Initial D country頭文字Dの舞台Initial D country
Initial D is set on Gunma's mountain passes, and many of its places have real counterparts. This guide lists the ones we could check, grades the evidence for each, and corrects a few claims that circulate online.頭文字Dは群馬県の峠を舞台にしており、作中の多くの場所には実在の対応先があります。このページでは、確認できた場所を一覧にし、それぞれの根拠を等級で示し、ネットで広まっているいくつかの主張を訂正します。Initial D is set on Gunma's mountain passes, and many of its places have real counterparts. This guide lists the ones we could check, grades the evidence for each, and corrects a few claims that circulate online.
What this guide covers
Initial D is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno that began in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in 1995. It ran for 719 chapters in 48 volumes until 2013, according to Wikipedia. The story is set in Gunma Prefecture, around several mountains of the Kanto region.
Mt Haruna, Mt Akagi and Mt Myogi are the real mountains behind the story's Akina, Akagi and Myogi. Wikipedia says the fictionalised names sit on real places. This guide goes beyond the mountains to the towns, shops and streets that fans visit from Tokyo.
Touge Town is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Initial D manga, its publisher, studios or rights holders. We use no images from the manga or anime.
On the map
Pin numbers match the list. Places without published coordinates are placed by Google’s search and shown as hollow pins: approximate.
How we grade the evidence
Every place carries an evidence label and a confidence level. Exact match means a source we opened ties the story scene to one identifiable real spot. Approximate match means a real mountain or road stands behind a fictional name. Inspired by means a real place or business was the model, but the story changed it. Fan-identified means the link comes from fan compilations such as Anime Pilgrimage or Minkara and no official source confirms it.
Confidence is high when two independent sources agree, medium when one reliable source supports it, and low when it rests on a single fan post. Where we found no source, we leave the place out.
The owner's research register uses its own wording, such as High, Community-identified, Historic site and Approximate. We keep that wording in the text where it matters, and we publish a place only where a page we opened supports it.
The places at a glance
The table below lists every place we could verify. The mountains are covered in their own guides, and Shibukawa and Ikaho have separate pages.
Akina is based on Mt Haruna, and Wikipedia says Lake Haruna appears in the story as Lake Akina. Mt Akagi is the home course of the Red Suns, and Mt Myogi is the home course of the Night Kids. Usui Pass is the home course of Impact Blue.
In Shibukawa, the city confirms seven manhole designs and the museum recreation of the tofu shop. Film scene matches such as the stone steps, the Yaseone Pass and the numbered curves come from fan maps.
78 scenes, not 78 places
Anime Pilgrimage maps the three Initial D Legend films with 24, 22 and 32 spots. That gives 78 documented scene-to-location references. They are not 78 unique places.
The same locations appear in more than one film. For example, Takane Observation Deck, the Oasis Kogenchi petrol station, Yaseone Pass, Hotel Kimura and several numbered curves recur. Most spots are in Shibukawa. The second film's list has 21 in Shibukawa and one in Isesaki, and the third has 29 in Shibukawa and three in Takasaki. These are fan-compiled, not official.
Curve numbers on Anime Pilgrimage are not the same as the numbers on road signs, and they are not surveyed positions. We publish no coordinates for any corner.
Corrections
The tofu shop building. Some pages say the original building was moved to the Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum. The museum's tourism page says the shop is recreated inside the museum, and Car Watch says the genuine items are the signboard and cooking tools. We say recreated.
The petrol station. The owner's research notes say the Initial D Wiki on Fandom reports that the fictional Esso station's visual model is in Nerima, Tokyo. We could not open Fandom to check, so we pass it on as reported and unverified. The fan map lists a real petrol station in Shibukawa as a film scene, but that is a film-scene match and not the manga's model.
The Akina downhill start. Fans link it to the former Yaseone toll gate. The city placed a manhole at the former toll gate site on Yaseone Pass, and the Gunma tourism guide lists the pass as a start point for the downhill, noting that only a water tower remains. We treat this as a tourism-guide match, not a surveyed one.
The family restaurant. We could not identify it from any source.
The Takahashi mansion. We found no source for a real, visitable residence, and we do not suggest looking for one.
The museum's location. It is listed in Shibukawa on some pages, but its official address is in Yoshioka town.
The tofu shop. The old shop no longer operates, and we do not publish its address. Do not visit the old site or any private home for photographs.
