Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

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

Kyousougiga, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, Detective Conan and 11 places in all, from 9 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 · 9

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 Stn · 4 min walk

Kurama-dera Nio Gate

The gate at the foot of the climb up Mount Kurama.

Getting there: Sanmon Stn · 1 min walk

Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister

TV anime · 2024

Kifune Shrine

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

Getting there: Tahōtō 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 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 Stn · 18 min walk

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

Anime film · 2003

Sojogatani Fudo-do

The hall in the valley behind Kurama where Yoshitsune is said to have trained.

Getting there: Tahōtō Stn · 13 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 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

Ingress: The Animation

TV anime · 2018

Second Torii, Kifune Shrine

The Kifune Shrine torii at the foot of the stone steps.

Getting there: Tahōtō Stn · 20 min walk

Holmes of Kyoto

TV anime · 2018

Kifune Shrine

The shrine of the water deity deep behind Kurama, its stone steps lined with lanterns.

Getting there: Tahōtō Stn · 20 min walk

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