Kagoshima: anime and film locations you can walk between

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Tobu ga Gotoku, Castle Defense and 8 places in all, from 4 titles, inside 1.3 km.

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

Titles · 4

TV anime · 2012

A park just south of Tenmonkan in central Kagoshima. Appears in episode 7.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 21 min walk

A hot-spring hotel in central Kagoshima.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 24 min walk

A cave on Shiroyama where Saigo Takamori spent his last days at the end of the Satsuma Rebellion.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 22 min walk

A monument at the foot of Shiroyama to the Satsuma samurai who died on the Horeki river works.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 15 min walk

The 107-metre hill behind central Kagoshima, whose lookout faces Sakurajima. Appears in episode 7.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 18 min walk

TV drama · 1990

The Satsuma castle gate, rebuilt in 2020, where the drama's domain politics are set.

Getting there: Shiyakusho-mae Stop (Kagoshima Tram) · 4 min walk

TV anime · 2017

The Shimazu seat; its main gate was rebuilt in 2020.

Getting there: Kagoshima Stn · 16 min walk

TV drama · 2018

The Satsuma castle gate, rebuilt in 2020, at the foot of the hill Saigo's last stand was fought on.

Getting there: Shiyakusho-mae Stop (Kagoshima Tram) · 4 min walk