>i will never be rich enough to do anime pilgrimage

I wonder how many actual weebs went there because of it.

>>155393677
If you're Murcan you can always go to Chicago because of Riding Bean or DC because of Eden of the East, or London for the K-On movie if you're a Brit.

>>155393802

I've been twice. It really isn't all that expensive The food is really cheap there though.

>>155393677
>tfw live 2 hours away from Cuenca

>>155393802
>people who watch anime
>going outside
chose one

I went to visit my gf when she was studying in Japan last year. She insisted we visit Iwami because she's a Free fujoshi. It was miserable.

>>155394150

Outside of K-ON or Kiniro Mosaic any other Britbong locations I could go too? I'm pretty sure 501's base was in Dover somewhere but it is a secret location. They didn't exactly make any of the scenes look inciting enough to want to visit like in Brave Witches though.

>>155394236
>Fujoshi gf
I bet it was

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>>155394307

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>>155394307
>I'm pretty sure 501's base was in Dover somewhere but it is a secret location.
Huh? Isn't it Mont Saint Michel?

>>155395219

Could be but I really need to rewatch the 501 series. I think I thought that since we saw Yoshika flying over the white cliffs of Dover in the OVA opening.

>>155394502
>perfectly aligned
aliens

>>155395287
No aliens; just Irish.

>>155395287
You know measuring straight could be done with iron age tools.

>>155395287
I'll bet you a thousand (You)s those locations do not line up perfectly on an accurately scaled and plotted map.

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>>155395500
It's more an issue of England being so dense with significant historical sites that there will always be something on the line that stands out.

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>>155395800

How much income is enough for such lavish lifestyle?

60k? 100k?

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>anime is set in my country
It's not a pilgrimage if it's too easy to visit

>>155394236
>gf
I bet it was

>>155395913
When you're single, I think 40 and above can do it.

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>>155394150
Chicago also has the Glessner House, which showed up in a single panel of Eden - It's an Endless World!

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>>155397439
For reference.

At least I can do pilgrimage in my own country.

http://russia-in-anime.ru/index.php/site/search?tag=59&sort=title&yt0=%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA

>>155397559
Russia's a big place

>>155397778
4u

>>155395219
>>155395268
501st base is situated in Dover, at a secret location as shown in the manga, but the base itself is modeled loosely after Mont Saint Michel commune visually.

>>155393802
>>155394180
Tbh there has been some of japanese visitors in finland at parola armour museum due to Girls Und Panzer. They apparently even donated 10000e so the tanks could get a new shelter or some shit like that. So i wouldnt be too surprised if people made animeme pilgrimages to other places too.

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>>155393677
Going on one later this month.
First to Hanno for Yama no Susume, and then Takayama for Hyouka.

Going to Cuenca would be a dream come true though.

>>155397326
Man, thats below the median wage here

>>155393677
What anime featured this place?
I'm curious.

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I guess I can dump these.

Is there any anime site in Finland?

>>155401239
I suffer with 20 and I think at 30k, I could really enjoy myself.

>>155395219
But how the bloody hell did they get so much stone out there in the middle of the sea?

That place must have been ludicrously expensive to build.

>>155395865
Huh, I didn't know Woolworth's was into ley lines.

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>>155401322
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Pu2HouJwY

Tried to go to the Lucky Star shrine when I was in Japan but I made the mistake of getting on a local train and had to be back in Tokyo at a certain time, so I ended up turning around halfway.

Does anyone have a file of all of Madoka's sites?

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One day

>>155401398
Didn't all happen at once. I'm guessing they started with just a little church at first, then they just kept adding on to it like a coral reef.

>>155401377
>>155401406
>>155401436
When can I leave shitty 3d world and live in animeland?

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>>155401606
It's easy.

>>155397439
Who would plant and grow a tree that close to a building, and on a window side as well?

>>155401606
Well anon first you have to live a perfectly healthy lifestyle, study your ass off, use life extension technology to become immortal, take over the world, and use your overwhelming power to develop virtual worlds that are indistinguishable from real anime worlds. Then you just have to go in after arranging all memories of how you got there to be deleted once you're in.

At that point you will have achieved your dream. It's incredibly possible, you just have to dedicate every waking moment of your life to achieving it.

>>155401734
Okay on it, thanks anon. You can come too.

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>Going to Italy this year
>Visit all the Vento Aureo places before anime only fags

>>155401398
that's only how it looks at high tide
still impressive

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>>155401398
It's not in the middle of the sea, that photo is framed so you can't see that it's a stone's throw from the coast. It's called a "tidal island", when the tide goes out you can walk to it.

In the 19th century there was a causeway to it that was permanently above the water. They built a bridge a few years ago.

>>155401983
>>155402051
I should have known humanity would never be that impressive.

>>155393677
Is that the town from Soranowoto?

>>155402174
no

I've been to Strasbourg+Colmar in France which inspired the setting for Gochiusa.

I've also been to Venice.

Cuenca maybe this year.

>>155402348
how shit is venice?

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There's this from that one Tamako Anon.

Isn't the whole Japanese-Switzerland tourism purely because of Heidi? Same with Prince Edward Island and Akage no Anne.

The nips are dedicated, and have been for a long ass time.

