" Japan Anime Tourism Association officials Cheap Wes Horton Jersey , from left, Kadokawa Corp. Chairman and the association's Vice Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Chairman Yoshiyuki Tomino, Director Yasuhiro Tsuboi, Director Tadashi Fujita and Director and Secretary General Yoshifumi Mori attend a press conference on the newly formed association in Tokyo Cheap Mario Addison Jersey , Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 while showing an image of a Japanese TV animation series, "Lucky Star" or "Raki Suta" on the screen. Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated "animation spots" to encourage tourism - the train station, school campus Cheap Daryl Williams Jersey , rural shrine and other fairly everyday places where popular "manga" characters were depicted. Japanese on the screen read: "Raki Sta," Kuki city in Saitama prefecture, a preceding example of the "animation spot." (AP PhotoKoji Sasahara)
TOKYO (AP) — Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated ""animation spots"" to encourage tourism — using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where popular ""manga"" characters are depicted.
Such landmarks number in the tens of thousands Cheap Michael Palardy Jersey , given the popularity and volume of ""manga"" comics In Japan. But this is being billed as the official list for any fan's animation ""pilgrimage,"" as the places are known as ""seichi,"" or ""sacred spots.""
People around the world can vote on the landmarks through a website set up in several languages, including English and Chinese.
""Japanese pop culture has grown to rival American Hollywood,"" Tsugihiko Kadokawa Cheap Mike Adams Jersey , chairman of Kadokawa Corp. publisher and film studio, one of the officials behind the effort, said Friday at a Tokyo news conference. ""Animation can change the times.""
Tourists from abroad have grown, under a ""Cool Japan"" initiative Cheap C.J. Anderson Jersey , reaching 20 million people last year — five years ahead of a goal set by the government, prompting officials to raise its 2020 target to 40 million tourists.
One shoo-in for the list Cheap Da'Norris Searcy Jersey , according to organizers, is Washinomiya Jinja, a picturesque shrine in Saitama prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo, a familiar scene in comics by Kagami Yoshimizu, which later became a TV animation series Cheap Jarius Wright Jersey , ""Lucky Star"" or ""Raki Suta.""
The shrine shows up in the opening sequence to the TV show Cheap Dontari Poe Jersey , whose typical episode will feature a heated discussion in cute, cooing voices on the correct way to eat a pastry.
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