Road manners and recognition
Shibukawa runs an official Initial D collaboration site with manhole covers, frame stamps, lodging plans and goods. On 19 February 2026 Gunma Prefecture announced that it had been selected, for the first time, as an Initial D location in the Anime Tourism Association's Anime Pilgrimage Sites to Visit in Japan 88. The selection covers Gunma as a whole.
The mountain roads are live public roads. Never park, stop or pose in a traffic lane, keep clear of bus stops, and use designated car parks, as the Gunma tourism guides ask. Gunsai, the closed course in Minakami, is a separate venue with its own booking rules.
Area guides
Shibukawa: the town, the station, the manhole covers and the tofu shop story.
Ikaho Onsen: the stone steps, the Toy, Doll and Car Museum and the hot springs.
Mt Haruna and Akina.
Mt Akagi, Mt Myogi and Usui Pass.
At a glance
| Manga start | Weekly Young Magazine, issue 30 of 1995 (cover date 17 July 1995) ↗ |
|---|---|
| Manga run | 719 chapters, 48 volumes, ended 29 July 2013 ↗ |
| Legend 1 mapped spots | 24, all in Shibukawa ↗ |
| Legend 2 mapped spots | 22 (Shibukawa 21, Isesaki 1) ↗ |
| Legend 3 mapped spots | 32 (Shibukawa 29, Takasaki 3) ↗ |
| Total film scene references | 78 (24 + 22 + 32), not 78 unique places ↗ |
| Shibukawa manhole designs | Seven (2020) ↗ |
| Mt Haruna height | 1,449 m ↗ |
| Mt Akagi height | 1,828 m ↗ |
| Mt Myogi highest point | Mt Somadake, 1,104 m ↗ |
The places
Mt Haruna
The fictional Mt Akina, home course of the Akina Speed Stars and the road where Takumi Fujiwara delivers tofu.
An extinct volcano with a summit of 1,449 m, on the Takasaki and Higashi Agatsuma border. Shibukawa lies to the east.
Lake Haruna
Appears as Lake Akina.
A caldera lake at 1,084 m near the summit of Mt Haruna, in Takasaki city.
Yaseone Pass (former Ikaho-Haruna toll gate site)
Listed by the Gunma tourism guide as a start point of the Akina downhill, where only a water tower remains.
A pass where the city placed an AE86 and FD manhole. Listed as a film scene in all three Legend films.
Map · travel.watch.impress.co.jp · animepilgrimage.com · gunma-kanko.jp
Numbered curves on the Ikaho road (Curves 3 to 30)
Film scenes shown on the Akina mountain road.
Fan maps list individual numbered curves, such as Curves 11 to 17, 23, 24 and 27 to 30, as scene locations across the three films. Which road carries the numbers is not stated on the pages we read. Curve numbers are not sign numbers or surveyed positions.
Takane Observation Deck
A film scene listed in all three Legend films.
A public viewing spot. The Gunma tourism guide says trees now hide the first-volume hairpin view.
Map · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
Oasis Kogenchi petrol station
A petrol station scene in all three Legend films.
A real petrol station in Shibukawa, listed by Anime Pilgrimage as a film scene. This is a film-scene match, not a claim about the manga's Esso station.
Map · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
Ikaho Onsen stone steps
A film scene in the third Legend film; the city has manhole artwork nearby.
A 365-step stone street lined with inns and shops, with Ikaho Shrine at the top.
Ikaho Green Shopping Street
The shopping street where the Fujiwara Tofu Shop stands in the story.
A fan-submitted spot with a placeholder address. No official confirmation.
Corner on the bridge
A corner linked to Takumi's battles with Ryosuke Takahashi and Seiji Iwaki.
A fan-submitted spot that names only Ikaho as its location.
Fujiwara Tofu Shop model (Fujinoya Tofu Ten)
The Fujiwara family's tofu shop.
A real shop used for the live-action film. It closed years ago and sources disagree on the date.
Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum
Not a story location. It recreates a corner of the tofu shop.
A museum of Showa-era toys and classic cars with a recreated tofu shop corner and a replica front on its exterior wall.
Shibukawa Station plaza
Not a story location. The city's manhole here shows Takumi and the AE86.
The plaza of JR Shibukawa Station, with an official Initial D manhole.
