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Matsushiro: anime and film locations you can walk between

Occult Academy, Takeda Shingen, Sengoku Basara and 5 places in all, from 4 titles, inside 1.0 km.

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

Titles · 4

Occult Academy

TV anime · 2010

Matsushiro Station

The old station house of the closed Nagano Dentetsu Yashiro Line.

Getting there: Nagano Stn + bus 30min · 2 min walk

Zozan Shrine

A Matsushiro shrine dedicated to the scholar Sakuma Shozan.

Getting there: Nagano Stn + bus 30min · 5 min walk

Takeda Shingen

TV drama · 1988

Matsushiro Castle (Kaizu)

The castle Shingen built to hold the Kawanakajima plain, where the drama's great battles are fought.

Getting there: Nagano Stn + 30 min by bus · 5 min walk

Sengoku Basara

TV anime · 2009

Chokoku-ji Temple

The Sanada family temple in Matsushiro, with the mausolea of the domain's lords behind it.

Getting there: 30 min by bus from Nagano Stn · 5 min walk

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

Matsushiro Castle

Built after Kawanakajima and held by the Sanada; the gates and moat are restored.

Getting there: 30 min by bus from Nagano Stn · 5 min walk

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