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TV anime · 2018

Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko — real-life locations

Yasaka Okami Shrine, Enoshima Shrine and more — 10 places you can visit, in Kanagawa, Tokyo, Gunma. 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 · 10

Yasaka Okami Shrine

Kanagawa Start here

A shrine in Omachi, Kamakura.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn · 8 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down

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Enoshima Shrine

Kanagawa

The three-sanctuary shrine on Enoshima.

Getting there
Katase-Enoshima Stn · 16 min walk
Before you go
  • Worshippers come first
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here

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Tokyo Station Hotel

Tokyo

The hotel inside Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building.

Getting there
Otemachi Stn · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

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Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

Gunma

A hot-spring inn with vast open-air baths along a mountain stream near the source of the Tone river.

Getting there
Minakami Stn + bus 25min · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Paying guests have priority
  • Keep quiet indoors
  • No photography indoors

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Kamakura Station

Kanagawa

A Yokosuka Line and Enoden station.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road

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Yuigahama Beach

Kanagawa

Kamakura's bathing beach.

Getting there
Yuigahama Stn · 6 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Only there at low tide — check the times before you go
Sources
アニメ旅 — 刀使ノ巫女

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Third Torii, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Kanagawa

The torii at the head of Wakamiya-oji, before the shrine.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn · 9 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 刀使ノ巫女

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Drum Bridge, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Kanagawa

The arched stone bridge over the Genpei ponds; it cannot be crossed.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn · 11 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 — 刀使ノ巫女

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Kamakura Station West Exit

Kanagawa

The west exit of Kamakura station, onto Onari-dori.

Getting there
Kamakura Stn · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 刀使ノ巫女

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Nakatsumiya, Enoshima Shrine

Kanagawa

One of Enoshima's three shrines, its hall painted vermilion.

Getting there
Katase-Enoshima Stn · 19 min walk
Before you go
  • Keep your voice down
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
アニメ旅 — 刀使ノ巫女

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