Shibuya and Harajuku Anime Pilgrimage Guide: Spots by Series and a Day Route
Info checked 2026-10-25 · 44 spots · Jujutsu Kaisen · Detective Conan · HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE! · Weathering with You · Haikyu!! · The Garden of Words · 5 Centimeters per Second · IDOLiSH7 · Love Live! Superstar!!
Photo: Syced / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Between Shibuya Station (渋谷駅) and the south exit of Shinjuku Station, a stretch of about 3 km, you'll find 44 pilgrimage spots from nine series. The core is the area around Shibuya Station, where the Shibuya Incident from Jujutsu Kaisen overlaps with Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween, and the back streets of Harajuku and Omotesando are packed with spots from Love Live! Superstar!!. Start before 9 a.m., when it's less crowded, and walk north (about 8 hours), passing the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium from Haikyu!!, Sendagaya from The Garden of Words and Sangubashi from 5 Centimeters per Second along the way.
At a glance
- Series: Jujutsu Kaisen, Detective Conan (the movie The Bride of Halloween), Project Sekai (the movie), Weathering with You, Love Live! Superstar!!, Haikyu!!, The Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters per Second, IDOLiSH7
- Doing it in one day: start at Shibuya Station and walk north via Yoyogi Park → Harajuku → Omotesando → Sendagaya → Sangubashi → Shinjuku. The walking alone takes about 4 hours 10 minutes, or about 8 hours with photo stops. Skip the Omotesando area and it drops to about 3 hours of walking, or about 6 hours
- Transport: none. You can walk the whole way, and if you get tired you can skip a stop at a time on the JR Yamanote Line, JR Chuo-Sobu Line or Odakyu Line
- Budget (per person): ¥0. Every spot can be seen from outside for free; the only cost is admission if you go up the SHIBUYA SKY observation deck (adults ¥2,700 online, ¥3,400 for entry from 3 pm; ¥300 more at the counter)
- How this was checked: maps (as of October 2026)
Getting there
- Start: Shibuya Station (JR, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu, Keio). Come out of the Hachiko Exit and the Hachiko Statue and Scramble Crossing are right in front of you
- Finish: Shinjuku Southern Terrace is right next to the south exit of JR Shinjuku Station
Spots by area
Around Shibuya Station (Jujutsu Kaisen, Conan, Project Sekai, Weathering with You, Superstar)
1
2 · 1 min walk
3 · 3 min walk
4 · 1 min walk
5 · 1 min walk
6 · 2 min walk
7 · 2 min walk
8 · 6 min walk
9 · 3 min walk
10 · 3 min walk
11 · 5 min walk
12 · 3 min walk
13 · 4 min walk
14 · 4 min walk
15 · 1 min walk
16 · 5 min walk
The Scramble Crossing appears in all four series, and it is also where Kinako, just arrived in Tokyo, gets lost in Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2, Episode 1. The Hachiko Statue appears in The Bride of Halloween. The west side of the crossing is Shibuya Incident territory from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2: the front of SHIBUYA109, Exit A0, the Dogenzaka back alley and the Mark City connecting passage are each just 2–4 minutes apart on foot. East of the station are Shibuya Hikarie, Shibuya Scramble Square and Shibuya Police Station from The Bride of Halloween. To the north, MIYASHITA PARK and Nonbei Yokocho are also from The Bride of Halloween (MIYASHITA PARK also appears as Kinako wanders around), while Tower Records and Kitaya Park are spots from the Project Sekai movie. All 16 spots are within 600 m of the Hachiko Statue, so if you start on the west side of the crossing before 9 a.m., when it's less crowded, you can finish in an hour and a half.
Yoyogi Park and Harajuku (Project Sekai, Superstar, Haikyu!!, Jujutsu Kaisen, IDOLiSH7)
17 · 11 min walk
18 · 3 min walk
19 · 5 min walk
20 · 5 min walk
21 · 2 min walk
22 · 1 min walk
23 · 3 min walk
24 · 4 min walk
Walk northwest from Kitaya Park and enter Yoyogi Park through the Shibuya Gate to find the outdoor stage from the Project Sekai movie. The same stage is where Keke and Kanon debut in Love Live! Superstar!! Season 1, Episode 3, and the park's zelkova avenue is where the two run in Season 1, Episode 2. Right next door, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium (First Gymnasium) is drawn in the Haikyu!! manga as the former venue of the Spring Tournament (Harukou).
From in front of the gymnasium, cross Gorin Bridge, drawn on the Season 1 ending single's cover art, and you reach JR Harajuku Station and WITH HARAJUKU, Kinako's home in Season 2, facing each other across the street. Walk toward Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) Station for Takeshita Street from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1, Episode 3. In Love Live! Superstar!!, Sumire waits at its entrance hoping to be scouted.
Omotesando and Jingumae (Love Live! Superstar!!)
