Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Film · 2017

Sekigahara — filming locations

2 places you can visit, in Gifu, Shiga. Every entry gives the nearest station, how long the walk is, and what to mind when you get there.

Open on the map

Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Locations · 2

Gifu Castle

Gifu Start here

Oda Hidenobu's castle on Mt Kinka, taken by the Eastern army in the week before the battle; the ropeway climbs to the keep.

Getting there
Bus + ropeway from Gifu Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
関ヶ原 (映画)

Hikone Castle

Shiga

The keep Ii Naomasa's line built after the battle, with Sawayama's stones reused; the film's Eastern-army thread ends here.

Getting there
Hikone Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
関ヶ原 (映画)

Nearby, from other titles

More titles in Gifu

By prefecture