88 anime trip locations is beem selected

According to chiba (jiji press) :the anime tourism association has introduced 88 locations closely related to japanese animation works, inclusive of hida, gifu prefecture, that's tied to the “kimi no na wa” (your call) blockbuster movie.

Primarily based on votes from around the world, the general public-private group additionally picked hakodate, aizuwakamatsu in fukushima prefecture and takarazuka in hyogo prefecture.
The association will expand “pilgrimage” sightseeing plans covering a couple of places chosen from the 88 locations in cooperation with nearby governments and others.
The association hopes to draw site visitors from abroad with popular anime works to support regional financial development, officials said.
The concept of picking 88 locations turned into inspired by the conventional 88-temple pilgrimage path, referred to as henro, across shikoku.
The association announced one hundred fifty candidate locations in march. primarily based on votes accrued on the detailed internet site that supported japanese, english and 3 other languages, the affiliation picked the 88 places after discussions with applicable parties.
The association plans to announce anime pilgrimage locations every year. the range of web sites will boom next 12 months.Anime tourism affiliation head : yoshiyuki tomino ( the author of gundam).
A person in a eastern robotic animation series, expressed hopes that the picks will assist local monetary boom..
Hida municipal authorities Are strengthening measures to enable help foreign site visitors from every sources