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TV anime · 2009

Sengoku Basara — real-life locations

Aoba Shrine, Tsuchiura City Museum and more — 39 places you can visit, in Miyagi, Ibaraki, 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 · 39

Aoba Shrine

Miyagi Start here

The Sendai shrine to Date Masamune, whose one-eyed swordsman the series is built around.

Getting there
Kita-Sendai Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
青葉神社 · 戦国BASARA

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Tsuchiura City Museum

Ibaraki

Holds the armour and papers of the Tsuchiya clan, and has run exhibitions with the series.

Getting there
Tsuchiura Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Closed on Mondays
Sources
土浦市立博物館 · 戦国BASARA

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Kawanakajima Battlefield

Nagano

The plain where Takeda and Uesugi met five times — the rivalry the series opens on and returns to.

Getting there
Bus from Nagano Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Few buses — check your return time before you go
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 川中島古戦場(八幡原史跡公園) · アニメ旅 — 川中島古戦場史跡公園｜戦国BASARA

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Atsuta Shrine

Aichi

The Nagoya shrine listed as an anime location for Sengoku Basara; Oda Nobunaga prayed here before Okehazama and donated its Nobunaga wall after winning.

Getting there
Jingū-mae Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Extremely crowded over New Year
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
【アニメ聖地】熱田神宮｜戦国BASARA — アニメに登場するアニメ聖地

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Yonezawa Castle

Yamagata

The Uesugi seat, named for Kanetsugu Naoe. The moat and the keep's ground are now Matsugasaki Park.

Getting there
Minami-Yonezawa Stn · 24 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Kessan-ji Temple

Miyagi

The Shiroishi temple where Kojuro Katakura is buried.

Getting there
Shiroishi Stn · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Takeda Shrine

Yamanashi

Built on the site of Tsutsujigasaki, the residence Shingen Takeda ruled Kai from.

Getting there
Kofu Stn + bus 10 min · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Okehazama Battlefield

Aichi

One of the two sites tradition gives for the battle where Yoshimoto Imagawa was killed.

Getting there
Chūkyō-keibajō-mae Stn · 13 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Bansho-ji Temple

Aichi

The Nagoya temple where Nobunaga is said to have thrown incense at his father's tablet.

Getting there
Kamimaezu Stn · 4 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Okayama Castle

Okayama

The black-walled keep on the Asahi river, the seat of Hideaki Kobayakawa.

Getting there
Nishigawara Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Sekigahara Battlefield

Gifu

The basin the 1600 battle was fought in, and the ground the games return to.

Getting there
Sekigahara Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Sendai Castle ruins

Miyagi

The hilltop seat of Masamune Date, its stone walls and the city below.

Getting there
International Center Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Zenko-ji

Nagano

The Nagano temple that stood through the Kawanakajima campaigns.

Getting there
Zenkojishita Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Kiyosu Castle

Aichi

Nobunaga's seat before Gifu, rebuilt on the Gojo river.

Getting there
Shin-Kiyosu Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Honno-ji temple site

Kyoto

The block where the temple stood in 1582, marked by a stone.

Getting there
Nijojo-mae Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Gifu Castle

Gifu

The keep on top of Mt. Kinka, the castle of Saito Dosan and later Oda Nobunaga.

Getting there
15 min by bus from Gifu Stn, then the ropeway · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Erin-ji Temple

Yamanashi

Takeda Shingen's family temple, keeping a garden laid out by Muso Soseki.

Getting there
10 min by bus from Enzan Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Sawayama Castle Ruins

Shiga

The hill east of Hikone that carried Ishida Mitsunari's castle; earthworks and a view are what is left.

Getting there
Hikone Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Usuki Castle Ruins

Oita

The sea castle Otomo Sorin raised on what was then an island; now a park of stone walls and gates.

Getting there
Usuki Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Takato Castle Park

Nagano

A castle site in the Ina valley held by the Takeda, known now for its cherry trees.

Getting there
25 min by bus from Inashi Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Chokoku-ji Temple

Nagano

The Sanada family temple in Matsushiro, with the mausolea of the domain's lords behind it.

Getting there
30 min by bus from Nagano Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Suriagehara Battlefield

Fukushima

The field where Date Masamune broke the Ashina in 1589, under Mt. Bandai.

Getting there
15 min by car from Inawashiro Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Sanada Residence Site

Nagano

The earthwork square of the Sanada's residence before they built Ueda Castle.

Getting there
30 min by car from Ueda Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Hinatabatake Site

Nagano

Stone markers held to be the graves of the early Sanada, in a field above the village.

Getting there
30 min by car from Ueda Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Sanada Shrine, Sanadamachi

Nagano

The shrine in the Sanada's home valley — not the one of the same name inside Ueda Castle.

Getting there
30 min by car from Ueda Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Tosen-in Temple

Yamagata

A Tsuruoka temple of the Shonai domain.

Getting there
10 min by car from Tsuruoka Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Daio-ji Temple

Miyagi

The Watari temple holding the grave of Date Shigezane.

Getting there
10 min by car from Watari Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine

Yamanashi

Held to be the oldest of the Fuji shrines; its lower hall stands on the south shore of Lake Kawaguchi.

Getting there
15 min by bus from Kawaguchiko Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Kofu Castle Site

Yamanashi

A castle site south of Kofu Station, open as Maizuru Castle Park.

Getting there
Kofu Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Shiraga Castle Site

Shimane

The Amago mountain castle taken by the Mori in 1563.

Getting there
20 min by car from Matsue Stn · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Kakuma Onsen

Nagano

A hot spring in a valley above Ueda, said to have been the Sanada’s hidden bath.

Getting there
40 min by car from Ueda Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Yamanaka Onsen

Ishikawa

A hot-spring town along a Kaga gorge, where Basho stayed a long while.

Getting there
30 min by bus from Kagaonsen Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • No photography indoors
  • Keep quiet indoors
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — 戦国BASARA

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Osaka Castle

Osaka

The castle Toyotomi Hideyoshi built and the Tokugawa rebuilt; the present keep dates from 1931.

Getting there
Morinomiya Stn · 18 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Shiroishi Castle

Miyagi

The Katakura clan's castle, rebuilt in timber in 1995.

Getting there
Shiroishi Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Nagoya Castle Site

Aichi

In the second bailey of Nagoya Castle, the site of the fort where Oda Nobunaga is said to have been born.

Getting there
Nagoyajo Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Usuki Castle Site

Oita

The site of the castle Otomo Sorin built on an island; now Usuki Park.

Getting there
Usuki Stn · 17 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Azuchi Castle Site

Shiga

The site of the castle Oda Nobunaga raised in 1579; the great stone stairway remains.

Getting there
Azuchi Stn · 25 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Shikinagayoshi Shrine

Osaka

A Hirano shrine where Sanada Yukimura is said to have dedicated his banner.

Getting there
Nagahara Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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Sanada Yukimura's Resting Place

Osaka

Where Sanada Yukimura is said to have rested during the Siege of Osaka.

Getting there
Nagahara Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not enter private property
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
アニメ旅 — 戦国BASARA

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