Every scene has an address.
Project Meguri is the map for anime pilgrimage. Find the real places behind anime, manga, games and live-action titles, see the exact scene each one is from, and plan a visit the neighbors won’t mind.
Sapporo Station North Exit
札幌駅北口
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 350 m away
EP 1 · 03:12Product UI with illustrative titles and scenes. Map data © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap.
The problem
Finding a spot today means piecing together old posts.
Fans cross the world to stand where a scene was set. The information they need to do it hasn’t caught up.
Scattered
Blog posts, forum threads, videos and personal maps. Rarely in one place, never in one format.
Mostly in Japanese
The best research is written for Japanese readers, with Japanese place names and station directions.
Out of date
Shops close, fences go up, a crossing gets rebuilt. A post from years ago won’t tell you.
Find
Search the whole map, in either language.
Start from a title you love, a town you’re visiting, or wherever you’re standing.
One search for everything
Titles, spots and areas in one box. Results narrow the map as you type, and press / to start from anywhere.
English or Japanese
English, Japanese and alternate names all match, and typing with a Japanese keyboard just works.
Browse by area
Country, then prefecture, then city, with the number of spots in each.
Near me
Spots within 2 km of you, widening to 10 km when it’s quiet.
List what’s in view
Move the map anywhere and list every spot on screen, most visited first.
Areas
Titles
Summer at Kamome Station
かもめ駅の夏
Anime · 6 spots in Sapporo
Spots
All 41 spots
EP 1 · 03:12Summer at Kamome Station
Sapporo Station North Exit
EP 2 · 11:40Summer at Kamome Station
Poplar Avenue
EP 4 · 07:05Summer at Kamome Station
Tanukikoji arcade
Plan
Every spot answers the questions you’d ask on the day.
Spots are the places on the map. Each one carries the same details, so you can plan a whole day around them.
EP 1 · 03:12Summer at Kamome Station
Sapporo Station North Exit
札幌駅北口
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 350 m away
About
Hana changes trains here on her way home in episode 1. Stand by the north-exit sign, facing the station, for the same angle. Busy at rush hour; early morning is quietest.
Visit info
Difficulty
Getting there
Very easy
Recreating the shot
Moderate
- Scene
- The episode and timestamp, with a reference frame so you can line up your own photo.
- Names and address
- English and Japanese names, the street address and coordinates, each one tap to copy.
- Can you visit?
- Public space, facility, shop, school, someone’s home. You know what kind of place it is before you go.
- Status
- Whether it still looks the same, has changed, closed or is gone, and when someone last checked.
- Difficulty
- Two ratings from very easy to very hard: getting there, and recreating the shot.
- Directions
- One tap opens Apple Maps on iPhone and Google Maps everywhere else.
- Sources
- The references the spot was researched from, linked so you can check them.
- Wishlist and Visited
- Wishlist the spots you want to see and mark them visited when you’ve been. Counts show how many others have.
Summer at Kamome Station
かもめ駅の夏
AnimeSapporo, Hokkaido · 37 spots
Kamome Station Production Committee
EP 1 · 03:12Sapporo Station North Exit
EP 2 · 11:40Poplar Avenue
EP 4 · 07:05Tanukikoji arcade
EP 5 · 18:02Odori Park fountain
EP 8 · 02:55Sapporo Clock Tower
Follow
Follow a title and work through its spots.
Anime, manga, games and live action, each with every spot from the series on one map, in the title’s own color.
Follow titles
The titles you follow wait under Continue on Home, with your progress through each.
See how far you’ve got
“12 of 37 spots visited” on every title you follow, right under its name.
Plan by city
Filter a title’s spots to one city, then sort by nearest, most visited, or difficulty.
Mark a day’s route at once
Select several spots and wishlist or mark them visited in one go. On a phone, long-press a card to start.
Talk about it
Comments and replies on every title, next to its synopsis, other names and official links.
Visit
Some of these spots are someone’s home.
Every spot is labeled with what kind of place it is, from parks you can walk right into to houses you should only see from the street.