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>>155402348
My friend went to Venice, he was telling me about it and mentioned he visited a glassblower's shop and I surprised him with how much I knew about the glass industry there. I didn't tell him I knew it all thanks to a slice of life anime, hahaha kill me.

>>155394150
>Stepping foot in Chicago
How about no....

>>155402051
Made me laugh

>>155404081
It's not like we're sending you to Detroit.

>>155404408
chicago has been turning into detroit in the last few years though

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Some moeshit show took inspiration from here.

>>155404438
Eventually America will just be one big Detroit

>>155404643
Which one?

>>155404438
Just the South Side, right? (San Diego here; only been to Chicago a few times, but liked it)

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When I went to New York last year I saw many of the places featured in the Love Live movie. Didn't realize until then that the girls went to Rockefeller center

You don't really have to be rich to travel if you're single, can save money and don't travel with any luxuries. You just have to share the bathroom with some smelly foreigners

>>155406769
No jim, you are the foreigner.

>>155406769
Is that wise? Going overseas alone seems like a good way to make yourself a target. In a group you'd be a lot safer.

>>155406849
Not that anon, but I travel alone a lot and go to lots of non-touristy places. It helps to know some of the local language, but it isn't a requirement, especially if it's Europe.

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>>155393677
but i already spent 10 years attending school

>>155406849
An individual can disguise their tourism.
A large group is obviously on a tour.

>>155406829
Why would locals be in some shitty hostel?
>>155406849
Depends on where you go. I have been to Japan and europe (spain, london and france) alone and nothing happened, same goes for a friend who went alone to japan last year. It would be different if you go to Detroit or some third world hellhole

>>155407039
thanks for introducing me to this series, anon

>>155394502
Holy crap I never knew they actually researched what Britain actually looks like.

Where can I find Luna Nova?

>>155393677
not taking the Steel Ball Run pilgrimage and dying in Arizona

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>>155410033
;_;

>you have to be rich to travel
Grow up and then get a job

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>>155393677

>>155411596
What's the point of traveling if you can't do it stress free and in luxury?

>>155411706
>what are plans
>what is saving

>>155411706
What are vacations

>>155409652
Look up Middlesbrough

>>155411757
>>155411767
I want to be able to drop a disposable 100k if necessary on my trips

>>155411933
You only have one life. You're not going to win the lottery.

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>>155400955
I'll be in Takayama (for Hyouka and to Shirakawa-go for Higurashi) around 28.04-01.05. Planning to do some pilgrimages around tokyo area (YnS - been to Hanno in 2015 but going for mt. Takao this time around), pinpointed the mountain park from Hibike S1 around Kyoto, mandatory visit to Omi Jingu for Chihayafuru (been there in 2016), possibly a short break in Washinomiya (Lucky Star) from tokyo as well (been there in 2015) and maybe Chichibu for Anohana (been there in 2015). Hanno was nice with that small beginer-tier mountain in their backyard and that awesome small crevice near the park after library. I hope you;ll enjoy it, good luck!

Fuck, I miss japan so much, can't wait to go on the 18th. Can't wait for mogra as well on the 6th of may, along with Dollpa / Joint Festival...

>>155411933
>Get a decent job
>Live with your parents
>All the money goes to you
>???
>profit

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>>155401583
One I've made after 2016 visit. I loved it, even though it was crowded. And when I left, my bus exploded midway to Takayama. People got burned badly (12 of them badly, noone died though) and a lot mildly. I was convinced I will die out of smoke inside, and tought about the Himiyazawa curse. After we finally got to Takayama by police afterwards, the first thing I did was go to the takayama jinja and bought some fucking protection amulets. Best buy ever.

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>>155393677
Spaniard here, I really want to go, but I have no time. Maybe one of these days. Also, I went to Takehara (Tamayura) and Uji (Hibike). It was beautiful.

>>155412115
>parents
;_;

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>>155412242
They really love the series. Glad I could visited it.

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>>155412242
Likewise, It was great, sucha nice town. I signed the last goodbye in the last movie guestbook thanking that the series existed. I loved that place. Unfortunetly one of the houses there burnt down recently when I got there.

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>>155412393
Yeah, It was burned when I was there too. I signed the book too! I think the date was the 20/05/2016.

Did you eat the Hoboro special okonomiyaki? One of the waiters gave me this when I was leaving the restaurant. I bowed hundred of times.

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>>155412601
Oh wow. It's a limited strap, that's so nice of him.
I actually haven't got to that restaurant, couldn't find it and I was lacking time to search more as I had to depart for hiroshima and then kyoto.

Would you mind tracking it on a map or digging up the name? I will try my best to visit it this time around, I was actually very hyped for the hoboroyaki... As for the date - i think it was on the may 1st 2016.

>>155405910
Sorry late reply, Gochiusa.

>>155402721

The small island of Murano is definitely worth visiting if you do go to Venice. The glass collections in shop windows are brilliant but ridiculously pricey. The museum was quite nice too.