25 · 1 min walk
26 · 3 min walk
27 · 1 min walk
28 · 2 min walk
29 · 1 min walk
30 · 2 min walk
31 · 2 min walk
32 · 1 min walk
33 · 4 min walk
34 · 9 min walk
35 · 2 min walk
36 · 14 min walk
The alley just south of Takeshita Street is the Brahms Path, where Kanon runs on her way to school. The Mozart Street stairs and Church Street that follow are where Kanon and Keke first meet in Season 1, Episode 1. Jingumae Crossing, Omohara no Mori and the "Yonderu" statue on the Cat Street corner are each just 2–4 minutes apart on foot.
Head south from the Yonderu statue to Waratako, the backdrop of the Season 1 ending selfie shot, the adidas store that models the big-screen building "Spica", and Onden Shrine (穏田神社), the model for Sumire's family shrine. Back on Omotesando, walk east to Omotesando Hills Dojunkan, drawn as Keke's home, and carry on to the footbridge where Keke watches the sunrise, next to Exit A1 of Omotesando Station. The Minami-Aoyama 6-chome Children's Playground, where young Chisato rides the swing, is about 15 minutes southeast of the footbridge. This area alone takes about an hour and a half on foot.
Sendagaya (Superstar, Jujutsu Kaisen, Haikyu!!, The Garden of Words)
37
38 · 9 min walk
39 · 9 min walk
40 · 2 min walk
About 31 minutes north of the playground is the front of Meiji Jingu Stadium, on the road Sumire runs along in Love Live! Superstar!!, and 11 more minutes brings you to the Sendagaya Tunnel from the Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 opening. If you skip the Omotesando area, the tunnel is a 13-minute walk northeast from Takeshita Street. Walk 10 minutes north from the tunnel to reach the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, the venue of the Spring Tournament nationals in Haikyu!!. Right next to it is Sendagaya Station, the station Takao uses on his way to school in The Garden of Words.
Yoyogi and Sangubashi (5 Centimeters per Second, IDOLiSH7, The Garden of Words)
41 · 15 min walk
42 · 14 min walk
43 · 3 min walk
44 · 20 min walk
From Sendagaya Station it's 15 minutes west to Yoyogi Station, then another 14 minutes to Sangubashi Station on the Odakyu Line. The railside path and park where young Takaki and Akari walk together in 5 Centimeters per Second are in front of the station. Finally, walk 21 minutes toward Shinjuku and finish at Shinjuku Southern Terrace, from the rainy-morning commute scene in The Garden of Words.
Passes and crowds
This route is entirely on foot, so you don't need a pass. If you get tired and ride a stop or two, just tap in with an IC card (Suica, etc.).
- Good stretches to skip: Harajuku → Yoyogi is one stop on the JR Yamanote Line, Sendagaya → Yoyogi is one stop on the JR Chuo-Sobu Line, and Sangubashi → Shinjuku is two stops on the Odakyu Line
- Times to avoid: the Shibuya Scramble Crossing on Friday and Saturday evenings and Takeshita Street on weekend afternoons are too crowded for good photos. Around Shibuya Station, drinking on the street and in parks is banned year-round from 18:00 to 5:00, and extra traffic restrictions are added during the Halloween period around October 31, so avoid evenings during that period
- On days with a big tournament or concert at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium or Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Sendagaya and Harajuku stations get crowded
What to bring
- Comfortable shoes: you'll walk about 19 km in a day (about 13 km without the Omotesando area), with hills between Shibuya and Sendagaya
- Mobile data: Shibuya Station has a lot of exits, so you'll need a map app. If you also want to use the SeichiLog scene-comparison camera on site, sort out a Japan eSIM or pocket Wi-Fi before you leave home
- An IC card (Suica, etc.): saves buying a ticket every time you ride a single stop along the way
Etiquette
FAQ
Q. How much does it cost in total?
If you walk, ¥0. You only pay for getting to and from Shibuya Station, plus admission if you go up the SHIBUYA SKY observation deck (from ¥2,700 online).
Q. I only want to see the Jujutsu Kaisen Shibuya Incident spots.
The area around Shibuya Station is all you need. The front of SHIBUYA109, Exit A0, the Dogenzaka back alley, Mark City and Shibuya Hikarie are all within 5 minutes of the station, so an hour is plenty.
Q. What should I see if I only have half a day?
Do just two areas, around Shibuya Station and Yoyogi Park and Harajuku, and finish at Harajuku Station. That covers seven series in about three hours.
Q. I only want to see Love Live! Superstar!!.
Start at Yoyogi Park, pass Gorin Bridge and Harajuku Station, loop through the Omotesando and Jingumae area, and finish in front of Meiji Jingu Stadium. Stop by the Shibuya Scramble Crossing and MIYASHITA PARK when you set off from Shibuya Station.