Otsukyo and Omi Jingu: anime and film locations you can walk between
Chihayafuru, Aoi: Tokugawa Sandai, Go: Himetachi no Sengoku and 9 places in all, from 6 titles, inside 2.6 km.
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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.
Titles · 6
TV anime · 2011
The shrine that hosts the national karuta championships, and the setting of the series' decisive matches.
Getting there: Omi-jingu-mae Stn (Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line) · 10 min walk
The small tram station the characters arrive at for every tournament.
Getting there: Omi-jingu-mae Stn (Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line) · At the station
The hall beside Omi Jingu where the national and championship karuta matches of the story are played; the competition floor is upstairs.
Getting there: Minami-shiga Stn · 9 min walk
The JR station on the Omi Jingu pilgrimage route whose platform is matched against cuts from episodes 12 and 13 and season 2 episode 7.
Getting there: Otsukyo Stn · At the station
TV drama · 2000
The lakeside castle whose 1600 siege kept fifteen thousand western troops away from Sekigahara.
Getting there: Biwako-Hamaotsu Stn (Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line) · 2 min walk
TV drama · 2011
Where Hatsu withstood a siege while Sekigahara was decided; the site is now the lakeside street corner.
Getting there: Biwako-hamaotsu Stn · 2 min walk
TV drama · 2012
The Otsu temple that took Mochihito's side against the Taira in 1180 and was burned for it.
Getting there: Miidera Stn (Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line) · 10 min walk
Film · 2012
The lakeside temple whose halls and steps stand in for Meiji Kyoto in the films.
Getting there: Miidera Stn · At the station
TV drama · 2022
The temple whose warrior monks joined the anti-Taira rising the drama's first act turns on.
Getting there: Miidera Stn (Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line) · 10 min walk
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