>>155402415

It's worth a visit but not the sort of place you'd really want to go back to. It is a massive tourist destination and everything is extremely expensive. People talk about a 'lingering' unpleasant smell (which is what you'd expect with so many open waterways) but it wasn't too terrible. Probably worse depending on the time of year.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=45.463743000000015%2C12.343826000000035&spn=0.129547%2C0.30899&hl=en&msa=0&z=12&ie=UTF8&mid=1b4-miXo4a-IVYebkvA4-stEJVe8

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>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-07/real-life-british-model-for-house-in-kin-iro-mosaic-kinmoza-revealed?ann-edition=uk

This show must have been a real tourism boost for this guesthouse in the English countryside.

I visited some "also-seen-in-anime" places while in nihon.
Even the kyo-ani studio. It was quite nice.
There were some girls there who probably visited because they watched free.
I wouldn't believe they watched anime if they wouldn't have taken on the pilgrimage to the studio.
They looked kind of gyaru-ish.

>>155401533
Lucky Star shrine?

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>>155412838
Sure! The place is called Horikawa "ほり川" and it's in front of the stairs.

Sorry, I'm retarded I can't post the maps link because it thinks it's spam.

If you turn to the right, you will find the stairs.

>>155393677
I don't know if it has been commented but Blu-ray coming

http://www.nozomientertainment.com/product/sound-of-the-sky-blu-ray-collection/

>>155395287
It's a ley line.

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>>155413697
Thank you so much. I will find it for sure, - at first, I tought that it's not that place that's why I never went in. My bad, I was so close!

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>>155414065
You are welcome anon! Have fun!

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The town in Kikki's Delivery Service is largely based on Visby, Sweden.

>>155409652
Nowhere because that's just the entrance and if you are anon-witch simpleton like Akko, you won't be able to travel through the Leyline.

Find a rich guy to be friends with like me. But not me.

>>155406849
Man, you're not going to fucking Africa. Calm down a little.

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>>155401583
I'm going here this summer along with this place.

What should I expect from Shirakawa-go?

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>>155402502
>this from that one Tamako
Neat, somebody saved my pic.

That delta's been in a lot of animu, including the confession scene in Tamako Love Story, once or twice in Uchouten Kazuko, and many times in Tatami Galaxy. The main character's boarding house is right behind the Demachiyanagi Eizan train station immediately east of the delta.

More pics incoming.

>>155415104
I remember this thread, did you go back and grab a school girl?

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>>155404438
>>155406103
Chicagofag here. As long as you stay out the zone where we quarantine minorities you'll be fine.

Meanwhile, here's Demachi Shotengai, aka Tamako's Market.

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>>155415175
I didn't want to get arrested and beaten in a closet by the infamous Kyoto Police Department, so no.

Meanwhile, have a glimpse of a rose-colored campus life.

>>155415185
I remember randomly stumbling into such a market, only to find some tamako market promotion thing inside it.
Only then I realized that I was in the "Tamako Market"

>>155415104
>that guy taking photos of high school girls

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>>155415309
I-I-I was just taking pictures of the pretty river and schoolgirls showed up, I swear.

Meanwhile, here's the Takasegawa canal in Kiyamachi, the perfect spot for frustrated late-night drinking sessions with your youkai-like college ""friend"", or for getting scammed by a sleazy old fortune teller lady.

I lived in Kyoto for half a year and recognized a lot of the kyoani sites, plus a lot of the scenes from uchouten kazoku because they pretty accurately photoreferenced the city.

>When you are applying for JET this fall
I am going to do it guys, I am going to go to Japan. If I don't get in, I will have been saving money the whole year prior and I will be able to go on a trip for a decent amount of time.

Of course I want to go to the big destinations, but these anime pilgrimage places like Takehara, Takayama, or Nishinomiya would be nice to see as well.

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Going further afield, here's a very nice park in Kanagawa. It's perfect if you're a pathetic NEET loser who needs a creepy stalker girl to tutor you to improve your social skills.

>>155415722
Based Japan making Russia look like a dreamland.

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>>155415722
It doesn't have the really neat view of the Tokyo skyline like it does in the anime, but you can tell they used it as the reference for the show, especially with the big house on top of the hill nearby.

Can I get a job in nippon with a mechanical engineering degree?

I don't want to teach engrish

>>155415722
That park looks depressing and totally out of place compared to all of the other photos you posted

>>155415900
Easiest shot would probably working for a large international company with business in Japan and putting that you know Japanese on your resume.

Joining the military as an officer also works.

>>155413572
Washinomiya Shrine in Saitama Prefecture (aka the prefecture where 1/3 of anime shows seem to take place).

Weren't the apartment building and that weird playground ride in Bake based on someplace in Tokyo? (A lot of Shaft's bizarrechitecture is actually based on RL buildings.)

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>>155400236
Yeah that BT-42 certainly drew a lot of attention.

I wonder if the museum staff were super-confused by all the Japanese tourists all of a sudden.

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY6KPSy8t5I

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;_;

>>155418710
The place looks run down but the shitty weather doesn't helps either

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It blew my mind when I found out that Amagami's school and setting is all based on a real world locations.
It's pretty surreal just looking at it.
There's quite a few pictures and I'm not going to post all of them, but here's some links to blogs that compile them.
If you're a fan of the series and haven't seen these before it's definitely worth looking at.

