Revitalizing the local economy with animation, which small town in Japan really did it?

As early as 2005, the Japanese government put forward animation and other works as a way to revitalize its tourism industry, including some film and television tourism and holy land tourism. There are also some excellent places, such as the scenes in the theatrical version of the famous detective Conan, and the "oil house" and "bathhouse" in Spirited Away, Kyoto Railway Avenue, which are actually based on the Jingzhou house in Sewenquan Street, Nagano Prefecture.

Hazelnut hill. Under the influence of the animation "Initial D" with the theme of racing, many foreign riders from China come there to race every year, and some riders have specially posted some maps of the racing strategy of Hazelnut Mountain, and so on.

Under this influence, Zhenshan Mountain has opened some themed coffee shops related to the "initial D", and some restaurants provide some services for some riders. There are several cars in the animation, such as AE86, which will be displayed, but renting a car is often expensive. So tourism started.

Daxi Town, Ibaraki Prefecture. Washimachi was originally a small municipality in the middle of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It used to be a quiet seaside city, but because of the popularity of the animated film "Girls and Chariots", it has become a tourist attraction that fans all over the world compete to visit.

Some animation-related booths began to appear in the traditional festivals in Dache Town. There are also some chariots on the Linhai Railway, which are only available in cartoons. Animation began to be sold around the commercial street. Anime illustrations can be seen everywhere. According to statistics in recent years, the tax payment in 20 18 reached 200 million yen, which was more than 26 times higher than last year. This is the industrial growth brought by animation. Activated the economy of this town.