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
TV anime · 2014
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's zoo on the Yagiyama hill.
Getting there: Yagiyama Zoological Park Stn · At the station
TV anime · 2009
The hilltop seat of Masamune Date, its stone walls and the city below.
Getting there: International Center Stn · 14 min walk
TV anime · 2017
Date Masamune’s castle on Aoba hill; the walls and his equestrian statue remain.
Getting there: International Center Stn · 14 min walk
TV anime · 2020
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
TV anime · 2025
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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