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Anime film · 2019

Seven Days War — real-life locations

Ikei Bridge, Former Sumitomo Akabira Colliery Pithead and more — 5 places you can visit, in Okinawa, Hokkaido. 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 · 5

Ikei Bridge

Okinawa Start here

The bridge out to Ikei island that the runaways cross in the Okinawa act.

Getting there
Naha Bus Terminal + 70 min by car · 3 min walk
Before you go
  • Watch for traffic — do not step into the road
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
ぼくらの7日間戦争

Former Sumitomo Akabira Colliery Pithead

Hokkaido Start here

The abandoned works the runaways barricade themselves into — the tallest surviving pithead frame in the country.

Getting there
Akabira Stn · 14 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Follow the on-site guards' instructions
  • Do not enter private property
  • Keep your voice down
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ぼくらの7日間戦争 廃工場「旧住友赤平炭鉱立坑跡周辺」

Yubari Coal Mine Museum

Hokkaido

A coal-mining museum whose real mine tunnel models the scene where the teens descend by elevator; the tunnel itself is closed but the mining exhibits can be visited.

Getting there
Shin-Yubari Stn (JR Sekisho Line) + bus 40 min · 5 min walk
Before you go
  • Admission fee required
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — エレベーターで降りるシーンのモデル

Hokkaido Yubari High School

Hokkaido

The school the runaways attend, in a town that has been emptying for fifty years.

Getting there
Shin-Yubari Stn + 25 min bus (Wakana) · 7 min walk
Before you go
  • Working school — the grounds are off limits
  • Do not enter private property
  • Remote — a car or long bus ride is needed
  • Residential area — people live here
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ぼくらの7日間戦争 学校のモデル「夕張高校」

Former Minami-Shimizu Station

Hokkaido

A station in Hokkaido.

Getting there
Former Minami-Shimizu Stn · At the station
Before you go
  • Never step onto the tracks
  • Very crowded — expect queues
  • Do not block the path or road
Sources
旅する亜人ちゃん — ぼくらの7日間戦争 「旧南清水駅」

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