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TV anime · 2013

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Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade, Kamo Delta and more — 14 places you can visit, in Kyoto. 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 · 14

Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade

Kyoto Start here

The model for Usagiyama Shopping District. The arcade displays series artwork and the mochi shop of the opening is a real shop here.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn (Keihan / Eizan Line) · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No tripods or selfie sticks
  • Narrow passage — do not stop to shoot
Sources
出町商店街 · たまこまーけっと

Kamo Delta

Kyoto

The confluence where the Takano and Kamo rivers meet, used for the riverbank scenes.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn (Keihan / Eizan Line) · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
鴨川デルタ

Museum of Kyoto Annex

Kyoto

The red-brick former bank drawn into the series' Kyoto backgrounds.

Getting there
Karasuma Oike Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • Closed on Mondays
Sources
たまこまーけっと

Fujinomori Station

Kyoto

A Keihan stop south of the shopping street, drawn in the series' Kyoto backgrounds.

Getting there
Fujinomori Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Residential area — people live here
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
藤森駅 · たまこまーけっと

Kyoto Station

Kyoto

The station concourse appears in the closing scene of the film Tamako Love Story.

Getting there
Kyōto Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
たまこまーけっと

Fushimi-ko Park

Kyoto

The park whose pool the girls head to in episode 5; the crossing signal outside it is drawn too. Photography at the pool is not allowed in summer.

Getting there
Chushojima Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Do not photograph residents or students
  • Admission fee required
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
たまこまーけっと聖地巡礼・ロケ地 — 5話でたまこたちが向かうプールのモデル

Hirayama Jihodo

Kyoto

A clock and watch shop in the Demachi arcade that the story draws.

Getting there
Fujinomori Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — たまこまーけっと 「平山時宝堂」 EP9

Demachi Bridge

Kyoto

The bridge over the Takano river at Demachi, at the delta.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 2 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
Anime Pilgrimage — たまこまーけっと 「出町橋」

Demachi Futaba

Kyoto

The famous mochi shop at Demachi, with the queue that never ends, in the arcade the story's shop is modelled on.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • No photography indoors
Sources
たまこまーけっと

Kamo-Ohashi Bridge

Kyoto

The bridge at the fork of the Kamo, at the head of the delta by the arcade.

Getting there
Demachiyanagi Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down

Seibo Jogakuin

Kyoto

A private girls' school in Fushimi housed in the red-brick former army division headquarters.

Getting there
Fujinomori Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
たまこまーけっと

Shidan Bridge

Kyoto

A bridge over the canal in Fushimi.

Getting there
Inari Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down

Demachi Masugata Arcade

Kyoto

The Kyoto arcade the story's shopping street is drawn from.

Getting there
Imadegawa Stn · 15 min walk
Before you go
  • Buy something if you photograph a shop
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not photograph residents or students
Sources
聖地巡礼マップ — たまこまーけっと

Kitoro Bridge

Kyoto

A bridge over the river at Fukakusa-Kitorocho.

Getting there
Fujinomori Stn · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Do not block the path or road
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
アニメ旅 — たまこまーけっと

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