The popularity of Lucky ☆ Star also brought many of its fans to the real life settings of the anime, beginning from April 2007. The August issue of the Newtype magazine ran a feature on the various locales which the anime is based on, including Konata's home in Satte, Saitama, Tsukasa and Kagami's home in Washimiya, Saitama, and the school in Kasukabe, Saitama. The magazine also included directions on how to reach these places from the otaku hotspot Akihabara, which resulted in massive "pilgrimages" to these areas. 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,and prayer plaques ridden with anime drawings and strange prayers like "Konata is my wife". The locals were 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.