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouhei14915/e/40426045d3f87ab975159c61ed3a10dd
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouhei14915/e/fbe629f70c4d058f96ffa07d426c8496
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouhei14915/e/8c14134165fb73e4783fae303286ead9
http://ameblo.jp/pachuca33/entry-11182237693.html#main
http://blog.livedoor.jp/kouhei14915/archives/52089007.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm64GV9fl7c

>>155401385
I suffer with 180 and with 190 I could really enjoy myself

>>155401499
We need to make more like this. This is amazing.

>>155418745
>The K-ON! picture in the window.

Well, I'd stop for a coffee and pastry there.

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>>155415084
It's pretty neat seeing it in person senpai, make sure to bring along some music and pick up some of their local sake.

>>155415644
What other options can you do in JET than be an assistant English teacher?

>>155401533
You'll need to save up a lot to make a (Church of) Madoka pilgrimage. Tokyo, Brasilia, Cologne, Dubai...

https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Mitakihara_Town#Architecture_in_the_Anime_versus_Real-Life_Architecture

>>155418710
Real world is just so drab.

>tfw rich enough to go in a pilgrimage but too much of a cheapass to justify the cost when VR is just around the corner

>>155415104
Are those girls friendly? Did you say hi to them?

I've always wanted to go to the Hanasaku Iroha place.

Going to japan isn't that expensive you know.

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I haven't even watched IBO, but I commute through here daily

>>155395287
how else will the church of england draw a giant cross across the nation to fight back the evil catholic invasion?

>>155417739
how hard is it to join the military as an officer? does degree choice affect that

>>155427463
It's dangeorus to take photo whilst driving anon

>>155427679
having a degree at all will help a lot

>>155427742
Thanks for the concern, but its from google

>>155393677
It costs you less than US$2000 a week in japan, if you're willing to stay in shady airbnb lodging and eat nothing but rice everyday.

>>155428097
You say that like it's not that much money.

Consider the ticket price (I'm assuming it's from america) : 2000$
2000 a week for a miserable time and shit food
I'm going to say a good trip would be 2 weeks at least if you want to visit many places.

So that's 6000$.

Now the person said he didn't have any money. I'm assuming he'd rather keep the damn 6k and save that for rainy days than to waste it on a miserable trip.

>>155428298
>$2000 ticket
nigga what? It's like 600 bucks to fly there

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>>155428383
Alright maybe not 2k but definitely above 600.

Unless you want to have an even more miserable time on a flight with 4 different stops.

>>155428298
$2000 includes plane tickets, lodging, food, and train fares. It's assumed that the person is not buying souvenir and only take photos.

It's still quite miserable, but it's definitely not 'I'll never make it'. I'm a third worlder with even less budget and I still got to have fun in Comiket.

>>155428500
And if he's coming from the east coast it'll be what, $200-$500 more?

>>155412843
Fucking Miyazaki too faggot this is my place

>>155428564
You were able to get all that for just 2k. Nice job man.

What areas did you visit exactly? Like were you able to visit most of Japan or was that 2 cities?

I personally would rather work hard and save money and then go on a fantastic trip.

>>155428634
Yea, unless he decides to also have 1 or 2 stops within the US. I was once looking at tickets from NY to SEA and they had a flight that sent me to chicago then made me wait 19 hours then put me on a flight to Seattle. But it was dirt cheap.
I didn't take it, I believe 19 hours of my time are worth more than 100 or so dollars.

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>>155393677
I went to Venice two years ago, in January. It was nice, but still my expectations were somewhat mixed. Still nice place.

Planning to visit Japan this December, they simplified visa procedure now, should be cheaper and easier.

>>155393677
>Spain
>Expensive
What are you?
A retarded sudaca?
It's a warn thorn african country, lmao, if you think it's expensive you're not even third world you're subhuman

>>155428712
I was just in Tokyo. I wanted to visit Ooarai (in Ibaraki) but it turns out to be quite far and I have to have a place to stay the night there, which I didn't.

Maybe in I'll go to Kyoto after the Olympics.

You guys traveled alone? That makes me anxious.

>>155406849
It's kind of the opposite, actually. It's not like someone is going to run up to a random stranger on the street and stab them. Theft is the bigger issue and you're more aware of you're surroundings when traveling alone. In a group you're more likely to be distracted talking among each other, making you an easier target for things like pickpocketing.

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Went to Colmar, would recommend. The town itself isn't too big and you can see it in a day or two, but the rest of Alsace is very comfy too and I love the riesling produced there. Very dry and comes in a cute bottle.

Also went to Venice on the same trip, but that one wasn't just for animu reasons. Buy a couple Aperol spritzes as you walk around, they're cheap and a popular local thing.

>>155429085
I went on a tour group actually. Most dinners, all hotels paid.

I live with my parents.

>>155412115
>live with parents
>can't do shit without them bitching at you
yeah no. helicopter parents are the worst

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>>155404408
>Detroit is a death sentence
Same as Chicago, stay in the white suburbs or downtown and you're fine

>>155429007
Osaka area a shit. The people have less discipline and the influence of chinese is larger there, some area even feels like chinatown instead of japan.

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>>155402115
>I should have known humanity would never be that impressive.

Meanwhile in Italy

>ywn visit Neo-Venezia

>>155429145
I visited Colmar a few years ago, what anime even takes place there?

