I don't think that's THE train though I think that's the train.
Hello and welcome to episode three of the anime expedition Today we're in Koto City to go to the
Mori digital art museum and hit up the Venus Fort mall but we spotted this ferris
wheel and couldn't resist there aren't actually any anime set in Koto City
so after this we're probably gonna head to Chiba which is the location of my teen romantic comedy snafu
and that's about an hour from here
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we ended up walking into the wrong train station which normally wouldn't be too
big a deal but when we tried to leave our tickets wouldn't let us back through
the gates they just kept beeping loudly and to
make things worse there was an old British tourist yelling helpful advice
at us such as to just run through faster we found a phone you can use to call for
assistance but not only did the operator barely speak English but the phone
sounded like it was from the 50s the operator eventually managed to adjust
our tickets and after apologizing profusely we made our way onto the
correct train at this point we had burned far more time than anticipated
and realised we wouldn't make it to Chiba until almost sunset cutting our
losses we took out our maps to formulate a new plan I noticed a star nearby that
turned out to be the location of the season 2 finale of Oregairu or snafu or my
youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected whichever of the 10 names you
want to call it our excitement levels were high as we made our way towards Kasairinkai
park along what my opinion is the most scenic transit route in all of
Tokyo with incredible architecture the bustling Harbor and a surprising amount
of trees I kept my eyes glued to the window the entire ride
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Exiting the station the first thing that
I recognized from the anime was this ferris wheel so I pulled up a screenshot
on my phone and headed towards where I thought the shot would have been taken
from but this proved to be tricky because the scene in the show is covered
in snow and had a train in the foreground and I just can't figure out
the angle just right it would have to be like right here oh that's the building
that they have their little conversation at in one of the top 10 anime
baka moments of all time I somehow managed to frame up the exact shot
without even realizing it because my mind was so dead set on finding that
train so we turned around and headed in the opposite direction so would it be this way then
cutting our losses we headed over to the lookout that Yui used as the backdrop for her
final convoluted love confession arriving at the building I took out my
camera to set up the first shot but had to wait for some kids to finish with the
bubbles which hey fair enough it looked pretty fun
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So far we've managed to find the dome which is
just over there and we found the spot where they had their final conversation
just back there but I can't quite get the angle on the ferris wheel so we're still
looking around for that train
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that's a really good sign I don't think that's THE train though I think that's the
train it even has a face in the front no the train is yellow and big it's the Train
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at this point we made the executive decision to head inside of the aquarium
which we knew from watching snafu was inside of the dome the only issue was we
had absolutely no idea how to get anywhere near it
so we began following a path off to the right and ended up right back where we started
exhausted from walking around in the hot Sun we broke for lunch to rethink our
life decisions
turns out we walked right past the very obvious entrance on our way into the
park we didn't even make it inside the aquarium before recognizing another shot from the show
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This is wild, oh my god it's the exact spot.
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Hammerhead shark. Wait so you're allowed to take pictures in here
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this has been going way better than I could ever imagine the one shot I can't find
is the jellyfish tank which I'm convinced might not actually be real but
I'm going to keep looking around for a little bit
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as we were walking around we noticed an info sign that said some of the fish had been brought here from the Vancouver
Aquarium on an anime expedition of their own
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nearing the end of what turned out to be one of the most spontaneous and unforgettable days in Japan we sat down
to discuss what ultra important tourist activity to do next there's a street
called cat Street
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on our way out I realized the shot I'd been searching for from the start was literally right under my nose the whole time
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we could not have asked for a better way to spend our last day in the Kanto region exhausted from walking around in
the Sun all day we sat back with our Pocari sweat and enjoyed the sunset
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