Begin your tour at the Mikawa Bushi no Yakata Ieyasu-kan Museum, where you’ll learn about the samurai culture of Mikawa Province that shaped Ieyasu’s character, as well as the eight-generation history of the Matsudaira clan.

Through accessible exhibits, follow Ieyasu’s life from his childhood as a political hostage, through years of hardship, patience, and repeated setbacks, to his eventual rise as the unifier of Japan. These real historical events closely mirror the themes seen in SHOGUN, allowing you to connect dramatic storytelling with historical reality.

The museum also explains the political system Ieyasu established—the shogunate and domain system that brought stability to Japan for over 260 years—and his later deification as Tōshō Daigongen, showing how his authority extended beyond politics into religion and ideology.

Continue your experience at Okazaki Castle, built on the site where Ieyasu was born, reinforcing that the story of the SHOGUN is rooted in a real place. Inside the castle, learn about the Okazaki Domain, the structure of a castle town, and daily life for both samurai and common people, illustrating how Japan transitioned from the chaos of the Warring States period to the long peace of the Edo era.