>>155413034
>The small island of Murano is definitely worth visiting if you do go to Venice

On that note, its really worthwhile to check out all of the islands of the lagoon, especially since you get much of the same Venice feeling without as many crowds. Murano as mentioned has beautiful glass and top tier history, Burano is like Murano but with lace, Torcello is understated but has Byzantine murals and the oldest signs of settlement, Chioggia is like a mini-Venice with much less crowding, Lido is really nice for affordable lodging and simple layout, and Poveglia has got the spooky shit going on.

>>155401371
Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

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>>155430817
Gochiusa

Ah, I guess some scenes are Strasbourg too.

>>155401371
>>155430988
Finlands pretty desolate. There's not much iconic architecture or landscape to catch the eye. Still get's referred curiously often, despite the irrelevancy.

>>155423277
Wait, that's the bridge? No wonder K1 didn't die.

>>155396269
>plastic memories was in Singapore
No wonder it seemed so familiar.

>>155424376
There are none. It's ALT or nothing.

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>>155430520
>Literally a city built on top of a forest
Refugees be damn crazy.

>>155430820
Wait, you can visit Poveglia now? As far as I knew the island's been private property and has pretty much been abandoned since the 60s...

>>155401371
There was that one anime with scenes from Helsinki. Miss Monochrome visited Rovaniemi in an episode.

>>155430520
I'm feeling claustrophobic just looking at that picture. Not sure it'd be worth going to Venice just for Aria.

>>155393677
If I wanted to, I'd just go to Angeles given how it was featured in Charlotte. Then again, I've already been to Japan itself as well as to France (where I got to see Mont Saint Michel).

I moved to Japan for college. My life is an anime pilgrimage.

>>155418556

That's a dude isn't it.

>>155435369
Yup

>>155404643
What's pretty great is that it's somewhere in Alsace-Lorraine, so that explains the blend of French and German culture in the anime.

>>155436713
>>155429145
>>155404643
I am not too interested in France, I have been to Paris and that is it (Not even by choice, I just had a stopover there on the way to Florence, Italy) but Alsace is the one part of France I have always wanted to go to.

It looks so comfy. Unbelievably so. The buildings, canals, all of the Riesling and other god tier wine.

I would love to go.

>>155436713
Is that place still good to visit or is it lost? I'm finally old enough and well off enough to travel, but lots of Europe has been going downhill. I've got a grandma on Sweden who says it's really fucking bad.

>>155436810
That's mostly politicized nonsense. The economy is still depressed in some parts of Europe, but overall it's the same it's always been.

>>155437106
I don't think he was talking about the economy.

>>155436808
Bruh I was there during mid December and they had 3 inches of snow fall the night before and it was comfy as fuck, literally made me think about killing off my identity and just living there forever

Studying in Bern in fall of 2017 and its gon feel good to be less than an hour away from that paradise

>>155402589
It's strange, there are barley any Chinese tourists in Switzerland, but there are a lot of japs, guess it's because they can afford it

But they are weird, I speak German and English and they speak broken English, even the ones that do speak well still sound weird, they are also terrible drinking people too, fucking japs

>>155437228
Man, I could actually go there this summer if I wanted to, I will have the time and the money, but I am saving for huge Asia trip next summer - I already turned down a Bulgaria trip (never been) and a Madrid/Malaga (been there already) trip too.

I will get there one day

>>155437106
>There's no problems here!
Fuck off.

>>155437476
Best of luck, I don't think I'll ever visit any part of Asia, I just don't give a shit about it

Also the summer is very nice in Alsace, but winter makes it 4x as good

>>155437635
There's no problems for fucking tourists who are just visiting for a couple days

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Glad this thread is still alive.

Okunoshima. Tamayura made an episode here too.

Swede here. Stockholm and Visby are swedish cities that have been used for inspiration in a few Miyazaki movies, most notably Kiki's Delivery Service.

Other than that I've been to Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto as well as Mt Fuji so I've already had quite the anime pilgrimage. Especially Kyoto. Man, that was nice. Would recommend.

>>155412229
>And when I left, my bus exploded midway to Takayama.
How the fuck did that happen? The bus crashed?

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>series gets featured in small non-important town
>saves the local economy from tourism

>>155439000
It's a heartwarming story. Does GuP really matter that much to Oarai though? I know that a lot of the places depicted in the show have references to it everywhere.

I there some compilation of these place names somewhere.

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This place in taiwan

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>>155439221
They hold a festival each year that had attendance increase tenfold after GuP started, and a lot of businesses have character standees outside them, not to mention a shop selling just GuP things in the train station.

Here's the festival: https://twitter.com/sexy_love_sexy/status/797761595099136001

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>>155439000
It's more likely than you think.

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>>155436808
If you do go, make sure to go to the smaller villages on the wine route as well. I found myself liking them better than the bigger cities like Colmar and especially Strasbourg.

I especially recommend Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, and Eguisheim.

>>155439462
That's pretty great. I'm glad they've capitalised on it somewhat, it doesn't seem like it would have been the most interesting of places to visit otherwise.

>>155434527
It's not as cramped as it looks
T.Venetian

Question for the anons who already went to japan.
It is more convenient to exchange freedom money for yen in the airport or its better to already buy yens before going? I also heard that japs aren't really that keen on credit cards and they they mostly use cash everywhere

>>155441721
Yeah, cash is king there for sure. Exchange your money before you go there I'd say.

