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TV anime · 1996

Kochikame — real-life locations

Kameari Station, Kameari Park, Kameari Katori Shrine and more — 21 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Kagoshima. 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 · 21

Kameari Station

Tokyo Start here

Ryotsu's beat starts here. Bronze statues of the cast stand at all three exits.

Getting there
Kameari Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
亀有駅 · こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所

Kameari Park

Tokyo

The park of the title — the police box in the story stands in front of it.

Getting there
Kameari Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
亀有公園 · こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所

Kameari Katori Shrine

Tokyo

The neighbourhood shrine, with its own statue of Ryotsu inside the grounds.

Getting there
Kameari Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
香取神社 (葛飾区亀有)

Asakusa Shrine

Tokyo

Ryotsu grew up on the Sanja Festival held here, and the series returns to it every year.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo

One of the Tokyo landmarks Ryotsu's schemes keep dragging him across the city to.

Getting there
Akabanebashi Stn (Toei Oedo Line) · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
Sources
東京タワー

Akihabara

Tokyo

The quarter Ryotsu's electronics obsessions send him to, drawn across four decades of its rebuilding.

Getting there
Akihabara Stn (JR Yamanote Line) · At the station
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
秋葉原

Hijiribashi Bridge

Tokyo

The arched bridge over the Kanda River that the manga's volume 121 chapter 'Hijiribashi Shirosen Nagashi' is set on.

Getting there
Ochanomizu Stn (JR Chuo / Sobu Line) · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Never step onto the tracks
Sources
聖橋

Kachidoki Bridge

Tokyo

The bascule bridge over the Sumida that recurs through the manga (volume 71's 'Open the Kachidoki Bridge') and is raised as a ramp in the film's climax to dodge a runaway missile.

Getting there
Kachidoki Stn (Toei Oedo Line) · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
勝鬨橋

Fuji Television Headquarters

Tokyo

The sphere-topped Odaiba broadcaster's headquarters that several anime specials, among them SP4 and SP13, find some excuse to destroy.

Getting there
Daiba Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Admission fee required
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
FCGビル

Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station

Tokyo Gone

The closed Keisei station drawn faithfully, down to the platform end and its penguin paintings, in volume 95's chapter on the "phantom" Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station.

Getting there
Uguisudani Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • No longer exists — nothing remains at the site
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
博物館動物園駅

Yokohama Landmark Tower

Kanagawa

The tower drawn as one of the buildings of the corporate group run by Reiko Akimoto's father.

Getting there
Minatomirai Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
横浜ランドマークタワー

Hanayashiki, Asakusa

Tokyo

The Asakusa amusement park drawn in volumes 36 and 76 as it was before it began charging admission.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
Sources
浅草花やしき

Shibamata Taishakuten

Tokyo

The Shibamata temple where Ryotsu holds a memorial service, also used in the anime's opening titles.

Getting there
Shibamata Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
Sources
柴又帝釈天

Okinoerabu Island

Kagoshima

The island of the volume-50 story "Koi no Okierabu", where Ryotsu comes to meet a local boy who won a reader competition and then tours the island.

Getting there
Ferry from Kagoshima Port to Wadomari · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
沖永良部島

Rainbow Bridge

Tokyo

The bridge destroyed by a UFO in the second Kochikame film, 'UFO Assault! Operation Tornado!!'.

Getting there
Shibaura-futo Stn (Yurikamome) · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
レインボーブリッジ

Odaiba

Tokyo

The waterfront district built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.

Getting there
Telecom Center Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
お台場

Ryotsu statue in a happi coat

Tokyo

One of the bronzes of Ryotsu around Kameari, this one in festival dress.

Getting there
Kameari Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所

Tsutenkaku Tower

Osaka

The 1956 tower over Shinsekai in Naniwa, Osaka. It appears in the manga, among them volumes 143 and 195.

Getting there
Ebisucho Stn (Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line) · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Admission fee required
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
通天閣

Transportation Museum site (closed)

Tokyo Gone

The museum that stood by Manseibashi until May 2006, drawn in volume 153 from a visit made just before it closed. Its collection moved to the Railway Museum in Omiya; the arches under the old station now hold shops.

Getting there
Ochanomizu Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • No longer exists — nothing remains at the site
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
Sources
交通博物館

Honjo-Azumabashi Station

Tokyo

An Asakusa line station in Sumida, a few minutes from the Sumida river. Its A4 exit is drawn on the frontispiece of volume 76.

Getting there
Asakusa Stn · 10 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
本所吾妻橋駅

Nisonin Temple

Kyoto

A temple in Saga, Arashiyama, its approach lined with maples. It is given as the model for the Isowashi residence, which the manga places in Arashiyama.

Getting there
Randen Arashiyama Stn · 12 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
二尊院

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