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TV anime · 2016

Touken Ranbu — filming locations

8 places you can visit, in Osaka, Kumamoto, Shizuoka. 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 · 8

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
Sources
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
Sources
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
Sources
刀剣乱舞

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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
Sources
刀剣乱舞

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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
Sources
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
Sources
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
Sources
刀剣乱舞

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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) · 1 min walk
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
Sources
刀剣乱舞

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