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>>155393677
Well, there's always Venice near me.

>>155394180
>you
>everyone else
I ride a motorcycle, mr autismo.

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>>155395219
>>155402051
>you will never visit Mount St Michel with your ubercute ukrainian waifu

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>>155401848
Good luck on not getting robbed and shot by terroni, friend.

This is a realistic representation of what's gonna happen to you in Neaples, by the way.

>>155432915
I'm pretty sure the Venetian government has recently put the island up for bid actually

>>155393677
And to think there are Eurof/a/gs who, instead of visiting these sites, go hikikomori at home all day everyday.

>>155430520
>want to go to Venice again
>don't want to be part of the marauding horde of tourists destroying the city

fuck

>>155414340
But it looked like an Italian city from above when they where on the balloon or whatever the fuck it was.

>>155415309
Eh, when I worked at an expo I sent my time following attractive girls in the crowd taking pictures of their ass.

>>155442831
Come in September, the weather's still nice and the horde has subsided

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>>155428298
My gf and i spent 12 nights and only spent 2300 including transportation and lodging. Even stayed in a $300/n ryokan. Mostly did Airbnb though but certainly didn't eat rice everyday. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Granted the flights were free with miles.

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>>155393677
Why do you want us to make a journey for Anime?

>>155429145
Aperol spritz is shit, though. Get a local wine by a good winery, like the Valpolicella superiore by Allegrini.

>>155440373
Huh, thanks for the advice. Honestly all of Alsace just looks amazing. It is very high on my list of travel destinations

.>>155443235
Spritz are simple and refreshing. Enjoying good wine doesn't mean you can't enjoy a Spritz. It was fun to bar hop in Venice drinking a Spritz in one place, then enjoying some soave and cicchetti in another.

>>155436810
Where the fuck do you live that you think Europe is some warfield?
Of course it's "good to visit".
>>155443005
What are the best places in Venice (or near it) that tourists don't know about?

>>155411355
>>155411355
underrated post

this thread makes me sad that i'm old, alone, and poor

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>>155443451
Spritz is made with orange colored soda and shitty Prosecco.
It's literally shit.
Now, I myself drink it sometimes, when I'm at the bar and don't know what to order, but if you're a tourist who gets to spend only a few days in Italy you're retarded if you drink that shit. It's like going to New York and drinking rum and cola with shitty rum.

If you enjoy characteristic places that produce wine look also at South Tyrol. Great wine and food from both Italian and German worlds and the Dolomites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol_wine

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/09/south-tyrol-wine-food-alps

>>155444265
Fuck off kraut, you don't know shit

>>155444265
A tourist should absolutely drink a Spritz regardless of how many days they have. It is a part of the drinking culture. Drinking a Spritz doesn't magically stop you from drinking anything else.

>>155444265
>Spritz is made with orange colored soda and shitty Prosecco.
Not the anon you're talking to.
Orange coloured soda? I assumed it was similar to something called Špricer, which is carbonated water combined with white wine, usually a Riesling if I'm not mistaken.

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>>155445545
Yes. Spritz is made with Aperol (or any other bitter, like Campari) and prosecco. And carbonated water. You can replace the Prosecco with white one too.
>In Alto Adige e a Trieste con "spritz" ci si riferisce ancora alla maniera originale austriaca, ossia con vino bianco e acqua frizzante, mentre la ricetta attuale con l'aggiunta di un bitter viene chiamata "veneziano".
Apparently in places under the austrians the name still refers to the old recipe without the bitter and white wime instead of Prosecco. I assume what you're referring to comes from a balcanic coutnry which was as well once under the austrians.
>>155444947
I'm not a kraut, I'm Italian. You're the one who doesn't know shit.
>>155445448
Meh.

>>155428097
>>155428298
Spent 3 weeks there with gf for less than 3k Australian, what are you cunts on about?

>>155446690
I spent 3 months there with a family of 4 with 5 bucks and a paperclip

>>155446245
Yes, it's very popular among the older folks here in Slovenia in the regions where Austrian influence is still strong, less so in the parts that are culturally closer to the other Balkan nations.
I kind of wonder if any anime ever took notice of anything further south than Austria but more east than Italy, which has plenty of anime as far as I know - Aria, an arc in Index and the others mentioned in the thread.

>>155447116
There's also a dispute for the origin of Prosecco between Veneto and Slovenia.

Well, Greece has many anime but I don't think any other balkan country is featured in one.

>>155447436
I'm inclined to believe it's Venetian. Gorizia/Gorica was historically Venetian and that's where it originates, according to Wikipedia. Can't really claim something based purely on geographic location.
I've heard people argue about who Prosciutto belongs to as well. Since we can't argue about land, I guess food is the next best thing.
That's to be expected I suppose, we don't really have much to attract the nips here.

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>>155402115
Oh really?

>>155448705
>That's to be expected I suppose, we don't really have much to attract the nips here.
I dunno, the balkans are probably one of the most genuine and less touristic influenced places left in Europe.

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Baking. I will keep the OP as it is now.

