‘Lucky Star’ Makes Washinomiya Really Popular, Part XXI
Another quick report via 2NN: according to Fuji Sankei Business, Lucky Star has inspired over 300,000 people to visit the Washinomiya Shrine since new years 2008. (For those unaware, the Washinomiya shrine is the location which the Hiiragi twins’ family shrine is based off of.)
Apparently in 2007, the total number of visitors to the shrine was about 130,000– and Lucky Star started in April ‘07, so the show had an effect last year. Still, that means that Washinomiya has seen twice as many people in half as much time this year.
Any readers here made the pilgrimage yet? How is it being handled? Aside from the city making various gestures to the otaku community (selling cell phone straps, registering the Hiiragi family as if they were actual residents of the city, etc).
Tags: japan, Lucky-Star
July 1st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I’d like to make that trip but I has no moneys!
The town should setup an online store for the stuff they make, with international shipping of course.