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Azuchi: anime and film locations you can walk between

Castle Defense, Ogon no Hibi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and 11 places in all, from 10 titles, inside 2.2 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 10

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

Azuchi Castle

Nobunaga’s castle; the great stone stairway and foundations remain.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 25 min walk

Kannonji Castle

The Rokkaku mountain castle; walls lie scattered over Mt. Kinugasa.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 10 min walk

Ogon no Hibi

TV drama · 1978

Azuchi Castle site

Nobunaga's lakeside castle, whose building the merchant of the drama supplies and profits from.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 25 min walk

Tokugawa Ieyasu

TV drama · 1983

Azuchi Castle site

Nobunaga's castle, where the drama's Ieyasu is received as an ally in 1582.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 25 min walk

Nobunaga: King of Zipangu

TV drama · 1992

Kannonjijo site

The Rokkaku mountain fort Nobunaga swept aside in 1568 on his march to Kyoto.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn, then trail · 60 min walk

Sengoku Basara

TV anime · 2009

Azuchi Castle Site

The site of the castle Oda Nobunaga raised in 1579; the great stone stairway remains.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 25 min walk

Go: Himetachi no Sengoku

TV drama · 2011

Azuchi Castle site

Nobunaga's castle on Lake Biwa, where Go spends her childhood before it burns in 1582.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 25 min walk

Gunshi Kanbee

TV drama · 2014

Azuchi Castle site

Nobunaga's castle, where Kanbei comes to pledge Harima to him.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 25 min walk

Nobunaga Concerto

TV anime · 2014

Azuchi Castle

The ruins of the castle Nobunaga raised beside Lake Biwa.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 25 min walk

Touken Ranbu

TV anime · 2016

Azuchi Castle Ruins

The castle where Oda Nobunaga gathers his forces alongside Mikazuki Munechika, and which burns at Hashiba Hideyoshi's hand; today its stone stairways and hilltop ruins remain.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 23 min walk

Kirin ga Kuru

TV drama · 2020

Azuchi Castle Ruins

Nobunaga's castle above Lake Biwa, burned days after his death; the stone stairway and foundations remain.

Getting there: Azuchi Stn · 23 min walk

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