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Kokura: anime and film locations you can walk between

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Galaxy Express 999, Ryomaden and 7 places in all, from 5 titles, inside 1.0 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 5

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits

TV anime · 2018

Kokura Castle

The castle founded by Hosokawa Tadaoki in 1602, its keep rebuilt in 1959.

Getting there: Nishi-Kokura Stn · 8 min walk

Ogai Bridge

A footbridge over the Murasaki river in Kokura.

Getting there: Heiwadōri Stn · 7 min walk

Uomachi Ginten-gai

A Kokura shopping street said to be Japan's first covered arcade.

Getting there: Heiwadōri Stn · 4 min walk

Galaxy Express 999

TV anime · 1978

Kokura Station

A Sanyo Shinkansen and Kagoshima Line station.

Getting there: Kokura Stn · 1 min walk

Ryomaden

TV drama · 2010

Kokura Castle

The castle burned in the Choshu war the drama covers, rebuilt in 1959.

Getting there: Nishi-Kokura Stn · 8 min walk

Library Wars

Film · 2013

Kitakyushu Central Library

Isozaki Arata's vaulted library, used as the Library Force's headquarters in the films.

Getting there: Tanga Stn · 12 min walk

Bullbuster

TV anime · 2023

Kokura Station

A Sanyo Shinkansen and Kagoshima Line station.

Getting there: Kokura Stn · 1 min walk

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