I live near San Marino, where is set most of the newest serie of Lupin III...If you're vacationing not to distant I suggest you to check it out, it's small, comfy, and it has a really nice view

>>155446690
>>155447107
>>155443020
Traveled there first class stayed at 5 star hotels and had extravagant feasts each day for less than 10$.

You just need to do your research guys.

>>155394236
>gf

>>155449493
Croatia is being ruined by fat American manchildren due to Game of Thrones.

>>155451225
Yeah, apart from that, I guess.

Japan will never write or be interested in my country even though one of their biggest and most famous businessman is from there.

At least he got a 1 volume manga made of him.

>>155451411
Country and person?

>>155451521
Country: Lebanon
Person: Carlos Ghosn CEO of Renault and now chairman of Nissan and Mitsubishi

>>155412229
why is real life so drab looking

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>>155451577
Well, you've got Waltz with Bashir.
Damn, I should really watch that again.

>>155451722
Famously not an anime.

>>155451722
Well I was talking more about Japan.

Waltz with Bashir is very good though.

>>155451807
Never stated the opposite.

>>155451722

Holy crap, watching this for the first time right now.

>>155451862
It's just as well then that I never stated that you made any such statement.

>>155451618
Because the visual novel version is in summer and those photos are probably from spring. Shirakawago looked more similar to those pictures in summer when I was there. Japan looks grey in spring but that is to be expected.

>>155451272
I do agree with you though. I just recently went on a trip by myself to visit some friends in Montenegro and it's fascinating just how many people will start conversations with you completely naturally out of curiosity.
It was September but most of the really interesting historic locations were pretty empty. I think the combination of people not being able to speak English very well, on average at least, with the Cyrillic boogeyman scares people off.

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>>155451807
>>155451862
>>155451982

>>155451959
I remember I liked it but I was also a newfag at the time, that's why I wanna watch it again now.
>>155452034
If I find a job I'm definitely gonna do a motorcycle trip in the balkans.

>>155402051
it looks so shit with the bridge and all those cars.

>>155452144
I know people who have done the trip and they say it's pretty great.
My suggestion is that if you go through Montenegro, stop in Cetinje - you can spend the night fairly cheap there, there's a hostel called La Vecchia Casa that has an English-speaking landlord. It's 14€ per night and the rooms are actually top quality - it's much better than Podgorica. That place is a socialist shithole from what I saw of it, while Cetinje is the old royal capital and small enough that you can see all of it in three days if you're efficient.

Slovenia has Bled (highly touristy), Bohinj lake, Logarska dolina is beautiful for a motorcycle trip, Soča river, Zelenci, Perniško lake, the Pohorje region if you're into wine and other stuff I can't remember right now.


And for the love of god, avoid gypsies like the plague. They sic their kids on you at gas stops trying to wash your windshield and other shit.

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>>155452251

>>155413281
well they have a Japanese language option on their website, the only one other then English.

Probably that came first, and is how the studio found it but it is strange

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>>155438769
Sorry for the late story:

I was returning back by the last NIOH bus, it;s one of the busses that goes to Shirakawa-go from Takayama station and loops. After a day of full service while it was relatively warm (~20'C, sunny and nice for the time), and during around golden week, it was well used up after the day and there was a lot of people on board (extra seats had been added in the middle). I managed to get in as one of the last people on board, sat in the 2/3 in left sear (looging from rear of the bus), near the window. I had not checked the window, as it was well ventilated and got comfy listening to mogra rip from December 2015, the one with Porter. It was calm, the ride was going well, it's a hilltop ride through a lot of tunnels and spirals. After the last tunel, something exploded two rows of seats in front of me to the right. In second or two, the whole bus was filled with hissing smoke, so thick I couldn't even see the outside of the glass window, and barely saw people in row in front of me. Panic immedietly kicked in, people were screaming, yelling for the driver to stop, but he kept full speed instead and just fuicking kept driving, ins shock possibly. Now, normally, in eurofagia or anywhere civilised, there's this nice hammer to fucking break the window and escape. In japan, their busses are like in mainland china - unsecured, with windows non opening, no safety measures at all (a contra to their magnificent state of the art train system I deeply love). My window wasn't buldging. Couldn't open it, despite all my strenght. Around 5-7 seconds passed since the explosion, I wasn't seeing anything, I got hazy from the smoke, I started banging on the window with my fists, then tried to pluck it open with my feet, but to no avail. The moment I tought - that's it, I am loosing strenght, there's no escape, I got cursed or something. A window opened in front, a gush of fresh air lined with windows.

>>155452404
>They sic their kids on you at gas stops trying to wash your windshield and other shit.
Good thing I have a naked with nothing to wash, then.
>La Vecchia Casa
Why in Italian?

>>155452501
(cont).
After I was able to breathe again, I helped some people hop off the window. Got out myself, helped some lady to get out. Got my bag for some reason. Other people got out. We all sat on the sideroad, exhausted, while the inside of the bus was still smoked and something was hissing loudly.

Fast forward - in 45min, there were ~10 ambulances, 4 fire brigade trucks, an helicopter, some small police vehicles and various shit, all on signal. They segregated people by injury types, I was lucky I got only minor scratches and was stinking of some bizarre gasoline or cooling fluid.