Mt Akagi
Home course of the Akagi Red Suns; sections of Gunma Route 4 appear in many episodes.
A mountain with a highest point of 1,828 m and a caldera lake, Lake Ono.
Mt Myogi
Home course of the Myogi Night Kids and the setting for four races.
A jagged mountain whose highest point is Mt Somadake at 1,104 m.
Usui Pass
Home course of Impact Blue, where Takumi races.
A mountain pass between Gunma and Nagano crossed today by National Route 18, with a bypass and expressway carrying most traffic.
Gunma Cycle Sports Center (Gunsai)
Listed under the series' settings in the Japanese Wikipedia sidebar.
A closed venue in Minakami Town with a full-scale circuit, a paved plaza and a cycling course, with its own booking rules. It is not a public road. Japanese Wikipedia lists it among the series' settings.
What we could not confirm
- Touge Town is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Initial D manga, its publisher, studios or rights holders.
- Anime Pilgrimage and Minkara are fan-compiled; their matches are not official.
- The 78 film references are scene-to-location entries across three films, not 78 unique places.
- Several claims found online could not be verified and are left out or reported as unverified: the Nerima model for the Esso station (reported by Fandom per the owner's notes, which we could not open), the family restaurant, and the tofu shop building being moved intact.
- Coordinates are given only where a source we opened provides them.
- Anime Pilgrimage curve numbers are not sign numbering or surveyed coordinates.
Sources
- Initial D (Wikipedia) · Publication details, general setting
- Initial D (Japanese Wikipedia) · Settings list, Akina and Haruna, tofu shop model, film shooting in Shibukawa
- Mount Haruna (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Akina link
- Lake Haruna (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, elevation, Lake Akina
- Mount Akagi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Red Suns
- Mount Myogi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Night Kids
- Usui Pass (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, route, Impact Blue
- Shibukawa, Gunma (Wikipedia) · Town facts, Initial D landmarks
- Shibukawa Station (Wikipedia) · Station coordinates
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 1 · 24 mapped spots, 1 city
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 2 · 22 mapped spots, Shibukawa 21 and Isesaki 1
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 3 · 32 mapped spots, Shibukawa 29 and Takasaki 3
- Impress Travel Watch: Shibukawa Initial D manhole covers · Seven manhole designs and locations
- Car Watch: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Tofu shop recreation, real sign and tools
- Visit Gunma: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Museum address and recreated tofu shop
- Minkara: Initial D Green Shopping Street · Fan-submitted spot
- Minkara: Initial D corner on the bridge · Fan-submitted spot
- Initial D x Shibukawa official site: manhole covers · Seven covers
- Gunma Prefecture press release, 19 Feb 2026 · Anime Pilgrimage 88 selection
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 1 · Haruna and Akagi spots, etiquette
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 2 · Myogi and Usui spots, etiquette
- Gunma Film Commission: Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai in Minakami
- Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai location and rules
Touge Town is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Initial D, its publisher, studios or rights holders. These are public roads: racing or drifting on them is illegal and dangerous. Our drift day runs only on the closed Gunsai course.
