TV drama · 2016
Sanada Maru — filming locations
8 places you can visit, in Osaka, Kanagawa, Okayama. 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
Osaka
Start here
The winter and summer sieges the drama ends on; Sanada Maru was the outwork on its southern side.
- Getting there
- Osaka Business Park Stn · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Kanagawa
The Hojo stronghold besieged in 1590, a set piece of the drama's middle act.
- Getting there
- Odawara Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Okayama
The highest original keep in Japan, used for the drama's mountain-castle scenes.
- Getting there
- Bitchu-Takahashi Stn + bus and walk · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Admission fee required
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Sources
- 備中松山城
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Gunma
The Agatsuma mountain fort the Sanada held; the drama opens on the family's Kozuke ground.
- Getting there
- Gohara Stn (JR Agatsuma Line) · 23 min walk
- Before you go
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Gunma
The castle on the bluff the Sanada refused to hand over — the refusal that starts the drama's war.
- Getting there
- Numata Stn (JR Joetsu Line) · 12 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- No tripods or selfie sticks
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Gunma
The small fort whose seizure in 1589 gave Hideyoshi his pretext for the Odawara campaign.
- Getting there
- Gokan Stn (JR Joetsu Line) · 22 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
- A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Kyoto
The Kyoto castle the Tokugawa rule from while the drama's Sanada hold out at Osaka.
- Getting there
- Nijojo-mae Stn (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line) · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- No photography indoors
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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Kyoto
The temple of Hideyoshi's 1598 cherry party, the last spring before the war the drama turns on.
- Getting there
- Daigo Stn (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line) · 12 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Worshippers come first
- Sources
- 真田丸 (NHK大河ドラマ)
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