HONTABI: Anime & Literary Map

The only travel app for anime, manga, and literary settings. Visit 4,000+ real locations from 1,300+ stories — Slam Dunk, Your Name, Murakami, and more. Free.

Find a story for every destination — and walk where it unfolds.

HONTABI is the only travel app dedicated to anime, manga, and literary settings. With 1,300+ titles and 4,000+ real-world locations across 173 countries, HONTABI turns any trip into a pilgrimage.

WHO IT'S FOR

• Anime and manga fans planning a real-life pilgrimage in Japan
• Otaku travelers searching for sacred spots (seichi)
• Literary travelers visiting authors' hometowns and novel settings
• Travelers wondering "what stories are set in this city?"
• Fans of literary tourism, on-location tours, and book travel

KEY FEATURES

■ Pilgrimage Map All 4,000+ story locations on one map. Filter by region or zoom into a city.

■ Search by Story Browse 1,300+ titles to see every location it features:

• Anime/Manga: Slam Dunk, Your Name, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Yuru Camp, Love Live!, Silver Spoon, Oshi no Ko, SPY×FAMILY, and more
• Japanese Literature: Haruki Murakami, Yasunari Kawabata, Natsume Soseki, Osamu Dazai, Yukio Mishima, and more
• World Literature: Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Gabriel García Márquez, Kazuo Ishiguro, and more

■ Search by City "What stories are set in Tokyo / Kyoto / Kamakura / Numazu / London / Paris / Dublin?" — reverse-search any destination.

■ AI Half-Day Routes Pick a few locations and let Gemini AI generate a timed walking or train itinerary. Use it as your day-of pilgrimage plan.

■ Hotel Booking (Agoda) Find and book from 3 million hotels near each pilgrimage spot. Turn a day trip into a weekend.

■ Check-In & Memories Record every location you visit and build your personal pilgrimage album.

FEATURED PILGRIMAGES

• Slam Dunk in Kamakura (the iconic railway crossing)
• Your Name in Hida and Tokyo
• Demon Slayer locations across Japan
• Love Live! in Numazu and Akihabara
• Yuru Camp campsites in Yamanashi and Izu
• Murakami's Tokyo bars and Kyoto streets
• Hemingway's Paris cafes
• Joyce's Dublin walks

Free, no sign-up, no ads.

Walk where the stories happen.