このガイドの内容
頭文字Dは、しげの秀一さんによる漫画で、1995年に講談社の週刊ヤングマガジンで連載が始まりました。Wikipediaによれば、2013年まで続き、全719話、48巻になりました。物語は群馬県で、関東地方のいくつかの山を中心に展開します。
榛名山、赤城山、妙義山は、作中の秋名、赤城、妙義の実在のモデルです。Wikipediaは、名前は架空のものでも場所は実在の地に基づいていると述べています。このガイドでは山だけでなく、東京から訪れるファンが足を運ぶ町、店、通りも取り上げます。
Touge Townは独立した団体であり、頭文字Dの漫画、出版社、制作会社、権利者とは提携しておらず、その承認も受けていません。漫画やアニメの画像は使用していません。
地図で見る
ピンの番号は一覧と同じです。座標が公開されていない場所は、Googleの検索に基づく目安の位置（白抜きのピン）です。
根拠の等級について
すべての場所に、根拠のラベルと信頼度を付けています。「完全一致」は、確認できた出典が作中の場面を実在の特定の場所に結び付けている場合です。「近似一致」は、架空の名前の背後に実在の山や道がある場合です。「着想元」は、実在の場所や店がモデルだったものの、物語の中で変えられている場合です。「ファン特定」は、Anime Pilgrimageやみんカラなどのファンによる集計に由来し、公式の出典で確認されていない場合です。
信頼度は、独立した2つの出典が一致すれば高、信頼できる出典が1つあれば中、ファンの投稿1件だけが根拠なら低です。出典が見つからなかった場所は掲載していません。
オーナーの調査台帳には、「High」「Community-identified」「Historic site」「Approximate」などの独自の表現があります。重要な場面ではこの表現を残し、私たちが実際に開いたページで裏付けられる場所だけを掲載します。
主な場所の一覧
下の表は、確認できたすべての場所の一覧です。山は個別のガイドで扱い、渋川と伊香保にはそれぞれ独立したページがあります。
秋名は榛名山をモデルにしており、Wikipediaによれば榛名湖は作中で秋名湖として登場します。赤城山はレッドサンズ、妙義山はナイトキッズ、碓氷峠はインパクトブルーのホームコースです。
渋川市では、市が7種類のマンホール蓋と、博物館による豆腐店の再現を確認しています。石段、ヤセオネ峠、番号付きカーブなどの劇場版の場面の照合は、ファンの地図に基づいています。
78シーンは78か所ではありません
Anime Pilgrimageは、劇場版「Legend」三部作の聖地を、それぞれ24か所、22か所、32か所として地図にまとめています。合計すると、記録された場面と場所の対応は78件になります。これは78か所の別々の場所という意味ではありません。
同じ場所が複数の作品に出てきます。たとえば高根展望台、オアシス高源地のガソリンスタンド、ヤセオネ峠、ホテルきむら、いくつかの番号付きカーブが重複します。ほとんどは渋川市内です。第2作の一覧は渋川21件と伊勢崎1件、第3作は渋川29件と高崎3件です。これらはファンによる集計で、公式のものではありません。
Anime Pilgrimageのカーブ番号は、道路上の標識の番号とは異なり、測量された位置でもありません。そのため、カーブの座標は掲載しません。
訂正
豆腐店の建物について。元の建物が伊香保おもちゃと人形自動車博物館に移築されたと書くページがあります。博物館の観光ページは、店が館内に再現されたと説明し、Car Watchは本物なのは看板と調理道具だとしています。私たちは「再現」と表現します。
ガソリンスタンドについて。オーナーの調査メモによれば、Fandomの頭文字Dウィキは、作中のエッソのスタンドの見た目のモデルが東京都練馬区にあると伝えています。Fandomのページは開けず、確認できなかったため、報告されているとおりに紹介するにとどめます。ファンの地図には渋川市内の実在のガソリンスタンドが劇場版の場面として載っていますが、これは劇場版の場面の照合であり、漫画のモデルではありません。
秋名のダウンヒルのスタートについて。ファンは旧ヤセオネのゲートに結び付けています。市はヤセオネ峠の旧有料道路ゲート跡にマンホールを設置し、群馬県の観光ガイドもこの峠をダウンヒルのスタート地点の一つとして紹介し、水道タンクだけが残っていると書いています。測量による確認ではなく、観光ガイド上の対応として扱います。
ファミリーレストランについて。どの出典からも特定できませんでした。
高橋家の邸宅について。実在して訪問できる住宅を示す出典は見つからず、探すことも勧めません。
博物館の所在地について。渋川市として載せているページもありますが、公式の住所は吉岡町です。
豆腐店について。元の店はすでに営業しておらず、その住所は掲載しません。跡地や個人の住宅を、撮影のために訪れないでください。
公的な位置づけと道路でのマナー
渋川市には、マンホール蓋、フレーム切手、宿泊プラン、グッズを紹介する公式の頭文字Dコラボサイトがあります。2026年2月19日には、群馬県が、アニメツーリズム協会の「訪れてみたい日本のアニメ聖地88」で、頭文字Dの舞台として初めて選ばれたと発表しました。対象は群馬県全体です。
山道は、通行中の公道です。群馬県の観光ガイドが求めるとおり、車線上で駐車、停車、ポーズをとることは絶対にせず、バス停を空け、所定の駐車場を使ってください。みなかみ町にある閉じたコースの群サイは、独自の予約ルールを持つ別の施設です。
エリア別ガイド
渋川：町、駅、マンホール蓋、豆腐店の話。
伊香保温泉：石段、おもちゃと人形自動車博物館、温泉。
榛名山と秋名。
赤城山、妙義山、碓氷峠。
場所
榛名山
The fictional Mt Akina, home course of the Akina Speed Stars and the road where Takumi Fujiwara delivers tofu.
