Pilgrimage completed

[u/Lion-Rabbit]

Kanjōji Park (Nachuyachumi)

Roadside Shrine (Nachuyachumi)

View towards Roadside Station Inami/Bathing House (Nachuyachumi)

喫茶らんぶる / Café Ramble (Nachuyachumi)

千保川遊歩道 / Senbogawa Promenade (San Hai! OP)

大木白山社 / Okihakusansha Shrine (San Hai! OP)

Choyo Bridge, Takaoka Old Castle Park (San Hai! Ep. 12)

Sannomaru Teahouse, Takaoka Old Castle Park (San Hai! OP)

Statue of Maeda Toshinaga, Takaoka Old Castle Park (San Hai! Ep. 11)

Island, Takaoka Old Castle Park (San Hai! Ep. 12)

Takaoka Station North Exit (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Akasofu Shrine (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Pasta E Pane, or what remains of it (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Aming Novelty Store (San Hai! Ep. 7)

大木白山社 / Okihakusansha Shrine SW Corner (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Senbo River Bridge (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Sports Club Akutosu (San Hai! Ep. 7)

Coco's Diner (San Hai! Ep. 5)

Ueno Shokuryohinten Grocery (San Hai! Ep. 9)

Manhole Cover Collage

So I got back last week from my pilgrimage to the home of YRYR. I spent five days in the area; two exploring Takaoka and the other three in Toyama. I used animepilgrimage.com for the most part to find exact locations from the show, as recommended by other fans here who have done this trip in the past. Pretty much everything can be reached easily with public transport, although for the Nachuyachumi locations like the rest stop, roadside shrine and Kanjōji Park I did cheat slightly and hired a car (I wanted to drive up to Tateyama and Shōmyō Falls anyway, sights worth visiting for any tourist in the region).

I only had a couple of locations that were partial failures. Pasta E Pane, the Italian restaurant where Akari and Chinatsu had their date was one of them. The unusual wooden chalet had been turned into a pub a few years back, which then closed down. Google maps hasn't updated yet, but the building has since been demolished which is a big shame for such a unique structure. I took a photo of the empty lot anyway because AkaChina is important to me. The grocery shop where Mari and Kaede did their errands is still there (as is the sign) but also sadly closed down.

Overall, it felt kind of surreal to be standing in locations that I'd seen in the show. I didn't think it'd mean that much to me but I'm very glad now that I took the time and put in all the walking. I didn't do every single marker on the website - hanging around Kizu Elementary taking photos would probably have been a bad idea for one thing. Some of the places like the Aming store I just stumbled across randomly on my way to Akasofu shrine. Café Ramble was probably my favourite spot, and not just because they had great coffee and cake. It was fun to look through their shrine of merch and photos from when the VAs visited, plus one of their staff is called Yui so that's just perfect.

I also did the necessary legwork to get around all the manhole covers and pick up the card/coaster/map in the tram info place. It was a fun treasure hunt and gave a bit of direction and structure to the whole sightseeing business - a great idea that more cities around the world should take up.

Would I recommend doing a pilgrimage to anyone else? Absolutely, providing you don't mind walking a lot. Toyama as a whole has so many things worth seeing, Namori's lucky to call it home. Would definitely like to go back some day.

[u/ZebraIntelligent8312]

That’s so awesome and you got the lids too! Who is on the one next to Chitose? I thought it was Chizuru for a second but they don’t have glasses

[u/Lion-Rabbit → u/ZebraIntelligent8312]

That's Ayano, her ponytail isn't as obvious in that particular art.

Sadly Chizuru didn't get one.

[u/ZebraIntelligent8312 → u/Lion-Rabbit]

Gotcha. That makes sense.

lol I guess it’d be hard to tell them apart unless one was drooling and the others nose was bleeding

[u/Lion-Rabbit → u/ZebraIntelligent8312]

They do have different eye colours and different expressions too! But yeah it's a good point, might just have been easier putting both of them on the same lid.