Edo Wonderland Nikkō Edomura

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photo by Gene Jackson from Brooklyn, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

It is the set of the NHK drama ‘Beranbō’: an Edo village rebuilt on 49.5 hectares.

Opened on 23 April 1986 on 495,000 m² (about 150,000 tsubo), it recreates an Edo-period town (main street, inns, merchants', craftsmen's and samurai quarters, a ninja village) where visitors can dress up as a samurai, a ninja or a lady of a samurai household and take real lessons in samurai etiquette. It is not just scenery: it is an active filming set, used for the NHK taiga drama ‘べらぼう ～蔦重栄華乃夢噺～’ (2025) and ‘青天を衝け’ (2021), for the women-centred drama ‘大奥’, and for productions such as ‘JIN-仁-’, ‘銀魂２’ and ‘カツベン！’, according to the official list of the Tochigi Film Commission.

Run by the Jidai-mura Corporation (formerly Shin-tō Regional Development). ⚠️ It had already been re⁠jected on 04/09/2026 in this campaign as a ‘generic theme park with no fact for the richiamo’: the fact found here (an active set for current NHK productions, not just tourist scenery) is the reopening condition that the rejection itself pointed to.

ℹ️ March–November 9:00–17:00, December–February 9:30–16:00, closed on Wednesdays and from mid-January to mid-February. Adult day pass 5,800 yen. People who have been there report seven and a half hours, from 9:00 to 16:30: the shows (ninja, kabuki, water acrobatics) make the visit longer, and half a day is the recommended minimum.

🚉 Kosagoe · 23 min walk

Sources: ja.wikipedia.org · tochigi-film.jp · yaku-kasan.com

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