Abe died in Tokyo in 1966, but his grave is at the temple of Tōkei-ji in Kamakura.
In chapter 18 of the manga Susume! Ikaryaku by Kouta Hirano a group of otaku who are plotting the “terrorist act” of forcing a unilateral meeting of Comiket in opposition to laws and regulations on manga, anime, and gaming, are helped by an old soldier and veteran of the 1960 protests against the ANPO Treaty who remarks that Hara Hara Tokei, “is a dojinshi we used to read”.