The places you first saw drawn
In Japan it's called seichi junrei (聖地巡礼, "pilgrimage to sacred places"): traveling to the real locations that appear in an anime, standing where the imaginary camera stood and comparing the frame with the landscape. The Suga shrine stairs from Your Name, the Kamakura railroad crossing from Slam Dunk or the Hakone caldera turned into Tokyo-3 in Evangelion welcome thousands of fans every year.
Finding those places is the easy part: location maps have existed for years. The hard part comes after — turning a cloud of pins into a trip that fits your days and your wallet. seichitravel organizes that part.
how we build the routes
Locations come from the animemap database, with coordinates verified one by one; dubious places are flagged and left out of the routes. On top of those points we draw day-by-day itineraries with real transport (line, operator, duration and price), and compute a per-person budget in three tiers: low cost, comfort and premium. The budget covers transport, lodging, entries and food — and excludes international flights, because they depend too much on your origin and dates.
Prices are indicative: they come from the operators' official websites and are shown with their date and exchange rate. Some lodging links are affiliate links, always marked with ◇; they don't change what you pay and help sustain the project.
the images, under construction
Every stop will get a draggable comparison between the anime frame and a real photo of the place. We're still preparing them, place by place, so many stops don't have an image yet. If you've visited any of these places and have photos, you'll soon be able to send them in and we'll publish them crediting you as the author.
visiting with respect
Almost no location is a tourist attraction: they are neighborhoods, commuter stations, high schools and residential stairways. The rule is simple — the photo never justifies a nuisance. Don't block crossings or roads, don't enter school grounds, don't fly drones without permission, and buy something at the local shops: it's the best way to keep neighbors welcoming visitors.
who is behind this
seichitravel is a project by seikas — meaning one person, the same one behind animemap. I build it little by little, route by route and in my spare time, with no sponsorship from studios or distributors. The series cited belong to their authors and anime frames are used for location-reference purposes. Ideas, corrections or photos from your trip? Write to me at contact@seichitravel.com.