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TV anime · 2018

Golden Kamuy — filming locations

16 places you can visit, in Hokkaido, Aichi, Niigata. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

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

Locations · 16

Abashiri Prison Museum

Hokkaido Start here

The prison the story converges on. The preserved cell blocks and the chapel where Wilk was held are the buildings themselves, not models of them.

Getting there
Abashiri Stn (JR Senmo Line) + bus 10 min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
博物館網走監獄 · ゴールデンカムイ

Meiji Mura Museum

Aichi Start here

An open-air museum of Meiji buildings moved here from across Japan, supplying interiors the series draws on as heavily as it does the Hokkaido village.

Getting there
Inuyama Stn (Meitetsu) + bus 20 min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
博物館明治村 · ゴールデンカムイ

Upopoy National Ainu Museum

Hokkaido Start here

The national museum of Ainu culture — the background to everything the series draws, told by Ainu curators.

Getting there
Shiraoi Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Hokuchin Memorial Museum

Hokkaido Start here

The museum of the 7th Division — the regiment the series' soldiers belong to — on the garrison ground in Asahikawa.

Getting there
Shin-Asahikawa Stn · 30 min walk
Before you go
  • No photography indoors
  • Follow the on-site guards' instructions
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
北鎮記念館 · ゴールデンカムイ

Goryokaku Fort

Hokkaido Start here

The star fort of the last stand of the shogunate's navy — the history the series' final act rests on.

Getting there
Suginamichō Stn · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
五稜郭 · ゴールデンカムイ

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Hokkaido

An open-air museum of relocated Meiji buildings that supplies much of the series' streetscape.

Getting there
Shin-Sapporo Stn (JR / Tozai Line) + bus 15 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Otaru Canal

Hokkaido

The canal and the stone warehouses behind it, where the story begins and the Hijikata group goes to ground.

Getting there
Otaru Stn (JR Hakodate Line) · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
聖地巡礼ギルド — ゴールデンカムイ 北海道全域37スポット

Sado Gold Mine

Niigata

The mine on Sado the story reaches in its later arcs, its tunnels and processing works still standing.

Getting there
Ryotsu Port (ferry from Niigata) + bus 60 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼ギルド — ゴールデンカムイ 全37スポット

Noboribetsu Onsen

Hokkaido

The sulphur valley and bath town the party passes through in Hokkaido.

Getting there
Noboribetsu Stn (JR Muroran Line) + 15 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Active volcanic area — leave if you feel unwell
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Hakodate Station

Hokkaido

Where the last act of the story converges, at the end of the line north.

Getting there
Hakodate Stn · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Hokkaido

The Abashiri museum covering the northern peoples the story moves among.

Getting there
Abashiri Stn · 47 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Asahikawa City Museum

Hokkaido

Ainu life and the garrison town, in the city the series' middle act is set in.

Getting there
Asahikawa Stn · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Kushiro City Museum

Hokkaido

The eastern Hokkaido museum covering the Ainu and the wildlife the story moves through.

Getting there
Higashi-Kushiro Stn · 39 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Tsukigata Kabato Museum

Hokkaido

The prison museum of the Kabato penitentiary — the convict labour the series is built on.

Getting there
Iwamizawa Stn + 40 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Karurusu Onsen

Hokkaido

The old spa in the hills above Noboribetsu that the party passes through.

Getting there
Noboribetsu Stn + 40 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
ゴールデンカムイ

Lake Shikotsu

Hokkaido

The caldera lake in the mountains the party crosses, ice-free all winter.

Getting there
Chitose Stn + 45 min by bus · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
支笏湖 · ゴールデンカムイ

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