Anime Pilgrimage · Chugoku & Shikoku

Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 Anime Pilgrimage Guide

🏅 Selected for the 2026 edition of “Japanese Anime Tourism 88-Spots” (Anime Tourism Association)📍 2 places
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A romantic comedy about the everyday life of a girl who loves to tease and the boy at the next desk who keeps trying to get back at her. Tonosho on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa, the setting of the anime, 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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    Saikoji Temple

    📍 Tonosho, Kagawa

    One of the temples on the Shodoshima pilgrimage circuit, featured by the 88 Anime Spots as a place where you can feel both the world of the anime and the charm of Tonosho.

    ⚠️ Stay quiet on the temple grounds so you don't get in the way of people who have come to pray.

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    Dobuchi Strait

    📍 Tonosho, Kagawa

    A strait depicted in the anime and certified by Guinness World Records as the narrowest strait in the world.

    ⚠️ It runs alongside a road with traffic, so watch out for cars while you look around.

Etiquette

Pilgrimage etiquette

  • ✓Walk quietly through the island's residential areas and stay off private property and school grounds.
  • ✓Be considerate of worshippers at shrines and temples.
Tips

Tips

  • •Shodoshima is reached by ferry, and rental bicycles or a car make it easy to get around the island.
Plan your trip

Plan your trip

Where to Stay · Agoda

Places to Stay near Saikoji TemplePR

Prices and availability are shown on Agoda.

Anime Pilgrimage

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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.

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GeGeGe no Kitaro

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Evangelion series

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Hinabita♪

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🎬 1 place

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama

A TV anime based on Auri Hirao's manga, depicting the daily life of a fan who wholeheartedly supports a member of a minor underground idol group based in Okayama. Okayama City in Okayama Prefecture, where the story is set, 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