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Wikipedia The popularity of Lucky Star also brought many of its fans to the real life settings of the anime, beginning in April 2007.[21] The August issue of the Newtype magazine ran a feature on the various locales which the anime is based on,[22] including Konata's home in Satte, Saitama, Tsukasa and Kagami's home in Washimiya, Saitama,[6] and the school in Kasukabe, Saitama.[6] The magazine also included directions on how to reach these places from the otaku hotspot Akihabara, which resulted in massive "pilgrimages" to these areas.[21]
The most widely reported consequence of this is in the Washinomiya Shrine of Washimiya, where the Hiiragi sisters work as miko in the anime. Various Japanese news media reported that the shrine became a place teeming with photographers trying to replicate scenes from the anime, cosplayers wandering around,[22] and prayer plaques ridden with anime drawings and strange prayers like "Konata is my wife".[21][23]
The locals were initially divided on the situation, with some suggesting that it is good for the shrine to have so many worshippers, and some being concerned about the town's security.[21] This was satirized in the twenty-first episode of the anime. Despite the negative reaction by some of the locals, the Washinomiya Shrine hosted a Lucky Star event in December 2007, featuring special guests including the author Kagami Yoshimizu, and the voice actors Hiromi Konno, Emiri Katō, Kaori Fukuhara, and Minoru Shiraishi. The event attracted 3500 fans.[24] Subsequently, the Hiiragi family have been registered as official residents of Washimiya because of the anime's wild popularity.
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