Anime & manga, real existing places and other places for otaku in Japan

Captain Tsubasa
The birthplace of the author of Captain Tsubasa, with eight statues, the author's high school and his favorite restaurant full of autographed drawings

Death note
Some streets and buildings around Tokyo that appear in the anime, especially in the district of Kasumigaseki

GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)
It is mainly located in Kichijoji (Tokyo)

Gundam
It is said that Gundam was "born" in Kami-igusa (Tokyo), where there are the headquarters of the Sunrise animation, and for this reason various "dedications" to the glorious robot can be found around there

Maison Ikkoku
It is set primarily in a peripheral neighborhood of Tokyo, Higashikurume, where you can find various views of the anime/manga that unfortunately are disappearing over the years

Ranma 1/2
the area where Ranma always walks in Nerima ward, where Tendo's Dojo and Furinkan High-school are located

Toradora!
It is set in several neighborhoods of Tokyo

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Guided tours, activities and other things to do

If you are planning a trip to Japan and you want to do something more than just visiting famous places and monuments, we suggest you to use Rakuten Travel Experiences.

How to use Rakuten Travel Experiences

Rakuten Travel is a very useful website to enrich your travel experience, especially if you are going solo or it's your first time in Japan.
Because of the language barrier (and more), in Japan it is very difficult to interact with the locals and to get off the tourist track.
Thanks to Rakuten Travel you can find a lot of interesting and sometimes unique guided tours and activities all over Japan (and not only in Japan), that you would otherwise never be able to enjoy.
But there's more: on Rakuten Travel you can also buy tickets for several famous attractions, events, transportation and other useful services for tourists. Last but not least, you can reserve a table in hundreds of restaurants.

Some examples

• You can buy tickets in advance to visit some very popular attractions and skip the queue at the ticket office, such as the Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Disneyland or Universal Studios Osaka
• You can book unique and funny tours and activities, like driving around Tokyo or Osaka on a go-kart dressed as Super Mario, or dueling with real Sumo Wrestlers
• You can learn about traditional Japan, for example by joining a tea ceremony in Kyoto or by attending a crash course on Japanese Calligraphy
• You can reserve your table in a lot of cafes and restaurants, for example one of the legendary 3-star Michelin restaurants in Japan, or crazy cafes like a unique Owl Cafe in Tokyo or one of the many and nowadays worldwide famous maid cafes
• ...

Take a look at Rakuten Travel Experiences

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