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TV drama · 2020

Kirin ga Kuru — filming locations

6 places you can visit, in Shiga, Aichi, 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 · 6

Enryakuji Temple, Mt. Hiei

Shiga Start here

The mountain temple Nobunaga burned — the event the drama builds to, and a World Heritage site.

Getting there
Cable Sakamoto Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Worshippers come first
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
麒麟がくる

Okehazama Battlefield

Aichi Start here

Where Nobunaga destroyed an army ten times his size in a rainstorm — the hinge of the whole period.

Getting there
Chukyo-keibajo-mae Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Sources
桶狭間の戦い · 麒麟がくる

Gifu Castle

Gifu

Inabayama, taken by Nobunaga and renamed Gifu; the keep sits on the summit above the city.

Getting there
Gifu Stn + 15 min by bus + ropeway · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
麒麟がくる

Azuchi Castle Ruins

Shiga

Nobunaga's castle above Lake Biwa, burned days after his death; the stone stairway and foundations remain.

Getting there
Azuchi Stn · 23 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
麒麟がくる

Kofukuji

Nara

The Nara temple Matsunaga Hisahide fought over, in the years the drama's Mitsuhide serves the shogunate.

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
麒麟がくる

Todaiji

Nara

The Nara temple whose great hall burned in the 1567 fighting the drama's Matsunaga is caught in.

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
麒麟がくる

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