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Go to Japan with ANN and PacSet Travel! [2025-04-03]




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WizardOfOss



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:47 am Reply with quote
Apart from the studio visit mostly rather obvious places.....may I suggest a few more off the beaten path places for a future trip?

Last year been to Tottori prefecture, one of the few prefectures I hadn't been, and for the longest time didn't really have a clue what to do there, besides the famous sand dunes obviously. But ended up spending over a week there, with lots of great places, including some of the most fun manga/anime related places in all of Japan:
  • For starters, Kurayoshi has a great Figure Museum, in a unique round school building, and including some Hinabita theming.
  • And then there's nearby Hokuei, hometown of Aoyama Gosho, creator of Detective Conan. Not only do they have a great museum about him, but they also themed the entire town with everything Detective Conan. Even the train station, officially Yura Station, is more commonly known as Conan Station! And if you're lucky, you might even get to ride a Conan themed train!
  • And finally there's Sakaiminato, which is all about Mizuki Shigeru and his creation GeGeGe no Kitaro. Again a wonderful (and recently renovated) museum, but all over town are hundreds of bronze statues of yokai, and many other references to the series. To get there, you'll take a Kitaro-themed train from Yonago, and to get back to Tokyo, you can take a flight from Yonago Kitaro Airport....yes, they even named the airport after a manga character!

I was barely familiar with any of these series, but had an amazing time nonetheless!

And obviously there are so many more manga/anime related places all over Japan, though most more isolated or not quite at the same level.

One I actually am a bit surprised isn't even mentioned but could be a great option for the free moments in Tokyo: Small Worlds Tokyo at Odaiba. Not that far from the big Gundam, this place has a bunch of massive diaramas, including some of Neon Genesis Evengelion and Sailor Moon. Highly recommended!
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:36 pm Reply with quote
I've been on several PacSet tours and they've been great every time =D
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