Status, before you travel
Each spot also carries a status and the date it was last checked, so a closed shop or a demolished bridge doesn’t cost you a trip.
- Public space
Parks, streets, riverbanks. Go ahead.
- Facility
Stations, museums, shrines. Follow their rules and hours.
- Shop
It’s a business. Buy something, and ask before taking photos inside.
- School area
Stay outside the gates, and don’t photograph students.
- Residential area
People live here. Keep your voice down and don’t linger.
- Private property
Look from the street. Don’t go in.
- Restricted area
Closed to visitors. It stays on the map so you don’t make the trip.
Details
Built for the day of the trip.
The small things that matter when you’re standing at a station with a phone in one hand.
A real phone layout
One sheet you drag up and down over the map, quick filters at your thumb, and a swipe between a title’s spots.
Summer at Kamome Station
かもめ駅の夏
Directions in one tap
Opens Apple Maps on iPhone and Google Maps everywhere else, already pointed at the spot.
A link for everything
Every title and spot has its own link. Send one to a friend and it opens right where you were.
Profiles that show where you’ve been
A banner, an avatar, the titles you follow and the spots you’ve wishlisted, with level, XP and reputation chips.
Hana Member
@hana
Sapporo, Japan · Lv 24 18.6k XP 1.2k Rep
Summer at Kamome Station
かもめ駅の夏
Anime · 37 spots
Lanterns over Asagiri
朝霧のランタン
Anime · 24 spots
English first, Japanese alongside
Japanese names sit on their own line, never machine-translated, so you can match them to the signs.
Fast with a keyboard
Press / to search, arrow keys to move through results, and Esc to step back one layer at a time.
Accounts that stay yours
Log in with a passkey, add an authenticator app and recovery codes, and see every active session.
Accuracy
A wrong spot costs someone a trip. So we track every one.
Behind the map is an admin center our team uses to add, check and fix spots, with the numbers to see what needs attention.
Status on every spot
Normal, changed, closed or demolished, with the date it was last checked. New spots start as unverified until someone confirms them.
A dashboard for the data
Spots added each week, the status mix, and what’s missing, like scene images or Japanese names.
Sources and credit
Spots link their references. Titles list their rights holders and official links.
Matched to the catalogs
Titles carry their Bangumi and AniList IDs, so they line up with the databases fans already use.
Good evening, Hana
Last 30 daysSpots
1,284
+36 in the last 30 days
Titles
48
+3 in the last 30 days
Spots added12 weeks
Spot status1,284 spots
- Normal 1,036
- Changed or closed 88
- Demolished or inaccessible 12
Unverified spotsView all
Under the hood
Built as a product, not a fan wiki.
A real backend, a typed API and a design system shared between the app and this site.
One API for every client
The web app runs on a typed, documented API. Native apps can use the same one when they arrive.
Search built for two languages
Instant search across English, Japanese and alternate names, with matches highlighted as you type.
A map that stays quick
Every spot in one map layer, loaded for the view you’re in, with lists that keep their place as they refresh.
Secure by default
Sessions in secure cookies, passkeys, two-factor authentication and bot checks on sign-up.
Built with GoPostgreSQLMeilisearchNuxtMapboxCloudflare
Roadmap
Where Project Meguri is today.
The core of the app is built and running in development. Here’s what works now and what comes next.
Built
- Map with search, areas and Near me
- Titles you can follow, with visit progress
- Spots with scene, status, difficulty and sources
- Wishlist and Visited, one at a time or in bulk
- Desktop panels and a phone bottom sheet
- Profiles and comments
- Accounts with passkeys and two-factor authentication
- Admin center with a data dashboard
Next
Shared spot lists
Make a list of spots with your own notes and share it.
Community checks
Let visitors confirm a spot’s status from the spot itself.
Native mobile apps
iOS and Android, on the same API as the web app.
More languages
English first today. Other languages after launch.
Opening to the public
Email us to hear when it happens.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Help us map every scene.
Project Meguri is in development. If you know your spots, want to work with us, or are thinking about investing, we’d like to hear from you.
Discord and X are coming soon.
