Ichijoji and Shugakuin: anime and film locations you can walk between

K-On!, Detective Conan, Free! and 8 places in all, from 4 titles, inside 1.7 km.

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

Titles · 4

TV anime · 2009

A curry restaurant on Shirakawa-dori in Kita-Shirakawa.

Getting there: Matsugasaki Stn · 25 min walk

Another Eizan stop from the Kyoto episode, on the same line north.

Getting there: Ichijoji Stn · At the station

A florist on Kitayama-dori.

Getting there: Shugakuin Stn · 2 min walk

A city bus stop on Shirakawa-dori, near the Ichijoji Sagarimatsu pine famed for Miyamoto Musashi's duel.

Getting there: Shugakuin Stn · 11 min walk

The Eizan Line stop on the Kyoto school-trip episode.

Getting there: Shugakuin Stn · At the station

TV anime · 1996

A Rinzai Zen temple in Ichijoji, known for the autumn colours of its Jugyu-no-niwa garden.

Getting there: Demachiyanagi Stn · 34 min walk

TV anime · 2013

The hillside campus Makoto's university is drawn from.

Getting there: Demachiyanagi Stn · 31 min walk

TV anime · 2013

Where the brothers' mother lived before marrying and where their father proposed; a steep climb followed by a long stairway.

Getting there: Ichijoji Stn · 22 min walk