An extinct volcano with a summit of 1,449 m, on the Takasaki and Higashi Agatsuma border. Shibukawa lies to the east.
榛名湖
Appears as Lake Akina.
A caldera lake at 1,084 m near the summit of Mt Haruna, in Takasaki city.
ヤセオネ峠（旧伊香保榛名有料道路ゲート跡）
Listed by the Gunma tourism guide as a start point of the Akina downhill, where only a water tower remains.
A pass where the city placed an AE86 and FD manhole. Listed as a film scene in all three Legend films.
地図 · travel.watch.impress.co.jp · animepilgrimage.com · gunma-kanko.jp
伊香保の道の番号付きカーブ（カーブ3〜30）
Film scenes shown on the Akina mountain road.
Fan maps list individual numbered curves, such as Curves 11 to 17, 23, 24 and 27 to 30, as scene locations across the three films. Which road carries the numbers is not stated on the pages we read. Curve numbers are not sign numbers or surveyed positions.
高根展望台
A film scene listed in all three Legend films.
A public viewing spot. The Gunma tourism guide says trees now hide the first-volume hairpin view.
地図 · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
オアシス高源地SS
A petrol station scene in all three Legend films.
A real petrol station in Shibukawa, listed by Anime Pilgrimage as a film scene. This is a film-scene match, not a claim about the manga's Esso station.
地図 · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
伊香保温泉石段街
A film scene in the third Legend film; the city has manhole artwork nearby.
A 365-step stone street lined with inns and shops, with Ikaho Shrine at the top.
グリーン商店街
The shopping street where the Fujiwara Tofu Shop stands in the story.
A fan-submitted spot with a placeholder address. No official confirmation.
橋の上のコーナー
A corner linked to Takumi's battles with Ryosuke Takahashi and Seiji Iwaki.
A fan-submitted spot that names only Ikaho as its location.
藤原とうふ店のモデル（藤野屋豆腐店）
The Fujiwara family's tofu shop.
A real shop used for the live-action film. It closed years ago and sources disagree on the date.
伊香保おもちゃと人形自動車博物館
Not a story location. It recreates a corner of the tofu shop.
A museum of Showa-era toys and classic cars with a recreated tofu shop corner and a replica front on its exterior wall.
渋川駅前広場
Not a story location. The city's manhole here shows Takumi and the AE86.
The plaza of JR Shibukawa Station, with an official Initial D manhole.
赤城山
Home course of the Akagi Red Suns; sections of Gunma Route 4 appear in many episodes.
A mountain with a highest point of 1,828 m and a caldera lake, Lake Ono.
妙義山
Home course of the Myogi Night Kids and the setting for four races.
A jagged mountain whose highest point is Mt Somadake at 1,104 m.
碓氷峠
Home course of Impact Blue, where Takumi races.
A mountain pass between Gunma and Nagano crossed today by National Route 18, with a bypass and expressway carrying most traffic.
群馬サイクルスポーツセンター（群サイ）
Listed under the series' settings in the Japanese Wikipedia sidebar.
A closed venue in Minakami Town with a full-scale circuit, a paved plaza and a cycling course, with its own booking rules. It is not a public road. Japanese Wikipedia lists it among the series' settings.
確認できなかったこと
- Touge Town is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Initial D manga, its publisher, studios or rights holders.
- Anime Pilgrimage and Minkara are fan-compiled; their matches are not official.
- The 78 film references are scene-to-location entries across three films, not 78 unique places.
- Several claims found online could not be verified and are left out or reported as unverified: the Nerima model for the Esso station (reported by Fandom per the owner's notes, which we could not open), the family restaurant, and the tofu shop building being moved intact.
- Coordinates are given only where a source we opened provides them.
- Anime Pilgrimage curve numbers are not sign numbering or surveyed coordinates.
