Capcom's fighting game series. Kashihara, Nara—the hometown of Capcom's founder—has placed bronze statues of the characters, design manhole covers and murals around town under a comprehensive partnership agreement with Capcom. At an expo held at the Fujiwara Palace Site, an original anime, "Fujiwara-kyo Revived: Fighters Who Ran Through Time," in which Ryu, Ken and the others travel back in time to Fujiwara-kyo 1300 years ago, was also screened.
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📍 Kashihara, Nara
A mural of Ryu about 10m tall and 7m wide at the bus waiting area of AEON MALL Kashihara, which Kashihara City describes as one of the largest in Japan. There is also a Luke photo spot.
⚠️ Take photos without blocking the waiting area's walkway so you don't get in the way of people waiting for buses.
📍 Kashihara, Nara
A mural built around the concept of Street Fighter characters visiting Kashihara's famous sights, painted by faculty and students of Nara University of Arts as a project of the Kashihara Rotary Club.
⚠️ This is a station-front plaza. Take photos without cutting across the flow of passersby.
📍 Naizen-cho, Kashihara, Nara
A bronze statue of Ryu standing in front of Kashihara Navi Plaza, Kashihara City's tourism and exchange center on the south side of Kintetsu Yamato-Yagi Station. On the south side of the station you'll also find design manhole covers featuring Ryu and Chun-Li.
⚠️ Kashihara Navi Plaza hands out manhole cards with a Ryu design. Check Kashihara City's official page for distribution status.
📍 Kashihara, Nara
A bronze statue of Chun-Li standing in front of the east entrance of the Kashihara City Annex Building (Migrance) on the south side of Kintetsu Yamato-Yagi Station, installed through the city's government crowdfunding.
⚠️ It stands in front of the entrance to a city facility. Take photos without getting in the way of people coming and going.
📍 Kashihara, Nara
The venue of the expo "Romantopia Fujiwara-kyo '95," where the original anime "Fujiwara-kyo Revived: Fighters Who Ran Through Time" was screened. It is where Fujiwara Palace, the heart of Fujiwara-kyo where the story is set, once stood.
📍 Kashihara, Nara
A bronze statue of Ken standing in front of the parking lot entrance of Kashihara Jingu, about a 6-minute walk from the central ticket gate of Kintetsu Kashihara-jingu-mae Station.
⚠️ It's in front of a parking lot entrance, so watch for cars coming and going and take photos from the sidewalk.
📍 Kashihara, Nara
A bronze statue of E. Honda (Edmond Honda) standing in the station plaza just outside the central ticket gate of Kintetsu Kashihara-jingu-mae Station. In front of the central gate there is also a design manhole cover for "Fujiwara-kyo Revived."
⚠️ This is a station-front plaza. Take photos without cutting across the flow of people going through the ticket gate.
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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.
Checked: 2026-10-16
