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Our Animation and Manga journey starts from Odakyu Line Katase-Enoshima Station.
The station has been designed to look like "the Dragon's Palace" in Japanese famous mythology "Urashima and the Kingdom beneath the Sea".
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Enoshima. There are many shrines, souvenir shops and restaurants. Enoshima is where the story of "Slum Dunk", "Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana)" and "Tsuritama takes place. |
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Marudai Shouten (Marudai store). This is the model of Natsuki's house in Tsuritama.
In this shop you can eat "Tsuritama shirasu curry". You can buy a special labeled sparkling beverage called "YUZU OTOME", which has characters from "TARI TARI" and "Hanasaku Iroha" printed on. This is a limited edition beverage and as soon as the stock runs out, there wonft be any more production.
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Enoshima is famous sanctuary for abandoned cats. The cat in the picture is famous for becoming a lead in solving an IT crime incident. |
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There is a botanical garden at the top of Enoshima. It is called Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden. This botanical garden used to be a villa owned by Samuel Cocking, a British merchant during the Meiji period. In Manga Tsuritama, kate moved in there and the main character Yuki Sanada and Haru shared the house. The lighthouse located inside of Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden is known as Enoshima sea candle. This is where "Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana)" is based on. |
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You can view Shounan area from Enoshima sea candle. The left embankment is where Tsuritama characters were fishing in the book. The beach comes into the final episode of Slum Dunk; it is the beach where Hanamichi Sakuragi was sitting down to take a rest after his rehab. |
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World Shell Museum. This shop comes into Tsuritama. Currently the museum is closed but the shop is still open. |
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Tea House "Aburaya" This appeared in "TARI TARI" as Wakana Sakai's house. |
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Enoden "Enoshima Staion" |
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The Enoshima Dentetsu "Enoshima Station". It is a ten minutesf walk from Odakyu Line "Katase-Enoshima Station". You can enjoy an electric tramway trip. There are many animations and manga spots associated to Stations along the Enoshima Dentetsu line. |
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Enoshima Dentetsu "Kamakura Koukou Mae Station". This station is famous for having the best ocean view in the Shonan sea. This station comes into "Slum Dunk" "TARI TARI" and "Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana)". This is also the closest station to the railroad cross which appears in the opening theme of "Slum Dunk" |
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This is a railroad cross closest to "Kamakura Koukou Mae Station". This railroad cross appears in the opening theme of "Slum Dunk". This is also the railroad cross Wakana Sakai in which "TARI TARI" runs through with her bicycle. |
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Enoden "Kamakua Station" →@JR "Kita Kamakura Station" |
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Just out of 2nd platform of Kita Kamakura temporary exit, there lies the world of the novel, "Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou". This story takes place at an antiquarian bookshop on a secluded corner of Kamakura. This is dramatized by Japanese actress Ayame Goriki who plays the main character. |
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This is the tunnel featured in the novel, "Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou" vol.3. It is located at a little walk away towards the left from the temporary exit. |
JR "Kita Kamakura Station" @→@JR"?ofuna Kannon Station" |
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Just 5 minutesf walk after exiting from JR "Oofuna Station", there is a ?ofuna Kannon ( The Buddhist Goddess of Salvation) Statue which appears in the novel, "Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou" vol.4. It feels unexpectedly massive when you see it on-site. http://www.oofuna-kannon.jp |
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"Oofuna chuou byouin (Oofuna central hospital)" It is 15 minutesf walk from JR "Oofuna Station". This is where the main character of the novel, "Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou", Sioriko was hospitalized. |