出典
- Initial D (Wikipedia) · Publication details, general setting
- Initial D (Japanese Wikipedia) · Settings list, Akina and Haruna, tofu shop model, film shooting in Shibukawa
- Mount Haruna (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Akina link
- Lake Haruna (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, elevation, Lake Akina
- Mount Akagi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Red Suns
- Mount Myogi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Night Kids
- Usui Pass (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, route, Impact Blue
- Shibukawa, Gunma (Wikipedia) · Town facts, Initial D landmarks
- Shibukawa Station (Wikipedia) · Station coordinates
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 1 · 24 mapped spots, 1 city
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 2 · 22 mapped spots, Shibukawa 21 and Isesaki 1
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 3 · 32 mapped spots, Shibukawa 29 and Takasaki 3
- Impress Travel Watch: Shibukawa Initial D manhole covers · Seven manhole designs and locations
- Car Watch: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Tofu shop recreation, real sign and tools
- Visit Gunma: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Museum address and recreated tofu shop
- Minkara: Initial D Green Shopping Street · Fan-submitted spot
- Minkara: Initial D corner on the bridge · Fan-submitted spot
- Initial D x Shibukawa official site: manhole covers · Seven covers
- Gunma Prefecture press release, 19 Feb 2026 · Anime Pilgrimage 88 selection
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 1 · Haruna and Akagi spots, etiquette
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 2 · Myogi and Usui spots, etiquette
- Gunma Film Commission: Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai in Minakami
- Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai location and rules
独立した企画で、いかなるシリーズ・出版社・制作会社・権利者とも提携・承認関係にありません。公道は実在の生活道路です。路上でのレース・ドリフトは違法で危険です。ドリフトデーは閉鎖された群サイのコースでのみ行います。
本页暂无中文译本，以下为英文原文。
What this guide covers
Initial D is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno that began in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in 1995. It ran for 719 chapters in 48 volumes until 2013, according to Wikipedia. The story is set in Gunma Prefecture, around several mountains of the Kanto region.
Mt Haruna, Mt Akagi and Mt Myogi are the real mountains behind the story's Akina, Akagi and Myogi. Wikipedia says the fictionalised names sit on real places. This guide goes beyond the mountains to the towns, shops and streets that fans visit from Tokyo.
Touge Town is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Initial D manga, its publisher, studios or rights holders. We use no images from the manga or anime.
On the map
Pin numbers match the list. Places without published coordinates are placed by Google’s search and shown as hollow pins: approximate.
How we grade the evidence
Every place carries an evidence label and a confidence level. Exact match means a source we opened ties the story scene to one identifiable real spot. Approximate match means a real mountain or road stands behind a fictional name. Inspired by means a real place or business was the model, but the story changed it. Fan-identified means the link comes from fan compilations such as Anime Pilgrimage or Minkara and no official source confirms it.
Confidence is high when two independent sources agree, medium when one reliable source supports it, and low when it rests on a single fan post. Where we found no source, we leave the place out.
The owner's research register uses its own wording, such as High, Community-identified, Historic site and Approximate. We keep that wording in the text where it matters, and we publish a place only where a page we opened supports it.
The places at a glance
The table below lists every place we could verify. The mountains are covered in their own guides, and Shibukawa and Ikaho have separate pages.
Akina is based on Mt Haruna, and Wikipedia says Lake Haruna appears in the story as Lake Akina. Mt Akagi is the home course of the Red Suns, and Mt Myogi is the home course of the Night Kids. Usui Pass is the home course of Impact Blue.
In Shibukawa, the city confirms seven manhole designs and the museum recreation of the tofu shop. Film scene matches such as the stone steps, the Yaseone Pass and the numbered curves come from fan maps.
78 scenes, not 78 places
Anime Pilgrimage maps the three Initial D Legend films with 24, 22 and 32 spots. That gives 78 documented scene-to-location references. They are not 78 unique places.
The same locations appear in more than one film. For example, Takane Observation Deck, the Oasis Kogenchi petrol station, Yaseone Pass, Hotel Kimura and several numbered curves recur. Most spots are in Shibukawa. The second film's list has 21 in Shibukawa and one in Isesaki, and the third has 29 in Shibukawa and three in Takasaki. These are fan-compiled, not official.
Curve numbers on Anime Pilgrimage are not the same as the numbers on road signs, and they are not surveyed positions. We publish no coordinates for any corner.
Corrections
The tofu shop building. Some pages say the original building was moved to the Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum. The museum's tourism page says the shop is recreated inside the museum, and Car Watch says the genuine items are the signboard and cooking tools. We say recreated.
