Lucky-Star's-Impact-on-Shrine's-Town:-1-Billion -Yen
October 24th 2010 22:23
Lucky Star's Impact on Shrine's Town: 1 Billion Yen - Anime News
Lucky Star fans began making "holy pilgrimages" to the town's main shrine after the anime featured Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi — twin sister characters who supposedly work at the shrine as miko (shrine maidens). Manga creator Kagami Yoshimizu had lived just one city to the east of Washimiya when he began drawing the original Lucky Star manga. (The town is named Washimiya, but the shrine is called Washinomiya.)
Three months after the anime aired, Yoshimizu and the anime voice cast led by Emiri Katou (Kagami) came to Washimiya in December of 2007 for an "official shrine visit." 100 people had arrived by 5:00 a.m. that morning, and 3,500 eventually came. 2,100 mobile phone straps offered by the local Ootorichaya Washinomiya restaurant sold out within half an hour. The following month, 300,000 visitors came during the first three days of 2008, and 420,000 came during the same period in 2009.
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