{"id":678,"date":"2019-02-07T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T07:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/?p=678"},"modified":"2019-02-07T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T07:10:52","slug":"japanese-anime-yourname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/japanese-culture\/japanese-anime-yourname","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the holy land in Japanese animation movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting \u201cthe holy land\u201d in Japanese animation movies is the way of enjoying travelling around Japan. <\/p>\n<p>Have you watched the movie, &#8220;Your name&#8221; which was very popular in Asian countries? <Your name> made the highest profit among the Japanese movies in the world surpassing the profit made by <The Spiriting Away of Sen And Chihiro>. It is well known that Japanese animation movies are world-widely famous. We would like to introduce how to not only appreciate but also enjoy them. This is a phenomenon called \u2018the pilgrimage\u2019 trending for the past five years. \u2018pilgrimage\u2019 is a term of religion, which originally means that you visit the holy land for religious reason, but now means that you visit \u2018the holy land(filming site)\u2019 appeared in the animation movie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/yourname-20190128-1.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting the holy land in Japanese animation movies\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1255\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is because there has been change to make animation film in the Japanese animation industry. The more movies they make, the less time they spend on. That is why they prefer taking pictures of the landscape and, visualizing them into animation than creating from scratch with imagination., This results in saving money and reinforcing realism to animations. The fans of Japanese animation movies specify \u2018the holy land\u2019 appeared in the movie and take picture of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/yourname-20190128-2.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting the holy land in Japanese animation movies\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1116\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-243\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That is how \u2018the pilgrimage phenomenon\u2019 has been in fashion. They enjoy visiting the places as if playing a treasure-hunt game. There are many online sites offering information for these places.<\/p>\n<p><Your name> is set in the towns of Tokyo, and Hida of Gifu Prefecture. We looked up the filming site around Shinjuku where Taki, the main character, lived. Itomori, where Mizuha, the other main character lived is a fictional town. Since ever the movie screened, a lot of people visit Hida as the holy land. There are several ways of enjoying the place, not just taking picture of the animation but also trying the local dishes the characters had in the movie or buying local specialties. These leads to invigorating the town.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/yourname-20190128-3.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting the holy land in Japanese animation movies width=\"708\" height=\"1000\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yuwaku spa in Kanazawa city of Ishikawa Prefecture, the filming site for an animation movie, held no festival until the animation movie depict a fictional one in a climax of the movie.<br \/>\n However, the festival has been held for 8 years since then, and it was held in October 2018 as well. It would be great if you watch the movie and then visit Yuwaku spa.<br \/>\nGive it a try to experience new ways of travelling around Japan. You will definitely like it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction \u2018the pilgrimage\u2019. It is a phenomenon that the fans of Japanese animation movies visit \u2018the holy land\u2019 to take pictures of the filming sites in the same composition of the animation movie. 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