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An uninhabited island of overgrown Meiji gun batteries, 20 minutes by ferry.
The island of Hitogashima is **Tomogashima**, a group of uninhabited islands off Wakayama, reached by a 20-minute ferry from Kata port. The main island is covered in **abandoned Meiji-era gun batteries** — brick tunnels, magazines and emplacements swallowed by forest — which is why it looks the way it does in the series. Walking the island takes about three hours. Free pilgrimage maps are handed out at the ferry terminal and the tourist office, and in 2022 the island was named one of the 88 anime pilgrimage sites by the Anime Tourism Association.
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Common questions
How do I get to Tomogashima?
A 20-minute ferry from Kata port, reached from Kada station on the Nankai line. Sailings are reduced on weekdays and cancelled in rough weather.
What is on the island?
Abandoned Meiji-era gun batteries — brick tunnels, magazines and emplacements swallowed by forest. Circling the island on foot takes about three hours.
What should I bring?
Water, food, a torch for the tunnels and shoes you can walk three hours in. There is nothing on the island and no way off it outside ferry sailings.