Anime fan great attention! "lovelive! What is the Holy Land Pilgrimage! What?

Do you know the word "pilgrimage to the Holy Land"? It is that the fans carry their feet to the actual place or model that appeared in the film, drama, animation, novels, manga, etc. Recently the population of sacred pilgrimage has been on the rise year by year, it has become a kind of social phenomenon affecting various fields, such as related content rushing by the spread of the topic and showing economic effect by vitalizing the town . Among such sacred pilgrimage this time, the popular work "Love Live! School idol project ".

lovelive! Is a media mix work that started in 2010. Even now, eight years after its inception, its popularity has not declined and it still has a strong fan base. It is a story of girls attending a fictitious school "National Otonokizaka Gakuin" struggling to overcome various obstacles with the aim of becoming a "school idol". It was. Love Live is a work that has grown widely known to the general public who does not watch anime, such as advertisements being posted on the trains of the JR Yamanote Line and the voice actors of the characters becoming actual idols and performing live at the NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen. !! Is.

Such a love live! Why does it have the charm of being pilgrimage to the sacred place? It's the anime version of Love Live! It is drawn without changing the landscape of the actual landscape. For example, the main characters are practicing dance at Kanda Myojin in Akihabara, the part-time job of the popular character Kotori Minami is the long-established maid cafe "CURE MAID CAFE", and schools other than Otonokizaka Gakuin are Akihabara UDX. There are so many gimmicks that please the fans, such as "UTX School" that imitates a building.

lovelive! It is interesting to be able to see the surroundings at the same time as visiting the scenes that appear in the work. Moreover, all the spots are set within a short distance of Akihabara, Kanda, Ochanomizu, Jimbocho and Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, so you can enjoy a lot in the time of the day. Due to the proximity of Tokyo Station, tourists visiting from rural areas often include pilgrimage to sacred places for sightseeing. Here are some of the most famous spots among the many sacred sites.

・ Kanda Myojin A famous shrine that has been around for a long time in Akihabara, which is familiar to fans. What a love live in the past! A festival was held in collaboration with many people. It is rare for a shrine with a traditional culture to adopt a new culture, and it is a place that impresses me as an anime fan. The entrance "Myojin Otokozaka" has become a hot topic in the past as it is a steep staircase that seems to solve the lack of exercise of otaku. By the way, Kanda Myojin is about a 7-minute walk from Akihabara Station, and you can walk to the famous deep spot Akihabara Electric Town. There are many stores in the electric town that have a wide variety of items from PC parts to interesting goods, and you can enjoy GEEK shopping.
・ Shohei Bridge Located near Manseibashi, a specialty of Akihabara, it is a place often visited by the main characters during the work. The park of Shohei Bridge is so famous that no one knows it among fans, and it is also a popular shooting spot.
・ Ochanomizu Sun Clair Cafe terrace in the open space at the Hijiribashi exit of JR Ochanomizu station. Anime version Love Live! Since it often appeared in the second term of, the number of visiting fans increased rapidly.
·others Around the station, there is "AKIHABARA Gamers Main Store", which has a wide variety of anime goods, and you can get rare anime goods, which is great for anime lovers. Of course, love live! We still handle a lot of related products.

Those who think that "I do not want to get on the train one after another" in order to pilgrim the sacred place around Akihabara, please see the plan of the following link. This love live! Pilgrimage pilgrimage tour with my favorite guide Although bicycle tours are of course recommended for Love River, it is not a fanatic enthusiast for the work but can be enjoyed enough as a Tokyo sightseeing tour centered around Akihabara.

Akihabara, Kanda, Jimbocho, Ochanomizu are very close (authors are also acting on bicycles well), so it's pretty handy and recommended.

"Akihabara isn't enough! I want to visit more sacred places!" For those of you who are so crazy, we have picked up important sights related to the story! !!

・ Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Exit The Marunouchi North Exit of Tokyo Station is the place where μ's members met when they went to the training camp. Even in the story, the meeting time was early in the morning, so if you want to shoot Tokyo Station where many people gather, early morning is recommended.
·Haneda airport lovelive! Haneda Airport Terminal 2, which became the model for the μ's 5th single "Wonderful Rush" PV, is a core love live! It is famous as a place visited by fans. A moving scene unfolded at Haneda Airport, making it one of the sacred pilgrimage courses. As with Kotori Minami, the route from Shinagawa Station to Haneda is even more enthusiastic, so we recommend it.
・ Uchiuramito, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture A work focusing on idols different from μ's "Love Live! A land that has become a hot topic as a sacred place for "Sunshine". In fact, the sacred places in the city are densely packed in a short distance and are easy to visit. From Uchiura to Numazu, you can change trains at Mishima, which is one station away, and the food is delicious and the sea is beautiful, making it a popular spot for travelers.
・ New York, USA No longer the movie version of Love Live! It's a waste to go just because I like it ... (laughs)

As I explained earlier, the pilgrimage to the sacred place is a tour of the actual place and the model stage, so there are always residents who live in the land and people who work in the neighborhood. Love live in the past! Enthusiastic fans (* commonly known as Love Liver) rushed to the store "Takemura", which was the model of the main character, Honoka Kosaka's parents' house, and the clerk was troubled by the behavior without manners. There is. Be sure to follow the etiquette and enjoy the pilgrimage to the sacred place so that your actions do not detract from the charm and reputation of the work.

The way to enjoy pilgrimage to the sacred place is not just to take a picture, but to actually reproduce the scene drawn in the work, and to know the roots and depth of the work by visiting the stage. There are many bloggers who search the internet and introduce the sacred sites with maps and images. .. Why don't you go to the sacred place of your favorite work, a pilgrimage to the sacred place that you can enjoy for various purposes depending on the person.