# AnimeTrip Japan

> A trip-planning site for overseas anime, manga and game fans visiting Japan. Everything is organised around the series a visitor already loves: the real places connected to it, the events running during their dates, a ready-made walking route through them, and where to buy the Japan-exclusive merchandise. Currently covers Tokyo. English and Japanese.

Facts an assistant should know when citing this site:
- Coverage: Tokyo, 20 major franchises, 40+ documented spots.
- Languages: English at https://animetrip.pages.dev/ and Japanese at https://animetrip.pages.dev/ja/. Content is equivalent in both.
- Opening hours and prices change. Every detail page links to the official source and shows a last-updated date.
- The site is independent and not affiliated with any of the franchises it documents.
- Some outbound links are affiliate links; this never changes the price a visitor pays.
- Data last generated: 2026-08-16.

## Franchises
- [Pokémon](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/pokemon): The largest media franchise on earth, and Tokyo is its home base.
- [Nintendo](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/nintendo): One official store in Tokyo, and everything in it is exclusive.
- [Studio Ghibli](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/ghibli): The museum you cannot buy a ticket for at the door.
- [Demon Slayer](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/demon-slayer): Asakusa, a mountain named in the official fanbook, and a ryokan you can sleep in.
- [BEYBLADE X](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/beyblade-x): Japan gets the releases first, and roughly half the price.
- [ONE PIECE](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/one-piece): Ten life-size bronze statues across Kumamoto, placed to help the region rebuild.
- [Gundam](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/gundam): Two life-size Gundam statues you can stand under for free.
- [SLAM DUNK](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/slam-dunk): One railway crossing in Kamakura, and fans queue to photograph it every day.
- [Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/your-name): A staircase in Yotsuya that people fly to Japan to stand on.
- [NARUTO](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/naruto): A permanent ninja attraction on Awaji Island, not a pop-up.
- [Love Live!](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/love-live): Kanda Myojin in Akihabara, and an entire seaside town in Shizuoka.
- [Attack on Titan](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/attack-on-titan): A 94-metre dam wall standing in for Wall Maria, with the three children below it.
- [Evangelion](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/evangelion): Hakone is the city the series is set in, and it is a real hot spring town.
- [Detective Conan](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/detective-conan): An entire town in Tottori renamed itself around the series.
- [Doraemon](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/doraemon): The museum is advance-ticket only, and it sells out.
- [Sanrio / Hello Kitty](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/sanrio): Two theme parks: one indoor near Tokyo, one outdoor in Kyushu.
- [Chiikawa](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/chiikawa): The character that took over Japanese merchandise shelves, with a permanent store under Tokyo Station.
- [Jujutsu Kaisen](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/jujutsu-kaisen): The Shibuya Incident is set in the real Shibuya, and you can walk all of it.
- [My Hero Academia](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/my-hero-academia): No real-world locations exist. Here is what to do instead.
- [Dragon Ball](https://animetrip.pages.dev/ip/dragon-ball): No real-world locations — but forty years of figures that never left Japan.

## Ready-made routes
- [Pokémon Tokyo: One Perfect Day](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/pokemon-tokyo-1-day): Three Pokémon Centers, one café and the Tokyo Station character corridor, arranged so you never backtrack.
- [Nintendo & Pokémon Shibuya Half Day](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/nintendo-pokemon-shibuya): Two official game stores on one floor, then a toy store in Ginza where you can play what you just bought.
- [Akihabara & Nakano Shopping Day](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/akihabara-anime-shopping-day): Modern Akihabara in the morning, vintage Nakano in the afternoon. New releases and twenty-year-old rarities in one day.
- [Ghibli Tokyo: Museum and Beyond](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/ghibli-tokyo-1-day): A morning museum slot in Mitaka, then east along the Chuo line through Nakano to the Ghibli shop under Tokyo Station.
- [Demon Slayer Tokyo Pilgrimage](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/demon-slayer-tokyo-pilgrimage): Walk the real Asakusa in the morning, buy official goods at Skytree at midday, and return to the lanterns after dark.
- [Comiket First-Timer: Two Days in the Bay](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/comiket-first-timer-trip): Day one is Comiket from before dawn. Day two recovers with Odaiba, the Unicorn Gundam and Akihabara.
- [SLAM DUNK Kamakura: Half Day on the Enoden](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/kamakura-slam-dunk-half-day): The crossing at opening light, the coast one station on, and the island at the end of the line.
- [Osaka in One Day: Nintendo, Pokémon and Den Den Town](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/osaka-anime-1-day): The only Nintendo official store outside Tokyo, on one floor with a Pokémon Center — then the western Akihabara.
- [Kyoto in One Day: Manga, Film Sets and Shijo](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trips/kyoto-anime-1-day): Three hundred thousand volumes you can actually read, a working period-drama film lot, and the shops on Shijo.

