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Sendai Castle and Yagiyama: anime and film locations you can walk between

Wake Up, Girls!, Sengoku Basara, Castle Defense and 6 places in all, from 5 titles, inside 1.6 km.

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

Titles · 5

Wake Up, Girls!

TV anime · 2014

Sendai Castle Ruins

The castle terrace above the city where the group works with the Date warrior troupe.

Getting there: Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · 25 min walk

Sendai Yagiyama Zoological Park

Sendai's zoo on the Yagiyama hill.

Getting there: Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · At the station

Sengoku Basara

TV anime · 2009

Sendai Castle ruins

The hilltop seat of Masamune Date, its stone walls and the city below.

Getting there: International Center Stn · 14 min walk

Castle Defense

TV anime · 2017

Sendai Castle

Date Masamune’s castle on Aoba hill; the walls and his equestrian statue remain.

Getting there: International Center Stn · 14 min walk

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

Yagiyama Bridge

The bridge, some 70m above a ravine, that stands in for the site of the Eighty-Eight Bridge case and the fight with Kechizu and Eso in episode 22.

Getting there: Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · 17 min walk

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

TV anime · 2025

Date Masamune Equestrian Statue

The equestrian statue of Date Masamune on the site of Sendai Castle.

Getting there: Sendai Stn + bus 15min · 5 min walk

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