Somehow I never knew Japan has a real Detective Conan town

I always assumed this was some fan rumor, but it turns out there is a real town in Japan dedicated to Detective Conan.
It is called Hokuei, where the creator grew up. The train station, statues, streets, even manhole covers are Conan-themed. What surprised me most is that it is not touristy at all. It is just a normal small town where Conan happens to be everywhere.

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rocky_iwata2025-12-26 05:01

[Conan O'Brien was there too!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9hPmHzkcUA)

jonetheman2025-12-26 05:21

That is funny 🤣

PokemonFamilySagaX2025-12-26 05:02

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jonetheman2025-12-26 05:21

I always tought Japan must be so dangerous, measured on how many murders Conan solves in a very short time line 🤣

austin1011232025-12-26 05:59

Seems like a lot of bombings to me, having just watched some of the movies

RPO7772025-12-26 06:18

There was blog post that went viral in Japan where a guy calculated the murder rate of Beika-cho, based on the fact that only municipalities with populations under 50,000 are generally named "Cho" (whereupon they become "Shi" rather than "cho", kind of like Town vs. City)--and bsaed on the fact because Conan and his friends don't advance in school, you can presume all this takes place within 1 calendary year.

It was calculated that Beika-Cho had a murder rate of 1490 per 100k residents. or 6000 times worse than the Japanese national average, and 30 times worse than Venezuela, which had the worst murder rate in 2022.

[https://note.com/juntoku\_y/n/n2d09026f6d27](https://note.com/juntoku_y/n/n2d09026f6d27)

As an aside, famous mangas having towns associated with them going all out in embracing the manga isn't uncommon. Kochikame takes place in Kameari (a neighborhood of Tokyo) and they have a ton of Kochikame related stuff around the train station and around town.

tearose112025-12-26 09:08

They did the math.

Outlulz2025-12-26 06:35

The Culprit Hanazawa, a spin-off parody series, makes a lot of jokes about how Beika is full of people constantly dying and buildings constantly exploding.

jonetheman2025-12-26 07:07

Yes i love that one 🤣

FluffyThePenguin2025-12-26 17:08

I visited that town few months ago! I was really suprised too on how much Conan theme has seeped into _everything_ in that town. From the moment I reached the train station, officially named "Yura" station, but they unofficially renamed it to "Conan Station", with Conan decoration everywhere: stairs, windows, pillars, etc.

> What surprised me most is that it is not touristy at all

Yeah, I think only those die-hard fans will visit and I observed during my trip was that most of the visitors are Japanese. I find it very sweet that this is how Aoyama Gosho's contributed back to his hometown's economy.

dern11962025-12-27 01:29

I was there with my girlfriend in September since she is a huge fan and it was great! The town is small but super fun to walk around seeing all the Conan statues and details. The museum wasn't spectacular but it was nice.

I was skeptical but getting away from the typical touristy spots from Japan was so much fun.

Difficult_Quiet_62402026-01-10 19:21

If you like Attack on Titan, go visit the town of Hita in Kyushu! That's where the mangaka grew up and there are two AoT museums, the huge dam with child Eren Mikasa Armin looking up (there is even a VR thing you can do with your phone to look at the Titan), and a Levi Statue right by the station. There is also an AoT themed zipline adventure park in Okuhita (it's faaaaar, you have to drive there). It's also not touristy because it's quite out of the way for the usual tourists. There is also a AoT themed hotel! I really enjoyed my time there.

I plan to visit Conan Town in future too.