TV drama · 1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu — filming locations
6 places you can visit, in Aichi, Kyoto, Tochigi. 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 · 6
Aichi
Start here
Ieyasu's birthplace and the drama's starting point; the park keeps the moats and the well he was washed in.
- Getting there
- Okazaki-koen-mae Stn (Meitetsu) · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Kyoto
The Kyoto castle Ieyasu built as the shogunate's seat in the capital; the Ninomaru rooms are the originals.
- Getting there
- Nijojo-mae Stn (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line) · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- No photography indoors
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Tochigi
The Nikko waterfall below Chuzenji, in the mountains where Ieyasu was enshrined at Toshogu.
- Getting there
- Bus from Nikko Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Tokyo
The Ueno temple founded in 1625 as the Tokugawa house temple, the shogunate Ieyasu leaves behind.
- Getting there
- Uguisudani Stn (JR Yamanote Line) · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Kyoto
The castle Ieyasu holds through 1600; its garrison dies buying time before Sekigahara.
- Getting there
- Momoyama Stn (JR Nara Line) · 13 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not enter private property
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Shiga
Nobunaga's castle, where the drama's Ieyasu is received as an ally in 1582.
- Getting there
- Azuchi Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 25 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 徳川家康 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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