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By Aleah Ingram
For any Latter-day Saints who watched episode five of Restaurant to Another World, they may have been surprised to see a familiar structure.
Restaurant to Another World is about a seemingly normal restaurant in Tokyo. On Saturdays, however, the restaurant turns into a portal where fantastic creatures from different dimensions, including elves, dragons, and animal men, come and partake of the delicious food available by the chef.
In episode five, the Salt Lake City Temple makes a surprise appearance! The story tells of a half-elf, half-human princess who needed to decide what to do with her life after being rejected by both elves and humans.
For a few seconds, the Salt Lake City Temple appears as a “home of the gods,” where the princess can go if she decides to leave the secular world behind. The temple appears only for a moment, but the design is unmistakable. Check it out below.
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The Salt Lake Temple has been depicted in novels, TV series, video games, comic books, and movies. And now this iconic temple has made an appearance in Japanese anime.
Restaurant to Another World, an anime series where a Tokyo restaurant transports to a world of dragons, elves, and other mythical creatures, depicted the Salt Lake Temple as the "home of the gods."
The temple is highlighted in episode five after a half-elf, half-human princess struggling to find her place in her world is faced with the decision to leave her world behind and live in the service of the gods or find another path.
Though its appearance was brief, it's interesting the temple was featured as a fictional sacred place when it is also a real-life place of holiness.
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The Salt Lake Temple made a surprising appearance in the anime ‘Restaurant to Another World’ as the ‘home for the gods’.
The Japanese animated series is an anime adaptation based on a popular light-novel written by Junpei Inuzuka. It was aired from July 31 to September 18, 2017, on TV Tokyo and was simulcasted by Crunchyroll and Funimation in North America.
The story is about a restaurant in a corner of an undisclosed shopping district in Tokyo that offers non-Japanese cuisine. The store operates normally as like the others and closed during weekends and holidays. But for some reason, the shop opens on Saturdays and creates doorways to other worlds inhabited by mythical creatures such as Elves, dragon, and etc.
In episode 5, the TV series features the Salt Lake Temple. According to our friends in LDS Daily, a half-elf and a half-human princess needs to decide what to do with her life after being rejected by both the elves and humans. One of the choices was to go to the home of the gods which is the Salt Lake Temple.
Do you have a friend who loves watching anime or someone who served in Japan? Share this with them and asked if they know the anime!
By Aleah Ingram
For any Latter-day Saints who watched episode five of Restaurant to Another World, they may have been surprised to see a familiar structure.
Restaurant to Another World is about a seemingly normal restaurant in Tokyo. On Saturdays, however, the restaurant turns into a portal where fantastic creatures from different dimensions, including elves, dragons, and animal men, come and partake of the delicious food available by the chef.
In episode five, the Salt Lake City Temple makes a surprise appearance! The story tells of a half-elf, half-human princess who needed to decide what to do with her life after being rejected by both elves and humans.
For a few seconds, the Salt Lake City Temple appears as a “home of the gods,” where the princess can go if she decides to leave the secular world behind. The temple appears only for a moment, but the design is unmistakable. Check it out below.
Anime Series Depicts Salt Lake Temple as "Home of the Gods"
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The Salt Lake Temple has been depicted in novels, TV series, video games, comic books, and movies. And now this iconic temple has made an appearance in Japanese anime.
Restaurant to Another World, an anime series where a Tokyo restaurant transports to a world of dragons, elves, and other mythical creatures, depicted the Salt Lake Temple as the "home of the gods."
The temple is highlighted in episode five after a half-elf, half-human princess struggling to find her place in her world is faced with the decision to leave her world behind and live in the service of the gods or find another path.
Though its appearance was brief, it's interesting the temple was featured as a fictional sacred place when it is also a real-life place of holiness.
Salt Lake Temple Makes Surprising Appearance as ‘Home of the gods’ in a Japanese Anime
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The Salt Lake Temple made a surprising appearance in the anime ‘Restaurant to Another World’ as the ‘home for the gods’.
The Japanese animated series is an anime adaptation based on a popular light-novel written by Junpei Inuzuka. It was aired from July 31 to September 18, 2017, on TV Tokyo and was simulcasted by Crunchyroll and Funimation in North America.
The story is about a restaurant in a corner of an undisclosed shopping district in Tokyo that offers non-Japanese cuisine. The store operates normally as like the others and closed during weekends and holidays. But for some reason, the shop opens on Saturdays and creates doorways to other worlds inhabited by mythical creatures such as Elves, dragon, and etc.
In episode 5, the TV series features the Salt Lake Temple. According to our friends in LDS Daily, a half-elf and a half-human princess needs to decide what to do with her life after being rejected by both the elves and humans. One of the choices was to go to the home of the gods which is the Salt Lake Temple.
Do you have a friend who loves watching anime or someone who served in Japan? Share this with them and asked if they know the anime!
