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Nijo Castle: anime and film locations you can walk between

Hello World, Ogon no Hibi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and 11 places in all, from 10 titles, inside 1.2 km.

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

Titles · 10

Hello World

Anime film · 2019

Horikawa High School

The model for the film's Nishiki High School; its gate features in the scene where the books are hauled in by handcart.

Getting there: Omiya Stn · 7 min walk

Horikawa Takoyakushi Bus Stop

The bus stop shown in the film.

Getting there: Shijō Stn · 13 min walk

Ogon no Hibi

TV drama · 1978

Nanbanji site

The marker for the Jesuit church of 1576, the Kyoto the drama's Christian merchants move through.

Getting there: Karasuma Stn (Hankyu Kyoto Line) · 6 min walk

Tokugawa Ieyasu

TV drama · 1983

Nijo Castle

The Kyoto castle Ieyasu built as the shogunate's seat in the capital; the Ninomaru rooms are the originals.

Getting there: Nijojo-mae Stn (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line) · 5 min walk

Spirited Away

Anime film · 2001

Nijo Castle

Its painted ceilings were among the references used for the interior of the bathhouse Aburaya.

Getting there: Jingu-marutamachi Stn · 36 min walk

Hakuoki

TV anime · 2010

Nijo Castle

The castle shown in the story.

Getting there: Nijojo-mae Stn · 5 min walk

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

TV anime · 2012

Nanbanji Temple Site

The monument shown in the story.

Getting there: Karasuma Stn · 6 min walk

Sanada Maru

TV drama · 2016

Nijo Castle

The Kyoto castle the Tokugawa rule from while the drama's Sanada hold out at Osaka.

Getting there: Nijojo-mae Stn (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line) · 5 min walk

Horimiya

TV anime · 2021

Nijo Castle

The castle shown in the story.

Getting there: Nijo Stn · 11 min walk

My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex

TV anime · 2022

Horikawa High School

The school shown in the story.

Getting there: Karasuma Stn · 12 min walk

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

TV drama · 2023

Nijo Castle

Ieyasu's Kyoto seat, built when he took the shogunate — and where it was handed back 264 years later.

Getting there: Nijojo-mae Stn · 5 min walk

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