After Nagomu's band disbanded, he returns to his family's Wagashi (Japanese confectionary) business in Kyoto. There, he discovers his family had become the guardians of ten year old Itsuka Yukihara who was abandoned by her father at the store. Now, Itsuka helps out at the store after school and is determined to become a...

Shoko Komi is the school idol, admired by everyone in her school for her beauty and grace. Everyone wants her attention. Hitohito Tadano on the other hand tries to stay out of the spotlight but ends up sitting next to her and so everyone hates him out of jealousy. While left alone together to tidy up the classroom, Tadano accidentally...

One day a strange orange aura appears in the sky and indecisive bookworm Naomi Katagaki ends up finding himself chasing a three-legged crow that flies off with one of his books. He meets a mysterious man in a white cloak that only he could see and soon he discovers he is himself 10 years from the future, claiming he was from the real world...

I was inspired to do this post after realising how many locations I recognised from shows and games I've played after visiting Japan. You will probably too once you've been since so many fictional works are based on real life locations and the great thing is you won't have to go out of your way to find these places unlike say Makoto...

Our destination today was Kyoto because we wanted to see the more traditional side of Japan. Tokyo wasn't always the capital. It's a tradition for wherever the emperor dwells to become the capital and before Tokyo, it was Kyoto. Kyoto was the second capital of Japan between 794 - 1868.   Early morning - well, not really early. Just...