TV drama · 2021
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky — filming locations
7 places you can visit, in Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama. 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 · 7
Tokyo
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The castle the drama's hero serves the last shogun in, and where the surrender was negotiated. The gardens are open; the palace is not.
- Getting there
- Takebashi Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Do not enter private property
- Keep your voice down
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Closed on Mondays
- Sources
- 青天を衝け
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The castle gate where Ii Naosuke was assassinated in the snow, the event that begins the drama's era.
- Getting there
- Sakuradamon Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Sources
- 桜田門外の変 · 青天を衝け
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Gunma
The 1872 state filature Shibusawa set up, the first modern factory in the country and the drama's proudest build.
- Getting there
- Joshu-Tomioka Stn (Joshin Railway) · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Follow the on-site guards' instructions
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 青天を衝け
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Saitama
The Fukaya farmhouse Shibusawa was born in, where the drama's first episodes are set.
- Getting there
- Bus from Fukaya Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- No photography indoors
- Few buses — check your return time before you go
- Sources
- 渋沢栄一 · 青天を衝け
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Kanagawa
The archive on the 1854 treaty site, holding the record of the opening that sends Shibusawa abroad.
- Getting there
- Nihon-odori Stn (Minatomirai Line) · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Keep quiet indoors
- No photography indoors
- Sources
- 青天を衝け
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The Ueno temple where Yoshinobu withdrew in 1868, the retreat Shibusawa returns from France to find.
- Getting there
- Uguisudani Stn (JR Yamanote Line) · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 青天を衝け
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Osaka
The Osaka the drama's finance and trade chapters move through after the Restoration.
- Getting there
- Morinomiya Stn (JR Osaka Loop Line) · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Very crowded — expect queues
- No tripods or selfie sticks
- Sources
- 青天を衝け
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