“Struggling manga artist reluctantly accompanies Japan's top train otaku on quest to visit all 5,207 private stations.”
Tetsuko no Tabi
鉄子の旅
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Struggling manga artist reluctantly accompanies Japan's top train otaku on quest to visit all 5,207 private stations.
Kikuchi Naoe is a struggling manga artist in need of work. She lucks out when she runs into a travel writer and is asked to tag along. He turns out to be Yokomi Hirohiko, the Japan's biggest train enthusiast. In 1995, he visited all 4636 JR train stations. Now he is going to visit the remaining 5207 private stations. Kikuchi, despite her inital horror at her task, is stuck, as her boss is a huge train geek too. Thus, having few other options, she resigns herself to trying it out and henceforth accompanies Yokomi on his journey around Japan. (Source: ANN) This seinen manga is a semi-autobiography of the author.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 48 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2002 – Jan 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16493 catalog