## Places
- [Pokémon Center Shibuya](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-shibuya): A dark, laboratory-styled Pokémon Center on the game floor of Shibuya PARCO, sharing a floor with Nintendo TOKYO.
- [Nintendo TOKYO](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/nintendo-tokyo): The only Nintendo official store in eastern Japan. Apparel, plush and homeware that is never exported.
- [Super Nintendo World](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/super-nintendo-world): A walk-in Mario world with rides, interactive blocks and a wearable Power-Up Band.
- [Pokémon Center Tokyo DX & Pokémon Café](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-tokyo-dx): The flagship Pokémon Center in Tokyo, with the reservation-only Pokémon Café attached.
- [Ghibli Park](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/ghibli-park): The only Ghibli theme park in the world. Advance date-and-time tickets only.
- [Ghibli Museum, Mitaka](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/ghibli-museum): Advance-ticket-only museum designed by Hayao Miyazaki. No tickets are sold at the door.
- [Nintendo OSAKA](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/nintendo-osaka): The second Nintendo official store in Japan, and the only one outside Tokyo.
- [Shibuya PARCO 6F Game Floor](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/shibuya-parco): One floor holding Nintendo TOKYO, Pokémon Center Shibuya, Capcom Store Tokyo and Jump Shop.
- [Sensoji Temple & Nakamise](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/sensoji): The Taisho-era Asakusa referenced in Demon Slayer, and Tokyo's oldest temple.
- [Pokémon Center Osaka DX & Pokémon Café](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-osaka-dx): The western flagship Pokémon Center, with the only Pokémon Café outside Tokyo.
- [Kamakurakokomae Railway Crossing](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/kamakurakokomae-crossing): The SLAM DUNK opening shot: a level crossing with the Enoden train and the sea behind it.
- [Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-mega-tokyo): The Ikebukuro branch, with a Pikachu Sweets dessert counter and a card play area.
- [NARUTO & BORUTO Shinobi-Zato (Nijigen no Mori)](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/naruto-shinobizato): A permanent NARUTO attraction — a three-storey maze behind a full-size Hokage Rock.
- [Shibuya Scramble Crossing](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/shibuya-scramble-crossing): The crossing at the centre of the Shibuya Incident arc — free, outdoors, and already on your route.
- [Life-size Unicorn Gundam Statue](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/unicorn-gundam-statue): A 19.7-metre Gundam that transforms several times a day, and lights up after dark. Free.
- [Sanrio Puroland](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/sanrio-puroland): A fully indoor theme park — Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi and My Melody, rain or shine.
- [Suga Shrine Steps](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/suga-shrine-steps): The staircase from the final scene of Your Name — a public flight of steps in a quiet residential street.
- [Animate Ikebukuro Flagship](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/animate-ikebukuro): The largest anime goods store in the world, rebuilt in 2023 across ten floors.
- [Jump Shop Tokyo Skytree Town](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/jump-shop-skytree): Official Shonen Jump store. The most reliable place in Tokyo for Demon Slayer merchandise.
- [Fujiko F Fujio Museum](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/fujiko-f-fujio-museum): The Doraemon museum. Advance tickets only — nothing is sold at the door.
- [The Gundam Base Tokyo](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/gundam-base-tokyo): The official Gunpla flagship, with a life-size Unicorn Gundam statue outside that transforms on a schedule.
- [Pokémon Center Skytree Town](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-skytree): The Skytree branch, on the same floor as Jump Shop and the Mugiwara Store.
- [Kyoto International Manga Museum](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/kyoto-manga-museum): A former elementary school holding roughly 300,000 volumes — and you can sit down and read them.
- [Oyama Dam — Eren, Mikasa and Armin Statues](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/oyama-dam-statues): A 94-metre dam wall as Wall Maria, with the three children standing beneath it.
- [Chiikawa Land Tokyo Station](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/chiikawa-land-tokyo): A permanent Chiikawa store inside Tokyo Station, and often the busiest shop on the corridor.
- [Tokyo Big Sight](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/tokyo-big-sight): The venue for Comiket and most major anime conventions in Tokyo.
- [Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/yodobashi-akiba): A nine-floor electronics store whose hobby floor carries the full current BEYBLADE X lineup at Japanese retail price.
- [Nipponbashi Den Den Town](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/den-den-town): Osaka's equivalent of Akihabara — second-hand figures, retro games, cards and doujinshi along one street.
- [Attack on Titan in HITA Museum](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/shingeki-hita-museum): Original signed artwork, rejected statue designs, and objects made only for this museum.
- [Homangu Kamado Shrine](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/homangu-kamado-jinja): A shrine on Mount Homan sharing the "Kamado" name with the main character. Fan-designated, not official.
- [Luffy Statue (Kumamoto Prefectural Government)](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/luffy-statue-kumamoto): The first of ten life-size Straw Hat statues placed across Kumamoto after the 2016 earthquakes.
- [Super Potato Akihabara](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/super-potato): The famous retro game store, with a coin-op arcade of 1980s cabinets on the top floor.
- [Nakano Broadway](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/nakano-broadway): A four-floor 1960s mall filled with Mandarake shops selling vintage figures, cels and out-of-print merchandise.
- [Pokémon Center Kyoto](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-kyoto): The Kyoto branch, with Kyoto-limited designs drawing on the city's traditional motifs.
- [The Gundam Base Fukuoka](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/gundam-base-fukuoka): The Kyushu Gunpla flagship, with a life-size Gundam statue outside the mall.
- [Okawaso (Ashinomaki Onsen)](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/okawaso): The ryokan whose atrium fans identified as the model for the Infinity Castle.
- [Life-size ν Gundam Statue](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/nu-gundam-statue-fukuoka): The western Japan life-size Gundam, outside LaLaport Fukuoka. Free to watch.
- [Mandarake Complex Akihabara](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/mandarake-complex): Eight floors of second-hand anime goods, each floor a different category.
- [Donguri Kyowakoku Solamachi](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/donguri-kyowakoku-solamachi): Official Studio Ghibli merchandise, no reservation needed. The realistic fallback if you cannot get museum tickets.
- [Pokémon Center Nagoya](https://animetrip.pages.dev/spots/pokemon-center-nagoya): The Nagoya branch, in the Sakae department store district.

