October 3, 2016
ASIA / PACIFIC
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HONORING ANIMATION. A man walks by an eatery with its facade painted with letters that read
“Welcome to Washinomiya” and the characters of a TV animation series, “Lucky Star,” or “Raki Suta,” near
Washinomiya Jinja shrine in Kuki, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo. Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to
be designated “animation spots” to encourage tourism — using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines,
and other fairly everyday places where popular manga characters are depicted. One shoo-in for the list, accord-
ing to organizers, is Washinomiya Jinja, a picturesque shrine that is a familiar scene in comics by Kagami
Yoshimizu, which later became a TV animation series. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan naming 88 manga,
animation landmarks to boost tourism
By Yuri Kageyama
AP Business Writer
OKYO — Eighty-eight places in
Japan are going to be designated
“animation spots” to encourage
visitors to seek out the train stations,
school campuses, rural shrines, and other
fairly everyday places where popular
manga characters are depicted.
Such landmarks number in the tens of
thousands, given the popularity and
volume of manga comics in Japan, but
the project aims to compile the official list
for any fan’s animation “pilgrimage,” to
the places known as seichi, or “sacred
spots.”
Anyone can vote on the landmarks
through a website set up in several
languages, including English and Chinese.
“Japanese pop culture has grown to rival
American
Hollywood,”
Tsugihiko
Kadokawa, chairman of Kadokawa Corp.
publishing and film studio, one of the
officials behind the effort, said at a Tokyo
news conference. “Animation can change
the times.”
The project highlights Japan’s push to
make tourism a valuable boon for a stag-
nant economy, as dynamic as the export of
Toyota vehicles and Sony electronics.
Foreign tourism has grown, under a
“Cool Japan” initiative, reaching 20
million people last year — five years ahead
of a goal set by the government, prompting
officials to raise its 2020 target to 40
million tourists.
Kadokawa and other officials behind the
newly formed Japan Anime Tourism
Association said they would compile a
travel route of 88 animation spots by
December, including where manga and
animation works took place, as well as the
homes of manga artists and museums
dedicated to their works.
Votes from fans will be considered in
compiling the list. “Vote for the special
spot you want to share with everyone,” the
site says.
One shoo-in for the list, according to
organizers, is Washinomiya Jinja, a
picturesque shrine in Saitama prefecture
on the outskirts of Tokyo, a familiar scene
in comics by Kagami Yoshimizu, which
later became a TV animation series,
“Lucky Star,” or “Raki Suta.”
The shrine is not as grand or famous as
others in the country, such as Meiji Shrine
in central Tokyo, but it’s still the one to
visit for those who love the manga series,
which depicts friendship among school-
girls, all illustrated with the huge eyes and
colorful hair characteristic of manga.
The shrine appears in the opening
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sequence of the TV show, whose typical
episode features a heated discussion in
cute, cooing voices on the correct way to eat
a pastry.
Hopes are high at Washinomiya Jinja
that it will be picked.
“I’m all for it,” said Teruko Masaki,
whose restaurant near the shrine sells
noodles and other products with the
manga characters splashed on the
packaging.
The pieces of wood on which visitors
write their wishes, such as getting
accepted at a college or having a healthy
baby, are, at Washinomiya, covered with
drawings of the “Lucky Star” girls.
Other possible animation spots include
the “Gundam” giant robot statue on
Odaiba, an artificial island in Tokyo Bay,
and the Ghibli Studio of Hayao Miyazaki,
the Oscar-winning animator who made
Spirited Away.
Louis Lee, an editor from Hong Kong,
who was at the Tokyo launch of the Japan
Anime Tourism Association, said he was
an avid manga fan, especially of “Slam
Dunk,” a story about a high school
basketball team.
“It teaches you not to give up until the
end,” he said.
Fans like Lee say manga has proven
useful for studying Japanese language and
culture. They say animation spots should
have manga character costumes that
visitors can wear in photos, as well as
Continued on page 16
Uber starts food delivery in
Japan after ride-share stumbles
Continued from page 2
because of a strong taxi lobby. Uber offers
just a high-end taxi service in Japan, and
has begun limited ride-sharing in a rural
area, where populations are declining,
Uber Japan Co. president Masami
Takahashi said.
But hopes are high that food delivery
will be popular for Japanese working late
in the office and at parties. It may also be
handy for tourists, more familiar with the
service and whose ranks are growing in
recent years.
Uber takes a percentage of the revenue
from the restaurants, but dishes come at
the same price as at the restaurants.
Daisuke Nomura, owner and chef of
Sougo, a Michelin two-star restaurant,
hopes UberEats will help not only
Japanese but also visitors from abroad
rediscover the delights of his traditional
shoujin-style cooking.
“I have used the car service, and so I
trust the brand and the quality of its
service,” he told reporters in Tokyo.
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