Starry BANS Anime Fans | Shimokitazawa 1 Year after Bocchi

The real Starry (Shelter) Live House has BANNED anime fans from visiting! Join us as we return to Shimokitazawa... or at least what's left of it, in search of the real locations from the Bocchi the Rock! anime!

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[himatstosh]

The Starry only prohibits photography, but he does not refuse anime pilgrimages. Please feel free to attend the live performance as a regular customer and Experience the actual Shimokitazawa band music. You will be able to see that Shimokitazawa and Shelter are not just filming locations, but also the places where Asian Kung Fu Generation, the band that influenced Kessoku-Band, spent their youth. I think you can get a deeper sense of the worldview of this anime.

[jason.braatz]

It’s (still) a functioning actual music venue, not a movie set. Just….buy a ticket and go see a show there if you want to experience it so badly?

[Pbairsoftman]

Clickbaity title, IMO, you just can't go down to the sign during the day. The actual venue is still open to everyone at night and during concerts, I highly recommend it!

[NowasHusbando]

The sign says to not go there solely to take photos

[ALGOChannel]

2:00 that edit caught me off guard lol that was great

[flixelgato]

This is such a cool reminder that so many anime are set in very real locations. It’s easy to forget as someone who doesn’t know Japan, when in an animated show every location may as well be made up, so it’s really cool seeing that a team put effort into choosing actual real locations for their show. Thanks for showcasing that.

[machintosh]

Men know Starry from Bocchi.

Legends know Starry from BECK.

[pikamyeon]

So glad you're doing another video on this. I'm going there this May. I'll be too scared to go downstairs even when they don't banned Starry. Guess I'll just do the jump thing, and buy some merch.

[ffenixrising]

With or without Bocchi, I always visit Shimokitazawa when I can. I don't visit here for any notable landmark or "tourist trap", I just love the laidback vibe of this neighborhood.

[TitaniumWolf]

I went there in July 2024, and taking pictures/videos was ok. As long as you actually paid the ticket to go into the venue.

I did go during a slower night though, so always ask to take pictures/videos before the concerts start!

[koojaba]

Boshi is the reason why i can talk to people why i own, Topping Centaurus + NAD 375bee + PSB Image ... for just see the anime and 8bit game long play on YouTube.

[HankJ]

You can say it's "bullshit" but how is it any different from people going to that one house in Breaking Bad to throw a pizza into the roof
Like, people were going there just to take photos, not to actually go in and enjoy the show, that's obviously annoying and as they said, they received complaints about it

[Kitadayo]

Shelter is one of the most legendary place for famous and small bands in the area or Tokyo or even Japan, I guess it's understandable how they find it troublesome if people just block the entrance because they wanted to take a picture of "Starry from Bocchi the Rock"

[crthejediknightninja]

These Sangenjaya looking streets, looks like you'll stumble across a LeBlanc in any of those alleys.

[pendaco]

To Bocchi, or not to Bocchi. That is the question

[borboniorojas]

"am I the only one still refuses to take their meds?" hahaha I loved that part

[LONKULADE]

1:31 winnie, buddy... you're in public

[Sidedlist]

Oh my god I never knew this was a real place

I genuinely wanna go there and just look around

[theoacean]

Yeah i was bummed when i went to Shelter last week and saw the sign forbidding pictures. I was even planning on buying a ticket for a show but the venue was closed that day and i didn't have time in my japan trip to come back another day.

[Komikino]

Gotta love Crack-kun!
When I was there last year, it felt like I was the only one doing the "Bocchi Tour"; I didn't see anyone else at the locations I was at. Well, except the mural. You might remember from my video that there were two guys there and I asked them to jump. I do believe they lived in the apartments at the mural or maybe worked at the one of the stores there because as I was leaving, they walked into one of the apartments/shops.
When was this new video of yours filmed? I remember those same signs being up when I was there last year. When I go back, I want to attend a show at Shelter with my daughter. I figure since we would be paying to go in (and maybe buy some merch) all should be good. I hope....
I wonder how the movie versions of Bocchi and the new season of the show will effect things there.
Nice follow up video. :)