The petrol station. The owner's research notes say the Initial D Wiki on Fandom reports that the fictional Esso station's visual model is in Nerima, Tokyo. We could not open Fandom to check, so we pass it on as reported and unverified. The fan map lists a real petrol station in Shibukawa as a film scene, but that is a film-scene match and not the manga's model.
The Akina downhill start. Fans link it to the former Yaseone toll gate. The city placed a manhole at the former toll gate site on Yaseone Pass, and the Gunma tourism guide lists the pass as a start point for the downhill, noting that only a water tower remains. We treat this as a tourism-guide match, not a surveyed one.
The family restaurant. We could not identify it from any source.
The Takahashi mansion. We found no source for a real, visitable residence, and we do not suggest looking for one.
The museum's location. It is listed in Shibukawa on some pages, but its official address is in Yoshioka town.
The tofu shop. The old shop no longer operates, and we do not publish its address. Do not visit the old site or any private home for photographs.
Road manners and recognition
Shibukawa runs an official Initial D collaboration site with manhole covers, frame stamps, lodging plans and goods. On 19 February 2026 Gunma Prefecture announced that it had been selected, for the first time, as an Initial D location in the Anime Tourism Association's Anime Pilgrimage Sites to Visit in Japan 88. The selection covers Gunma as a whole.
The mountain roads are live public roads. Never park, stop or pose in a traffic lane, keep clear of bus stops, and use designated car parks, as the Gunma tourism guides ask. Gunsai, the closed course in Minakami, is a separate venue with its own booking rules.
Area guides
Shibukawa: the town, the station, the manhole covers and the tofu shop story.
Ikaho Onsen: the stone steps, the Toy, Doll and Car Museum and the hot springs.
Mt Haruna and Akina.
Mt Akagi, Mt Myogi and Usui Pass.
At a glance
| Manga start | Weekly Young Magazine, issue 30 of 1995 (cover date 17 July 1995) ↗ |
|---|---|
| Manga run | 719 chapters, 48 volumes, ended 29 July 2013 ↗ |
| Legend 1 mapped spots | 24, all in Shibukawa ↗ |
| Legend 2 mapped spots | 22 (Shibukawa 21, Isesaki 1) ↗ |
| Legend 3 mapped spots | 32 (Shibukawa 29, Takasaki 3) ↗ |
| Total film scene references | 78 (24 + 22 + 32), not 78 unique places ↗ |
| Shibukawa manhole designs | Seven (2020) ↗ |
| Mt Haruna height | 1,449 m ↗ |
| Mt Akagi height | 1,828 m ↗ |
| Mt Myogi highest point | Mt Somadake, 1,104 m ↗ |
The places
Mt Haruna
The fictional Mt Akina, home course of the Akina Speed Stars and the road where Takumi Fujiwara delivers tofu.
An extinct volcano with a summit of 1,449 m, on the Takasaki and Higashi Agatsuma border. Shibukawa lies to the east.
Lake Haruna
Appears as Lake Akina.
A caldera lake at 1,084 m near the summit of Mt Haruna, in Takasaki city.
Yaseone Pass (former Ikaho-Haruna toll gate site)
Listed by the Gunma tourism guide as a start point of the Akina downhill, where only a water tower remains.
A pass where the city placed an AE86 and FD manhole. Listed as a film scene in all three Legend films.
Map · travel.watch.impress.co.jp · animepilgrimage.com · gunma-kanko.jp
Numbered curves on the Ikaho road (Curves 3 to 30)
Film scenes shown on the Akina mountain road.
Fan maps list individual numbered curves, such as Curves 11 to 17, 23, 24 and 27 to 30, as scene locations across the three films. Which road carries the numbers is not stated on the pages we read. Curve numbers are not sign numbers or surveyed positions.
Takane Observation Deck
A film scene listed in all three Legend films.
A public viewing spot. The Gunma tourism guide says trees now hide the first-volume hairpin view.
Map · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
Oasis Kogenchi petrol station
A petrol station scene in all three Legend films.
A real petrol station in Shibukawa, listed by Anime Pilgrimage as a film scene. This is a film-scene match, not a claim about the manga's Esso station.
Map · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com · animepilgrimage.com
Ikaho Onsen stone steps
A film scene in the third Legend film; the city has manhole artwork nearby.
