TV anime · 2016

Touken Ranbu — real-life locations

Ishikiri Tsurugiya Shrine, Kumamoto Castle and more — 19 places you can visit, in Osaka, Shizuoka, Kumamoto. 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 · 19

Ishikiri Tsurugiya Shrine

Osaka Start here

The shrine whose name means 'stone-cutting sword', and which holds a sword the series personifies.

Getting there

Shin-Ishikiri Stn · 9 min walk

Before you go

Worshippers come first
Very crowded — expect queues
Buy something if you photograph a shop

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刀剣乱舞

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Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Start here

One of the castles the sword-spirit series ties its blades to; the keep reopened in 2021 after the earthquake.

Getting there

Kumamoto Castle / City Hall Stn · 5 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
Keep your voice down

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熊本城

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Sano Art Museum

Shizuoka

A Mishima museum with one of Japan's better sword collections, and regular exhibitions of the blades the series is built on.

Getting there

Mishima-Tamachi Stn · 4 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Keep quiet indoors

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Kyoto National Museum

Kyoto

One of the museums that holds the swords the series personifies, and shows them in rotation.

Getting there

Shichijo Stn (Keihan Main Line) · 7 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Keep quiet indoors

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Ashikaga Museum of Art

Tochigi

The Tochigi museum that has staged the series' sword exhibitions.

Getting there

Ashikagashi Stn (Tobu Isesaki Line) · 9 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

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足利市立美術館 · 刀剣乱舞

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Mishima Local Museum

Shizuoka

One of the collections holding swords the series personifies, in Mishima's Rakujuen park.

Getting there

Mishima Stn (JR Tokaido Main Line) · 5 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

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刀剣乱舞

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Fukuoka City Museum

Fukuoka

Where the Kurodas' Nihongo spear and the gold seal are kept, both drawn into the series.

Getting there

Nishijin Stn (Fukuoka Subway Kuko Line) · 14 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
No photography indoors
Closed on Mondays

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Mito Station

Ibaraki

The gateway to the Tokugawa museum whose swords the series draws on.

Getting there

Mito Stn (JR Joban Line) · At the station

Before you go

Never step onto the tracks
Very crowded — expect queues

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Tokyo Tower

Tokyo

The tower where the lost feelings gathered from all over Japan converge, and where Kotone heads together with Mikazuki Munechika.

Getting there

Sengakuji Stn · 39 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
Very crowded — expect queues
Watch for traffic — do not step into the road

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Azuchi Castle Ruins

Shiga

The castle where Oda Nobunaga gathers his forces alongside Mikazuki Munechika, and which burns at Hashiba Hideyoshi's hand; today its stone stairways and hilltop ruins remain.

Getting there

Azuchi Stn · 23 min walk

Before you go

Admission fee required
A real trail — wear shoes you can climb in
Keep your voice down

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Aso Shrine

Kumamoto

Aso Shrine is the documented home of the great sword Hotarumaru, lost after WWII; the crowdfunded reconstruction project held its forging ritual and completion ceremony here, and one newly forged blade was dedicated back to the shrine.

Getting there

Miyaji Stn · 19 min walk

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