Apparently, the heat distribution system boiled and started ablaze, then exploded inside the bus under one of the seats, from extra weight the bus was supporting for the n-th ride this day. Around 12 people ended up in hospital with more injuries, noone died. If it was "real smoke", we would all be dead in some crevice near the road there, thanks to private bus company that never heard of safety standards in buses. I considered the rest of my 3week trip a "i am glad to be alive" event and went on more anime pilgrimages, but first bought protection amulets from the temple in Takayama.

End of story. I think it was the curse after all.

>>155452501
Jesus that was an anime tier asspull there at the end.

>>155401406
>>155401436
Is this from than military musical thing?

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>>155452717
The landlord and his mother both speak Italian. The Montenegrin royal line had a few marriages with the Italian royalty. Jelena Petrović Njegoš, also known as Jelena Savojska was actually the Queen of Italy during the time Mussolini took over.
The Montenegrins love the Njegoš dynasty, you'll see the name all over Cetinje.
It's weird because Italy occupied Montenegro during WW2, but that's why people speak Italian often. Probably.
Italian also screams high-class and brings in rich tourists who spook at dirty Slavic languages.
Another thing to remember to avoid any confusion, Montenegro is Crna Gora in Montenegrin/Serbian.

>>155452771
Right? On the other side, now I know why there are tons of "tragic bus accidents of a school trip" in every second or fourth series there is. When I was waiting for the transport for 3h, I recalled Little Busters and almost started to laugh maniacally when I realised my adrenaline rush was wearing off, but I didn't have to be stuck in near-death dreamstate saving various girls from their own personal demons, in order to save my friends. Well fuck japanese bus companies, especialy Nioh or something.

>>155453051
I just realised I write in this weird disjointed way, my sentences are awkward as fuck.

Anyone going to be in Tokyo in June?

>>155393677
I could actually go there if it isn't too expensive.
What date is the best one to go?

>>155453059
Why wouldn't they have the little red hammers anyway? Jeez nips, get it together.
If you had started laughing I might have wondered whether you live in an anime. Were there cute girls saying Tasukete?

>>155393677
No, it sucks.

>>155429758
That's montly income, right?

>>155453187
I really wonder why they don't have them. Made me traumatised enough to check if window opens whenever I am on the bus. And I never sit on the right side.

As for cute girls and "tasukete~" - there were some lolis, but they kept quiet and were just around their parents. Some cakes on out of town golden week outing as well. And lots of chinese oba-chan's. No cute schoolgirls needing the help of long-haired gajin, unfortunetly.

On the other hand, I talked for two hours with a japanese ojisan, outdoor-type cameraman, who I saw first in Shirakawa-go's river, at the pond at the end, where I was eating my lunch and doing some photos and noticed him doing the same several meters away but just bowed heads to each others and smiled. He was nice, spoke great english and it was generally nice to exchange some info around the area. Went for Shinotaka ropeway thanks to his advice the next day, and it was lovely (without busses exploding again). He remindend me of the cameraman from Higurashi.

i live at 2 hours by car so once a year i go to pray for animu and 2D girls

Cuenca is the most comfy place ever

>>155453051
Oh, yeah, the queen.
For some strange reason everyone in the balkans, from Albania to Greece, seem to love us and speek some Italian despite being occupied by us. Probably only Slovenians and Croatians don't particularly like us.
You're Slovenian? What do you guys think of Italy?

>>155453457
You disappointed them anon, they just wanted to see a cool gaijin man take control of a terrible situation and save the day just like in their shoujo manga.
It's always the old men that talk to you in foreign countries isn't it? I love them so much, they have great stories every time.

>>155394150
Er, no thanks.

I like not being culturally enriched didn't do anythings.

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I did my training with my literal look a like so I'm ready for Japan

>>155454178
TRST JE NAŠ!
Now that we got that out of the way, I'll say that I don't think we have any issues with you. Sure there are some mean names and stereotypes - namely being terrible drivers - but I've never actually heard anyone seriously speak badly about Italians. Most people are happy to meet you. Even when speaking about the Italianisation during the occupation, it's strangely relaxed in comparison to the weird slight dislike/respect for Germans you get.
I think the EU helped hugely in that regard, I couldn't imagine the atmosphere between the two nations being this relaxed if there was a legitimate border between Gorizia and Nova Gorica.

>>155454344
Cont.
Funnily enough, the last of the barbed wire between the two cities only got removed in 2004 if I'm not wrong.
Most of the butthurt is focused at the rest of the ex-Yugo countries. That kind of bad blood, while not really horrible, makes the conflicts with Italy look idiotic for being so long ago, which might have actually helped in it's own bizarre way.

My family always loved Italy, my dad actually helped some Czechs sneak across the border at Gorizia back in Yugoslavia when they still shot you for crossing.

>>155454344
>>155454512
Very interesting.
I'm from Alto Adige so I know what it's like to live in a border region.

Reminder we have >>>/trv/, it is more than just sex tourism so try it out sometime.

>>155455483
Looks beatiful.
Is secession from Italy and joining Austria really a current political issue in South Tyrol?

>>155455990
No, no one takes the few people who ask for that seriously. Austria doesn't want us because they'd have to treat Italians like a minority because of european regulations and they're racists against south tyroleans.