## Events currently listed
- No events currently listed.

## Guides
- [The SLAM DUNK Crossing in Kamakura: How to Visit Properly](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/slam-dunk-kamakura-guide): The level crossing is free and open at all hours — but it is also a residential street with a real train on it. Here is when to go, where to stand, and what to do with the rest of the day.
- [Sanrio Puroland: The Indoor Theme Park That Works in Any Weather](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/sanrio-puroland-guide): Fully indoors, 40 minutes from Shinjuku, and built around shows rather than rides. What that means for how you plan the day.
- [NARUTO on Awaji Island: The Permanent Attraction Most Fans Do Not Know About](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/naruto-shinobizato-awaji-guide): Almost every anime attraction in Japan is temporary. This one is not — and it is a realistic day trip from Osaka or Kobe.
- [How to Get Fujiko F Fujio Museum Tickets (the Doraemon Museum)](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/doraemon-museum-tickets): Advance tickets only, date and time specific, sold through Lawson. Nothing is sold at the door. Here is the process.
- [Attack on Titan in Oita: The Dam That Became Wall Maria](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/attack-on-titan-hita-guide): A 94-metre dam wall, three life-size statues beneath it, and a museum in the author's hometown. Remote, free to look at, and unlike anything else on this site.
- [Osaka Anime Guide: What Is Here That Tokyo Does Not Have](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/osaka-anime-guide): The only Nintendo official store outside Tokyo, the only Super Nintendo World in Japan, and a second Akihabara. What to do with one day.
- [Japan eSIM and Wi-Fi Guide for Anime Travellers](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/japan-esim-guide-anime-travellers): You will need mobile data for maps, store hours, ticket sites and Comiket queues. Here is what actually works and what it costs.
- [Buying Anime Goods in Japan: Tax-Free, Luggage and Shipping](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/buying-anime-goods-in-japan): How tax-free actually works, what is genuinely cheaper than at home, and the three ways to get everything back to your country.
- [Demon Slayer Locations in Tokyo: Where to Actually Go](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/demon-slayer-tokyo-locations): Asakusa is the real setting, Skytree is where the merchandise is, and going at night is what makes the difference.
- [Comiket for Foreign Visitors: The Complete Guide](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/comiket-guide-foreign-visitors): Tickets are no longer free, the queue starts before dawn, and hotels sell out months ahead. Everything a first-time overseas attendee needs to know.
- [Akihabara Anime Guide: One Day on Foot](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/akihabara-anime-guide): What Akihabara is actually good for in 2026, which stores are worth your time, the correct walking order, and what to buy where.
- [How to Get Ghibli Museum Tickets from Overseas](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/ghibli-museum-tickets-overseas): There are no tickets at the door, ever. Here are the two purchase routes, the exact release schedule, and what to do when both fail.
- [Nintendo TOKYO: How to Visit and What to Buy](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/nintendo-tokyo-visit-guide): The only Nintendo official store in eastern Japan, what it stocks, when to arrive, and how entry restrictions work on busy days.
- [Pokémon Center Tokyo: All Four Locations Compared](https://animetrip.pages.dev/articles/pokemon-center-tokyo-guide): Tokyo has four Pokémon Centers and one café. Here is which one to visit if you only have time for one, and what each store has that the others do not.

