On weekends the Washnomiya Shrine in Washnomiya Machi Saitama Prefecture fills with men aged between 20-40.
Men also enjoying the boost!?
Men also enjoying the boost!?
... It’s hard to believe! But Washinomiya Shrine, located an hour’s train ride out of Tokyo is the location for the anime Lucky Star, and a Mecca for otaku.Washinomiya Shrine has become popular as a place of pilgrimage for Lucky Star otaku.font>。
Pilgrims dressed in their cosplay costumes, commemorative photos and parking areas filled with “itasha” cars covered in manga character stickers and paintings.
The moe phenomenon has brought an economic flow-on of over 100 million yen.。
Can Japanese manga save dying townships?
All eyes are on the this unique economic effect.
たくさんのイラスト入り絵馬
通称 『痛車（いたしゃ）』
Lucky StarPrice 798 Yen (inc.tax)
Series sold over 3.5 million copies
Volume 1 to 6 on sale now
Series in magazines Gekkan Konputiku and Gekkan Compuesu
Story
Izumi Konata is a high school girl who loves manga and anime. She will do her utmost for anything or anyone she likes.
Her stories are full of incidents that face a typical high school girl and her friends.
Take a look and you will surely envy her.
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