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TV drama · 2022

The 13 Lords of the Shogun — filming locations

10 places you can visit, in Shizuoka, Kanagawa, Kyoto. 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 · 10

Shuzenji Temple

Shizuoka Start here

Where the second shogun Yoriie was confined and killed — the turn the drama is built around.

Getting there
Shuzenji Stn + 10 min by bus · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Kanagawa Start here

The shrine at the centre of Yoritomo's Kamakura, where the drama's council politics and its assassinations play out.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn (JR Yokosuka Line) · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
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Daigoji Temple

Kyoto

The Kyoto temple complex the drama films its court scenes at, and a World Heritage site.

Getting there
Daigo Stn (Tozai Line) · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Worshippers come first
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
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Jingoji Temple

Kyoto

The mountain temple that holds the portrait long taken to be Yoritomo's, above the Kiyotaki river.

Getting there
Kyoto Stn + 50 min by bus · 20 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Admission fee required
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
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Sugaya Fort Ruins

Saitama

The earthworks of Hatakeyama Shigetada's residence, one of the drama's tragic figures.

Getting there
Musashi-ranzan Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
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Todaiji

Nara

The Nara temple burned in the 1180 Taira raid and rebuilt under Yoritomo's patronage — a thread through the drama.

Getting there
Kintetsu-Nara Stn (Kintetsu Nara Line) · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Worshippers come first
Sources
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Shuzenji Station

Shizuoka

The Izu terminus for the temple where the second shogun Yoriie was confined and killed.

Getting there
Shuzenji Stn (Izuhakone Railway) · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
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Hojuji

Kyoto

The Kyoto temple on the site of Go-Shirakawa's palace, sacked by Yoshinaka in 1183.

Getting there
Shichijo Stn (Keihan Main Line) · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
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Miidera (Onjoji)

Shiga

The temple whose warrior monks joined the anti-Taira rising the drama's first act turns on.

Getting there
Miidera Stn (Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line) · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
鎌倉殿の13人

Kofukuji

Nara

The Fujiwara temple burned in the 1180 raid on Nara that turns opinion against the Taira.

Getting there
Kintetsu-Nara Stn (Kintetsu Nara Line) · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Worshippers come first
Sources
鎌倉殿の13人

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