Hilarious and fascinating anime series adapted from Mari Yamazaki's award-winning manga. It follows Lucius Modestus, a renowned bathhouse architect in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, who is suffering from a creative block. By a twist of fate, he discovers a hidden time-slip portal at the bottom of a Roman bath that transports him to contemporary Japan. Amazed by the sophistication of Japanese bathing culture (sento and onsen), Lucius returns to Rome to apply these incredible ideas, revolutionizing the empire and earning imperial favor. The map also includes shooting locations from the live-action films (2012 and 2014) and the onsen Mari Yamazaki visits in the live-action segments of the anime "Novae".
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Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli) — the emperor's villasetting
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The villa of Emperor Hadrian, for whom Lucius works, is part of the story: his heir Aelius dies there in 138 with Lucius at his side, and the veteran architect Apollodorus is kept away from its design.
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Inari-yu bathhouse (Takinogawa) — the film's sentōlive-action film
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A 1930 public bathhouse in Takinogawa (Kita-ku), a registered cultural property, with its Mount Fuji mural and temple-style facade. It is one of the shooting locations of the live-action film "Thermae Romae" (2012).
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Kusatsu Onsen (Yubatake) — the film and "Novae"film & anime
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The Yubatake and the hot-spring town of Kusatsu are a shooting location for the film "Thermae Romae II" (2014), and Mari Yamazaki visits them in the live-action "Thermae Romae Novae Junyūki" segments of the 2022 anime.
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Shima Onsen (Sekizenkan) — the "Novae" Junyūkianime (Novae)
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Mari Yamazaki visits Shima Onsen in the live-action "Junyūki" segments of the anime "Thermae Romae Novae" (2022). The pin marks the Sekizenkan (1691), the town's landmark and one of Japan's oldest wooden hot-spring buildings.
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Kita Onsen Ryokan (Nasu) — Mami's family homelive-action film
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In the film "Thermae Romae" (2012), this Nasu ryokan with over 160 years of history is the family home of Mami (Aya Ueto), and its bath with the giant tengu mask appears in the end credits.
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Hakone Kowakien Yunessun — the "Thermae Romae bath"official collab
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This Hakone hot-spring park opened a Roman-style "Thermae Romae bath" in collaboration with the manga in 2010, and it is one of the shooting locations of the film "Thermae Romae II" (2014).
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