📍 JAPAN PILGRIMAGE TRAIL
Katsuhiro Otomo
Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist and anime director who became world-famous for creating “AKIRA.”
He is regarded as a master who influenced creators around the world with his detailed artwork, powerful action, and visionary depictions of the near future.
He is regarded as a master who influenced creators around the world with his detailed artwork, powerful action, and visionary depictions of the near future.
📍 Spot Locations (2 spots)
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Kawaguchi Shibazono Danchi
This housing complex served as the model for the setting of the manga "Domu," one of his early masterpieces. The battles between psychics in the massive housing complex depicted in the work had a great impact on readers at the time. This complex is known as a place that symbolizes the unique worldview of Otomo's works, where the ordinary and the extraordinary intersect.
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Station
A public art relief, for which Katsuhiro Otomo created the original drawings and supervised, is installed inside the station. It is a magnificent work on the theme of Japanese culture and history, and in this public space where many people come and go, you can experience his new artistic expression.