Ushiku City, a 50-minute train ride on the JR Joban Line from Tokyo, offers good access to Narita International Airport and Ibaraki Airport. “Ushiku Daibutsu,” a statue which many tourists come to visit from home and overseas and “Ushiku Chateau,” the first authentic wine brewery in Japan, appear in the anime. Ushiku has some literary locations including the “Sumii Sue Museum of Literature,” which exhibits the literary works of Sue Sumii, the writer of the novel “The River with No Bridge” that sold 8 million copies, and “Ungyo-tei,” a memorial museum with the artwork collection of painter Usen Ogawa.