01:52 pm - Talking about Japan now
So... I'm enough of a dork that my reasons for going to many spots aren't so much because they're simply famous, but because I've seen them in anime or they have to do with historical periods I like.
So I have my list thus far of places I've been and why, and then I'll happily take my F-list's suggestions for places in Japan that I might go that were settings in anime you know I like. Italicized ones are ones I'm already planning on going to or might go to.
Heian related places
Heian Jingu
Arashiyama (did the Juuni Hitoe!)
Uji (saw Byoudouin and the Genji Monogatari Museum)
The Imperial Palace
Seimei Jinja (As in Abe no Seimei)
Edo, Samurai related places
Toyokawa Edo Museum
Nijo Castle
Gifu Castle
Osaka Castle park & nearby shrine I'm forgetting the name of
Sekigahara
An Ukiyo-e exhibit
Meiji related places
Meiji Jingu
Some Shinsengumi spots in Kyoto? Although this would count more as Peace Maker Kurogane dorkdom than Meiji dorkdom
And the funner side of things:
Anime/Manga Settings
Iga Ueno (Tsuki no Shippo/Tail of the Moon)
Hiroshima (Kamichu, Asagiri no Miko)
Tokyo Metropolitan Building (X, Digimon Tamers, probably others)
Shibuya (ChoGALS)
Odaiba: Fuji TV Station, the harbor (Digimon Adventure! <3)
Tokyo Tower (Please Save My Earth(!), Digimon, Magic Knights Rayearth, ext.)
As far as Tokyo's concerned, I had also wanted to go to Ueno Zoo just because that's the zoo Alice and Rin went to in Please Save My Earth. XD *dork* That's also the zoo they went to in the Hana Yori Dango live action drama. Also, I have no idea where the National Library would be, so I probably can't go looking for the Universe of the Four Gods. ^^;; Too bad I won't have much time in Tokyo.
I also want to have another excuse to go back to Osaka, as I've only gone once but did a lot of stuff. I want to go back and find an anime goods store (I want more Haruka goods!), but I don't want to go for that reason alone...
So I have my list thus far of places I've been and why, and then I'll happily take my F-list's suggestions for places in Japan that I might go that were settings in anime you know I like. Italicized ones are ones I'm already planning on going to or might go to.
Heian related places
Heian Jingu
Arashiyama (did the Juuni Hitoe!)
Uji (saw Byoudouin and the Genji Monogatari Museum)
The Imperial Palace
Seimei Jinja (As in Abe no Seimei)
Edo, Samurai related places
Toyokawa Edo Museum
Nijo Castle
Gifu Castle
Osaka Castle park & nearby shrine I'm forgetting the name of
Sekigahara
An Ukiyo-e exhibit
Meiji related places
Meiji Jingu
Some Shinsengumi spots in Kyoto? Although this would count more as Peace Maker Kurogane dorkdom than Meiji dorkdom
And the funner side of things:
Anime/Manga Settings
Iga Ueno (Tsuki no Shippo/Tail of the Moon)
Hiroshima (Kamichu, Asagiri no Miko)
Tokyo Metropolitan Building (X, Digimon Tamers, probably others)
Shibuya (ChoGALS)
Odaiba: Fuji TV Station, the harbor (Digimon Adventure! <3)
Tokyo Tower (Please Save My Earth(!), Digimon, Magic Knights Rayearth, ext.)
As far as Tokyo's concerned, I had also wanted to go to Ueno Zoo just because that's the zoo Alice and Rin went to in Please Save My Earth. XD *dork* That's also the zoo they went to in the Hana Yori Dango live action drama. Also, I have no idea where the National Library would be, so I probably can't go looking for the Universe of the Four Gods. ^^;; Too bad I won't have much time in Tokyo.
I also want to have another excuse to go back to Osaka, as I've only gone once but did a lot of stuff. I want to go back and find an anime goods store (I want more Haruka goods!), but I don't want to go for that reason alone...
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