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TV anime · 2013

Red Data Girl — real-life locations

Hachioji Castle Ruins, Tamaki Shrine and more — 8 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Nara, Nagano. 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 · 8

Hachioji Castle Ruins

Tokyo Start here

The mountain castle site the series' mountain-worship strand runs through.

Getting there
Takaosan Stn · 40 min walk
Before you go
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
RDG レッドデータガール

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Tamaki Shrine

Nara

The model for the shrine Izumiko grows up in, on a 1,000 m ridge reached through a stand of old cedars.

Getting there
By car 40 min from Totsukawa Onsen bus stop · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — RDG レッドデータガール 聖地巡礼

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St. Paul Gakuen High School

Tokyo

The private high school in the woods of Hachioji that the school in the series is modelled on.

Getting there
Takao Stn (JR Chuo / Keio Takao Line) + bus 15 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
Sources
聖パウロ学園高等学校

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Shinjuku Station

Tokyo

The ticket gates Izumiko and Miyuki pass through in episode 2 - specifically the west exit gates.

Getting there
Shinjuku Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん「RDG レッドデータガール」聖地巡礼 — 2話の改札

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Yakuoin Sanmon Gate

Tokyo

The main gate of Takaosan Yakuoin.

Getting there
Takaosanguchi Stn + the cable car · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government North Observatory

Tokyo

The free observation floor on the 45th storey of the metropolitan government building.

Getting there
Tochomae Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
  • Follow staff instructions

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The Old Approach to Togakushi Okusha

Nagano

A two-kilometre path to the inner shrine, half of it an avenue of cedars planted in the 1600s.

Getting there
60 min by bus from Nagano Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — RDG レッドデータガール

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Togakushi Shrine Chusha

Nagano

A shrine in Nagano. It appears in episode 6.

Getting there
60 min by bus from Nagano Stn · 39 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — RDG レッドデータガール 「戸隠神社中社 社殿」

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