushima, Nagasaki

A historical action series set on Tsushima in the Kamakura period, depicting a samurai exiled to the island and the people who live there. Tsushima in Nagasaki, the setting of the story, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

🎬 2 places

Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue

Kyushu ・ Shinkamigoto, Nagasaki・Goto, Nagasaki

In a world where people can fly using anti-gravity shoes called "Grav-Shoes," a transfer student throws herself into the aerial sport of Flying Circus in this coming-of-age story. Goto City and Shinkamigoto Town in Nagasaki are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

Places are based on information from local governments, tourism associations, official sources of each work and the Anime Tourism Association. Limited-time collaborations, prices and opening hours are not listed — please check each official site before you go.

Sources

Checked: 2026-10-13