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Kurama and Kibune: anime and film locations you can walk between

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof, Detective Conan, Yoshitsune and 7 places in all, from 6 titles, inside 1.9 km.

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

Titles · 6

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

TV anime · 2024

Kifune Shrine

The shrine up the valley north of Kyoto, of the god of water.

Getting there: Tahōtō Station Stn · 18 min walk

Kifune Shrine Yui-no-Yashiro

The middle shrine at Kifune for matchmaking, fitting for a story about three sisters and a match.

Getting there: Tahōtō Station Stn · 25 min walk

Detective Conan

TV anime · 1996

Kifune Shrine

The shrine up the valley north of Kyoto, in the same film.

Getting there: Tahōtō Station Stn · 18 min walk

Yoshitsune

TV drama · 2005

Kuramadera

The mountain temple north of Kyoto where the boy Ushiwakamaru is said to have trained.

Getting there: Cable car from Kurama Stn, then the temple path · 25 min walk

Taira no Kiyomori

TV drama · 2012

Kuramadera Temple

Where the boy Yoshitsune was sent, up the mountain north of the city.

Getting there: Tahōtō Station Stn · 4 min walk

Kyousougiga

TV anime · 2013

Kurama-dera Temple

A temple on the slopes of Mt. Kurama, said to be where the young Minamoto no Yoshitsune trained.

Getting there: Tahōtō Station Stn · 4 min walk

The Eccentric Family

TV anime · 2013

Kurama Station

The tengu's mountain begins here, at the end of the Eizan line.

Getting there: Kurama Stn · At the station

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