Anime Pilgrimage · Kyushu

Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater Anime Pilgrimage Guide

🏅 Selected for the 2026 edition of “Japanese Anime Tourism 88-Spots” (Anime Tourism Association)📍 1 place
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The story of a high school girl who moves to a countryside town, joins the Breakwater Club, and discovers the joy of fishing. Ashikita, Kumamoto, the model for the town where the main character lives, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

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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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    Sashiki Station (Ashikita Area)

    📍 Ashikita Town, Kumamoto

    A station in the center of Ashikita, which the Anime Tourism Association introduces as the model for the town where the main character lives. The town also features its white-sailed utase boats as a local specialty.

    ⚠️ On breakwaters and at fishing ports, do not get in the way of anglers or fishery workers, and never enter restricted areas.

Etiquette

Pilgrimage etiquette

  • ✓If you go fishing, follow local and fishing port rules, and never enter breakwaters that are off-limits.
  • ✓At fishing ports, do not block walkways or get in the way of fishing boats and work.
  • ✓Avoid entering or photographing residential areas and the surroundings of schools.
  • ✓Always take your trash and fishing line home.
Tips

Tips

  • •Starting from Sashiki Station on the Hisatsu Orange Railway makes it easy to explore the town center.
  • •The white-sailed utase fishing boats on the Shiranui Sea are a local specialty, so check for information with the tourism association.
Anime Pilgrimage

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5 Centimeters per Second

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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.

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🎬 1 place

IRODUKU: The World in Colors

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🎬 4 places

The Colors Within

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🎬 4 places

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion

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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.

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: 2026-10-14