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Natsume's Book of Friends Promotes Hot Spring, Fireworks Fest
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Nyanko-sensei, the cat from Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga and anime, appears on promotional materials for the Hitoyoshi Hot Springs. Three posters feature Nyanko-sensei in scenes from hot springs and famous places near Hitoyoshi in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. To draw visitors to the hot springs, various Japan Railways stations in Tokyo, Osaka, and elsewhere will display the ments beginning August 1.
The director and staff for the Natsume Yūjin-Chō anime series visited the cities of Kuma and Hitoyoshi, and the show features actual places from Kumamoto Prefecture. The "LaLa Natsu Fest" event's website offers a able map of locales shown in the anime, and fans can use the map to visit the referenced scenery.
Characters from Natsume Yūjin-Chō also appear on an ment poster for a fireworks festival to be held August 15 in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. At the festival, 50 attendees' names will be picked in a drawing for copies of the poster with a special message from Nyanko-sensei.
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Sources: Comic Natalie, Saishin Anime Jōhō
Images © Yuki Midorikawa, Production Committee
