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Mie Travel Guide

Everything for your trip to Mie in one place: where to stay, anime pilgrimage, power spots, events & festivals, attractions, winter scenery. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.

Where to stay1 Anime pilgrimage2 Power spots1 Events & festivals1 Attractions2 Winter scenery1 Fireworks1 Travel passes1 Weather & what to wear

Where to stay

🛏️ Where to stay

🛏 4 neighborhoods

Where to Stay in Ise-Shima: Choosing the Right Area

Kansai

Iseshi & Ujiyamada Stations・Futamiura・Toba・Kashikojima & Shima

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Anime pilgrimage

🎬 Anime pilgrimage

🎬 2 places

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea

Kansai ・ Idocho, Kumano, Mie・Hadasucho, Kumano, Mie

An original anime about the friendships and growth of boys and girls living in a village under the sea and a town on land. Kumano in Mie, home to the Hadasu area that served as a setting for the series, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.

🎬 13 places

Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey

Tohoku・Tokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku・Kansai・Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Aomori City, Aomori・Morioka City, Iwate・Awashimaura Village, Niigata

A university student who dreams of becoming a manga artist hits a creative wall and sets off on easygoing trips around Japan, choosing each destination by social media poll. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes all 13 prefectures the story visits: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Tochigi, Tokyo, Niigata, Toyama, Mie, Wakayama, Shimane, Hiroshima and Kagawa.

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Power spots

⛩️ Power spots

⛩️ Shrine

Ise Jingu

Kansai ・ Ise, Mie

💰 Prosperity & business

A shrine centered on two main sanctuaries, the Naiku (Kotai Jingu, the Inner Shrine) and the Geku (Toyouke Daijingu, the Outer Shrine), long famous as the destination of the "Oise-mairi" pilgrimage. Mie Prefecture's official tourism site presents the Geku and Naiku, standing in vast and mystical forests, as the heart of a power spot tour.

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Events

🎎 Events & festivals

October

Kanname-sai

Kansai ・ Ise & Shima

Usually October 15–17 (Geku first, then Naiku). Hatsuhobiki is usually on October 15 and 16

2026: Oct 15 – Oct 17 (Geku: night of Oct 15 – Oct 16; Naiku: night of Oct 16 – Oct 17)

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Attractions

🎡 Attractions

Aquarium

Toba Aquarium

Kansai ・ Ise & Shima

An aquarium facing Toba Bay that claims the largest number of species kept in Japan (about 1,200). It's the only aquarium in Japan where you can see a dugong, and its sea otters and walruses are also popular. The building is all-weather, and it's within walking distance of JR/Kintetsu Toba Station.

☂ Mostly indoors · rain-friendly

Theme park

Shima Spain Village PARQUE ESPAÑA

Kansai ・ Ise & Shima

A Spain-themed park in Ise-Shima. From thrilling roller coasters to rides for kids, parades, and flamenco shows, it offers a full day of fun. A hotel and the Himawari no Yu hot spring are also on site.

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Winter scenery