## Tools
- [Trip planner](https://animetrip.pages.dev/trip-planner): Pick franchises, a city, a length and interests; returns a timed itinerary grouped by district
- [Map of every spot](https://animetrip.pages.dev/map): All documented spots on one map, filterable by franchise
- [Comiket guide](https://animetrip.pages.dev/comiket): Tickets, timing, accommodation and etiquette for overseas attendees
- [First time in Japan](https://animetrip.pages.dev/first-time-japan): Tax-free rules, transport, cash, eSIM and luggage

## Common questions
- **Which Tokyo district is best for anime shopping?** Akihabara for the widest range in the smallest area — retro games, capsule toys, cards and second-hand figures. Ikebukuro for manga, doujinshi and character goods, including the ten-floor Animate flagship. Shibuya for official game stores, with Nintendo TOKYO and Pokémon Center Shibuya on one floor. Nakano for vintage and out-of-print items.
- **How many days do I need in Tokyo for an anime trip?** Three full days covers the essentials comfortably: one day for Shibuya and the official game stores, one for Akihabara and Nakano, and one for Asakusa, Skytree and either Ikebukuro or Odaiba. Add a fourth day if you have a Ghibli Museum ticket, since that slot fixes half of a day.
- **Is Comiket free to enter?** No, not any more. Since 2023, entry requires a paid wristband ticket purchased in advance. There is no free general admission. Overseas visitors can buy tickets, and the official site publishes English-language information about the process.
- **How does tax-free shopping work in Japan?** Visitors on a temporary visitor status can buy tax-free at registered stores. The threshold is 5,500 yen including tax, counted per store per day, and you must show your physical passport — a photo is not accepted. Because the threshold is per store, it is usually better to concentrate your spending in one shop rather than spread it across several.
- **What is AnimeTrip Japan?** AnimeTrip Japan is a travel planning site for overseas anime, manga and game fans visiting Japan. It organises everything around the series you already love: which real places relate to it, what events are running during your dates, a ready-made route through them, and where to buy the Japan-exclusive merchandise.
- **What time should I arrive at Comiket?** Leave your hotel by 05:00 if you want popular circles. The outdoor queue forms from around 06:00, doors open at 10:30, and popular circles sell out within the first hour. If you only want to see the event rather than buy specific works, arriving from 13:00 is far more comfortable.
- **Do I need cash in Tokyo, or are cards enough?** Cards and mobile payments work almost everywhere in central Tokyo, including all the official stores on this site. Carry some cash anyway: small second-hand shops, capsule toy machines, coin lockers, older arcades and Comiket circles are cash-based. Capsule machines specifically need 100-yen coins.
- **Is AnimeTrip Japan free to use?** Yes. All guides, spot information, event listings and route plans are free. The site earns a commission when you book tours, hotels or eSIMs through partner links, which does not change the price you pay.
- **Where should I stay for Comiket?** Book on the Rinkai line or the Yurikamome line, months in advance. Ariake, Odaiba, Shinagawa and Toyosu are the practical zones. Rates in these areas rise sharply during Comiket and rooms disappear early. Avoid anywhere requiring two transfers at 05:30.
- **Do I need mobile data in Japan for an anime trip?** Yes, effectively. Store entry restrictions are announced the morning of, pop-up stock updates go out on social media, café reservations run on Japanese web systems, and navigating multi-floor buildings like Nakano Broadway is a map problem. An eSIM installed before you fly is the simplest solution for most travellers; a pocket Wi-Fi device is cheaper per person for groups of three or more.

## Machine-readable data
- [https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/ips](https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/ips): all franchises as JSON
- [https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/spots](https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/spots): all spots as JSON, filter with ?ip= &city= &type=
- [https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/events](https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/events): events as JSON, filter with ?status=active
- [https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/routes](https://animetrip.pages.dev/api/routes): ready-made routes as JSON
- [https://animetrip.pages.dev/sitemap.xml](https://animetrip.pages.dev/sitemap.xml): every page in both languages

Append ?locale=ja to any API endpoint for Japanese.