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TV anime · 2012

Hyouka — filming locations

8 places you can visit, in Gifu. 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 · 8

Hie Shrine, Takayama

Gifu Start here

The model for Arakusu Shrine, where the New Year episode is set.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Line) · 20 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Extremely crowded over New Year
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
ZYAO22(岐阜新聞) — 氷菓 飛騨高山の聖地

Kajibashi

Gifu Start here

The stone bridge over the Miyagawa in the opening titles and the walks between them.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road

Miyagawa riverside

Gifu Start here

The river bank below the old town, where the morning market runs along the water the series keeps returning to.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep your voice down

Takayama City Library (Kanshokan)

Gifu

The library Oreki and Chitanda use — a reconstruction of a Meiji-era Western-style school building.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Line) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
  • Follow staff instructions
Sources
高山市図書館

Kami-Sannomachi (Old Town)

Gifu

The preserved merchant street of Takayama the club walks through; the town is drawn shopfront by shopfront.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
高山市

Takayama Station

Gifu

The station the series' Kamiyama town is entered through; almost every location is a walk from here.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues

Takayama Jinya

Gifu

The surviving Edo-period government house in the old town the series moves through.

Getting there
Takayama Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Very crowded — expect queues

Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine

Gifu

The shrine south of the town whose spring festival the series draws its living-doll procession from.

Getting there
Hida-Ichinomiya Stn (JR Takayama Main Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Extremely crowded over New Year

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