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Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan! — real-life locations

Kiyomizu-dera Temple and more — 17 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Nara, 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 · 17

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kyoto Start here

Kyoto's landmark temple, known for the wooden stage of its main hall.

Getting there
Kiyomizu-gojo Stn · 24 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down

Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Exit

Tokyo

The north entrance of Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building, under its restored dome.

Getting there
Otemachi Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

Horyu-ji Temple

Nara

The temple with the world's oldest surviving wooden buildings.

Getting there
Horyuji Stn · 23 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down

Togetsukyo Bridge

Kyoto

The bridge over the Katsura river at Arashiyama.

Getting there
Arashiyama Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down

Yamashita Park

Kanagawa

The seafront park on Yokohama harbour.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students

Harbor View Park

Kanagawa

A hilltop park overlooking Yokohama harbour, known for its rose garden.

Getting there
Motomachi-chukagai Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students

Tempyo Hotel

Nara

A hotel near Kintetsu-Nara Station.

Getting there
Kintetsu Nara Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

Oyado Ishicho

Kyoto

An inn in Okazaki.

Getting there
Jingu-marutamachi Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

Tsutenkaku

Osaka

The 103-metre tower in Shinsekai.

Getting there
Ebisu-cho Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks

Yokohama Chinatown

Kanagawa

Japan's largest Chinatown.

Getting there
Ishikawacho Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students

Tengachaya

Osaka

A station on the Nankai line and the Sakaisuji subway.

Getting there
Tengachaya Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road

Todaiji Daibutsuden

Nara

One of the largest wooden buildings in the world, housing the 15-metre Great Buddha.

Getting there
Kintetsu Nara Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Residential area — people live here

Pillar Hole in the Great Buddha Hall

Nara

The hole in a pillar of the Great Buddha Hall, said to match the Buddha's nostril and bring luck to those who squeeze through.

Getting there
Kintetsu Nara Stn · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

Heijo Palace Site

Nara

The site of the palace of 710; the Great Audience Hall and Suzaku Gate have been rebuilt.

Getting there
Yamato-Saidaiji Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — おジャ魔女どれみドッカ〜ン!

Nishiterabayashi Shopping Street

Nara

The arcade continuing on from Mochiidono in Nara.

Getting there
Nara Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
アニメ旅 — おジャ魔女どれみドッカ〜ン!

Heian Shrine

Kyoto

The shrine raised in 1895 for the 1,100th year of the Heian capital, copying the Otenmon and the Great Hall at five-eighths scale.

Getting there
Higashiyama Stn · 11 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — おジャ魔女どれみドッカ〜ン!

Sannei-zaka Slope

Kyoto

The stone-paved slope up to Kiyomizu-dera, a preserved historic district.

Getting there
Gion-shijo Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
アニメ旅 — おジャ魔女どれみドッカ〜ン!

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