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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 Castle

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)

Odawara Castle

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)

Bitchu Matsuyama Castle

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

Iwabitsu Castle site

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)

Numata Castle site

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)

Nagurumi Castle site

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)

Nijo Castle

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)

Daigoji

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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