TV anime · 2018

Shinkalion — real-life locations

Railway Museum, Omiya, Kyoto Railway Museum and more — 9 places you can visit, in Saitama, Kyoto, Hokkaido. 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 · 9

Railway Museum, Omiya

Saitama Start here

The Omiya museum that houses the series' secret base; the real hall of preserved locomotives is where the story starts.

Getting there

Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Stn (New Shuttle) · 2 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
No tripods or selfie sticks

Sources

鉄道博物館 (さいたま市) · 新幹線変形ロボシンカリオン

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Kyoto Railway Museum

Kyoto

The Kyoto branch of the series' base network, in the roundhouse and hall beside Umekoji.

Getting there

Umekoji-Kyotonishi Stn (JR Sanin Main Line) · 4 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
No tripods or selfie sticks

Sources

新幹線変形ロボシンカリオン

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Hakodate Station

Hokkaido

The northern end of the series' route, reached by the Hokkaido Shinkansen arc.

Getting there

Hakodate Stn (JR Hakodate Main Line) · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
No tripods or selfie sticks

Sources

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Kyushu Railway History Museum

Fukuoka

The Mojiko museum standing in for the series' Kyushu base.

Getting there

Kyushu Railway Museum Stop · 3 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Very crowded — expect queues

Sources

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Usui Pass

Gunma

The abandoned Shin-etsu grade the series runs its Gunma episode along; the brick arches of the old line still stand.

Getting there

Bus from Yokokawa Stn · 10 min walk

Before you go

Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
Keep your voice down
A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in

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Tokyo Station

Tokyo

Where Hayato boards the Tohoku Shinkansen with his father; the series places the secret Shinkalion headquarters deep beneath the Marunouchi station plaza.

Getting there

Tokyo Stn · At the station

Before you go