Love Live! Nijigasaki & Superstar!!, BELLE, Super Cub Newly Join Japan's 88-Site Anime Pilgrimage 2022 Edition

The Anime Tourism Association announced the selection of the anime spots for the Japan Anime Tourism 88-Stop Pilgrimage's 2022 edition at a presentation held at Belle Salle Kudan in Tokyo on December 15.

The organization was established in September 2016 to select and formalize the "Anime Pilgrimage Sites," the real locations in Japan featured in Japanese anime, based on the online poll by Japanese and foreign anime fans. Last year, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition was listed as the 2021 edition as it was, but this year, from the end of June to November 30, web voting and real voting with ballot boxes set up in selected anime pilgrimage sites were conducted. Then, the 2022 edition was selected after discussions with the rights holders and local governments based on the results of these votes.

A total of 142 sites were selected this time, including 116 sites appearing in 88 anime works and 26 facilities where anime-related events were held. 21 sites were newly added in the 2022 edition.

Newly added sites/facilities added in the 2022 edition:

• Chichibu City, Saitama (Her Blue Sky)
• Warabi City, Saitama (Farewell, My Dear Cramer)
• Choushi City, Chiba (Amagami SS series)
• Tateyama City, Chiba (Warlords of Sigrdrifa)
• Mitato Ward (Odaiba), Tokyo (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club)
• Koto Ward, Tokyo (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club)
• Shibuya Ward, Tokyo (Love Live! Superstar!!)
• Koganei City, Tokyo (Dropout Idol Fruit Tart)
• Kouzushima-mura, Tokyo (Love Live! Superstar!!)
• Hokuto City, Yamanashi (Super Cub)
• Tajimi City, Gifu (Let's Make a Mug Too)
• Sirakawa-mura, Gifu (When They Cry)
• Kurayoshi City, Tottori (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!)
• Miasa City, Tottori (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!)
• Ochi-cho, Kochi (BELLE)
• Ashikita City (Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater)
• Ishigaki City, Okinawa (Asteroid in Love)
• Nanjo City, Okinawa (The Aquatope on White Sand)
• Tokiwaso Manga Museum in Toshima Ward, Tokyo

New sites that appeared in works that were recognized before the 2021 edition:

• Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka (Evangelion series, Laid-Back Camp)
• Uji City. Yamaguchi (Evengelion series)

11/30まで実施した"アニメ聖地WEB投票"にたくさんの皆さまにご参加いただき、どうもありがとうございました！皆さまからお寄せ頂いた投票をベースに選定された2022年版「訪れてみたい日本のアニメ聖地88」を本日発表いたしました！選定結果のリストはリンク先でご覧ください！https://t.co/JqGgaUkNgs

— アニメツーリズム協会　じゅんれいちゃん (@AnimeTourism88) December 15, 2021

Source: The Anime Tourism Association press release

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