TV anime · 2010
The Tatami Galaxy — real-life locations
Kyoto University (Yoshida Campus), Shimogamo Shrine and more — 38 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 · 38
Kyoto
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The university the narrator wastes three years at, drawn with its clock tower and its noticeboards. The grounds are open; the buildings are not.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 14 min walk
- Before you go
- Working school — the grounds are off limits
- Do not enter private property
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 四畳半神話大系
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Start here
The shrine and the Tadasu no Mori woods the narrator's Kyoto student life keeps circling back to.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn (Keihan Oto Line) · 12 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Sources
- 四畳半神話大系
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One of the bridges over the Kamo the series cycles across again and again.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- 四畳半神話大系
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The student dormitory of 1913, still lived in, that the series' four-and-a-half-tatami rooms are drawn from.
- Getting there
- Jingu-marutamachi Stn · 13 min walk
- Before you go
- Private building — use the tenant entrance only
- Do not enter private property
- Residential area — people live here
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 吉田寮 · 四畳半神話大系
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The fork where two rivers meet, which the novel names alongside Kamo-ohashi bridge; the nickname 'Kamo Delta' is said to have caught on largely because of this book.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn (Keihan / Eizan Line) · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Do not block the path or road
- Fan-identified — not officially confirmed
- Sources
- 鴨川デルタ · 四畳半神話大系
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The shrine the novel jokes is so potent that praying to pass an exam guarantees failure; the writer visits and finds real petitioners there.
- Getting there
- Mototanaka Stn · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- 【京都・聖地巡礼】「四畳半神話大系」をもとにお散歩してみた！ — 「合格祈願をすれば必ずや落ちる」と語られる神社
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The Shijo-dori bridge over the Kamo River, between the Minamiza theatre and Pontocho.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae 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
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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Where Shijo-dori meets Kawaramachi-dori — the busiest crossing in Kyoto.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn · 3 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The main shop of the Shogoin yatsuhashi confectioner.
- Getting there
- Imadegawa Stn · 2 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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Where Kawaramachi-dori meets Oike-dori, in front of Kyoto city hall.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Stn · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A wagashi shop on Kurumayacho-dori.
- Getting there
- Nijojo-mae Stn · 12 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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Kyoto's gateway station, under Hara Hiroshi's vast station building.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Stn · At the station
- Before you go
- Never step onto the tracks
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The arcade market street west of Demachiyanagi.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 8 min walk
- Before you go
- Buy something if you photograph a shop
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The central post office in front of Kyoto Station, and the lane behind it.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Follow staff instructions
- Do not block the path or road
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The main gate of Kyoto University's central campus, on Higashi-Ichijo-dori.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 14 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The level crossing just north of Demachiyanagi station on the Eizan line.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 4 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The gate of Kyoto University's Yoshida-South campus, on Higashioji-dori.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 8 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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Where Imadegawa-dori meets Higashioji-dori outside Kyoto University, at the gate of Chion-ji.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A short shopping alley running west off Shinkyogoku.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The head temple of the Bukkoji branch of Shin Buddhism, south of Shijo-Karasuma.
- Getting there
- Karasuma Stn · 5 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The prefectural museum whose annexe is the 1906 former Bank of Japan Kyoto branch.
- Getting there
- Karasuma Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Admission fee required
- Keep quiet indoors
- No photography indoors
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A bridge over the canal on the Philosopher's Path, leading to Otoyo Shrine.
- Getting there
- Keage Stn · 20 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The general gymnasium on Kyoto University's Yoshida campus.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 6 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep quiet indoors
- Follow staff instructions
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A small bridge over the Izumi stream at Shimogamo.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 12 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 — 四畳半神話大系
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A sports centre in Ichijoji.
- Getting there
- Shugakuin Stn · 22 min walk
- Before you go
- Very crowded — expect queues
- Do not block the path or road
- Follow staff instructions
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The bronze figure at the east end of Sanjo Ohashi, bowing towards the imperial palace.
- Getting there
- Sanjo Stn · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The second teaching block of Takakura Elementary School in Nakagyo.
- Getting there
- Gion-shijo Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The Imadegawa-dori bridge just downstream of the Kamogawa delta.
- Getting there
- Demachiyanagi Stn · 4 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
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The 1937 auditorium on Kyoto University's west campus, known for the crescent moon on its roof.
- Getting there
- Imadegawa Stn · 24 min walk
- Before you go
- Very crowded — expect queues
- No photography indoors
- Do not block the path or road
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A small bridge over the Takase canal at Kiyamachi.
- Getting there
- Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn · 1 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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A Kyoto University medical faculty building in Yoshida-Tachibanacho.
- Getting there
- Jingu-marutamachi Stn · 9 min walk
- Before you go
- Working school — the grounds are off limits
- Do not enter private property
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The 24-metre torii of 1929 that straddles Jingu-michi in Okazaki.
- Getting there
- Sanjo Stn · 15 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The Higashiyama temple known as the Yasaka Pagoda; the five-storey tower was rebuilt in 1440.
- Getting there
- Gion-shijo Stn · 11 min walk
- Before you go
- Worshippers come first
- Keep your voice down
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The Keage junction where the road to Nanzen-ji leaves Sanjo-dori.
- Getting there
- Keage Stn · 4 min walk
- Before you go
- Keep your voice down
- Residential area — people live here
- Sources
- アニメ旅 — 四畳半神話大系
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The nejirimanpo tunnel under the incline, its bricks laid in a spiral.
- Getting there
- Higashiyama Stn · 15 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
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A bridge over the Lake Biwa canal in Higashiyama.
- Getting there
- Sanjo Stn · 25 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
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A canal bridge at Nanzenji-Kusagawacho.
- Getting there
- Higashiyama Stn · 8 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
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A power station in Kyoto.
- Getting there
- Jingu-Marutamachi Stn · 7 min walk
- Before you go
- Do not enter private property
- Keep your voice down
- Do not photograph residents or students
- Sources
- 旅する亜人ちゃん — 四畳半神話大系 「夷川水力発電所」
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