Cafe de Staël in the Gunma Prefecture's Tatebayashi City was depicted in anime's early episodes The ... The café was the real-life inspiration for the café frequented by the protagonist in ...

In order to rectify the issue, the staff members say they will change the design of the café in the anime so that it does not resemble the real-life Café Casa. They ask for fans to cease such ...

Anime tourism is making the rounds across Japan ... resulting in the installation of real-life cutouts of characters throughout the municipality. Local shops, such as restaurants and clothing ...

Life has a habit of imitating art. It makes sense, at its core, that would be the case, because it's natural for humans to reinterpret their surroundings into something more fantastical.