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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

Okazaki Castle

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)

Nijo Castle

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)

Kegon Falls

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)

Kaneiji

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)

Fushimi Castle site

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)

Azuchi Castle site

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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