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Yamato-Saidaiji and Heijo Palace: anime and film locations you can walk between

Beyond the Boundary, Tonikawa, Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan! and 6 places in all, from 3 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 · 3

Beyond the Boundary

TV anime · 2013

Kamenoi Hotel Nara

A hotel near the Heijo Palace site.

Getting there: Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · 13 min walk

Nara Family

The shopping centre Mitsuki walks through.

Getting there: Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · 4 min walk

Yamato-Saidaiji Station

The station bench Akihito, Mirai and Sakura sit on.

Getting there: Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · At the station

Tonikawa

TV anime · 2020

Nara Palace Site Historical Park

A national park on the Heijo palace site, with its great hall and Suzaku gate rebuilt, a World Heritage site.

Getting there: Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · 21 min walk

Heijo Palace Site

The vast archaeological site of Japan's 8th-century capital, with its reconstructed Suzaku Gate, visited by the couple in episode 8.

Getting there: Shinomiya Stn · 24 min walk

Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan!

TV anime · 2002

Heijo Palace Site

The site of the palace of 710; the Great Audience Hall and Suzaku Gate have been rebuilt.

Getting there: Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · 18 min walk

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