Satoru Noda's seinen (Weekly Young Jump, 2014-2022): war veteran Saichi 'Immortal' Sugimoto and Ainu huntress Asirpa chase a hidden gold across Meiji-era Hokkaidō. The series depicts real places — Abashiri Prison, Otaru, Hakodate — and Ainu culture with documentary rigour, and has boosted tourism across the island.
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Abashiri Prison Museumthe prison break
The Meiji-era prison, preserved as an open-air museum at the foot of Mt. Tento, is the stage of the great raid in the Abashiri arc, one of the manga's climaxes. The radial cell block and main gate are drawn faithfully.
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Otaru CanalOtaru arc
The port city of brick warehouses is one of the gold hunt's first stages: Sugimoto and Asirpa roam a bustling financial Otaru whose canal and Meiji-era buildings still stand.
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Goryōkaku Fort (Hakodate)the final battle
Hakodate's star-shaped fortress, the shogunate's last bastion in the Boshin War, is the decisive stage of the manga's final arc, where the hunt for the Ainu gold converges.
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Sapporo Beer MuseumSapporo arc
The red-brick Meiji-era factory, now the Sapporo Beer Museum, appears in the capital arc: its chimneys and warehouses set the scene for the urban escapades of Sugimoto's crew.
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Nibutani — Ainu Culture Valley (Biratori)Asirpa's world
The village of Nibutani in the Saru river valley gathers the Ainu culture museums documenting the tools, clothing and traditions the series portrays with care — Asirpa's world. (Approximate coordinate: village centre.)