A 365-step stone street lined with inns and shops, with Ikaho Shrine at the top.
Ikaho Green Shopping Street
The shopping street where the Fujiwara Tofu Shop stands in the story.
A fan-submitted spot with a placeholder address. No official confirmation.
Corner on the bridge
A corner linked to Takumi's battles with Ryosuke Takahashi and Seiji Iwaki.
A fan-submitted spot that names only Ikaho as its location.
Fujiwara Tofu Shop model (Fujinoya Tofu Ten)
The Fujiwara family's tofu shop.
A real shop used for the live-action film. It closed years ago and sources disagree on the date.
Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum
Not a story location. It recreates a corner of the tofu shop.
A museum of Showa-era toys and classic cars with a recreated tofu shop corner and a replica front on its exterior wall.
Shibukawa Station plaza
Not a story location. The city's manhole here shows Takumi and the AE86.
The plaza of JR Shibukawa Station, with an official Initial D manhole.
Mt Akagi
Home course of the Akagi Red Suns; sections of Gunma Route 4 appear in many episodes.
A mountain with a highest point of 1,828 m and a caldera lake, Lake Ono.
Mt Myogi
Home course of the Myogi Night Kids and the setting for four races.
A jagged mountain whose highest point is Mt Somadake at 1,104 m.
Usui Pass
Home course of Impact Blue, where Takumi races.
A mountain pass between Gunma and Nagano crossed today by National Route 18, with a bypass and expressway carrying most traffic.
Gunma Cycle Sports Center (Gunsai)
Listed under the series' settings in the Japanese Wikipedia sidebar.
A closed venue in Minakami Town with a full-scale circuit, a paved plaza and a cycling course, with its own booking rules. It is not a public road. Japanese Wikipedia lists it among the series' settings.
What we could not confirm
- Touge Town is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Initial D manga, its publisher, studios or rights holders.
- Anime Pilgrimage and Minkara are fan-compiled; their matches are not official.
- The 78 film references are scene-to-location entries across three films, not 78 unique places.
- Several claims found online could not be verified and are left out or reported as unverified: the Nerima model for the Esso station (reported by Fandom per the owner's notes, which we could not open), the family restaurant, and the tofu shop building being moved intact.
- Coordinates are given only where a source we opened provides them.
- Anime Pilgrimage curve numbers are not sign numbering or surveyed coordinates.
Sources
- Initial D (Wikipedia) · Publication details, general setting
- Initial D (Japanese Wikipedia) · Settings list, Akina and Haruna, tofu shop model, film shooting in Shibukawa
- Mount Haruna (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Akina link
- Lake Haruna (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, elevation, Lake Akina
- Mount Akagi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Red Suns
- Mount Myogi (Wikipedia) · Height, coordinates, Night Kids
- Usui Pass (Wikipedia) · Coordinates, route, Impact Blue
- Shibukawa, Gunma (Wikipedia) · Town facts, Initial D landmarks
- Shibukawa Station (Wikipedia) · Station coordinates
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 1 · 24 mapped spots, 1 city
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 2 · 22 mapped spots, Shibukawa 21 and Isesaki 1
- Anime Pilgrimage: Initial D Legend 3 · 32 mapped spots, Shibukawa 29 and Takasaki 3
- Impress Travel Watch: Shibukawa Initial D manhole covers · Seven manhole designs and locations
- Car Watch: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Tofu shop recreation, real sign and tools
- Visit Gunma: Ikaho Toy, Doll and Car Museum · Museum address and recreated tofu shop
- Minkara: Initial D Green Shopping Street · Fan-submitted spot
- Minkara: Initial D corner on the bridge · Fan-submitted spot
- Initial D x Shibukawa official site: manhole covers · Seven covers
- Gunma Prefecture press release, 19 Feb 2026 · Anime Pilgrimage 88 selection
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 1 · Haruna and Akagi spots, etiquette
- Gunma tourism: Initial D pilgrimage part 2 · Myogi and Usui spots, etiquette
- Gunma Film Commission: Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai in Minakami
- Gunma Cycle Sports Center · Gunsai location and rules
Touge Town is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Initial D, its publisher, studios or rights holders. These are public roads: racing or drifting on them is illegal and dangerous. Our drift day runs only on the closed Gunsai course.
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