アニメ「あの夏で待ってる」略称「なつまち」の舞台長野県小諸市を聖地巡礼してきました。
（J.C.STAFFによる日本のオリジナルテレビアニメ作品。2012年1月から3月まで放送）
劇中にも登場する佐久平駅で北陸新幹線から小海線に乗り換えて小諸入り
駅のホームでは巨大りのん（神輿用？）がお出迎え
北国街道旧小諸宿のみはらし庭・光岳寺・旧小諸宿本陣・脇本陣や小諸城を散策
途中、島崎藤村ゆかりのいちぜんめし揚羽屋や、なつまちグッズも陳列されている「自家焙煎珈琲こもろ」さんや「おみやげのみやさか」さんなどにも立ち寄りました
また小諸市は「すくらっぷブック」などの漫画家小山田いくさんの故郷なので町のあちこちで小山田いくキャラも見かけました
（小諸城の姫キャラ？小諸すみれ姫も小山田いくさんのデザイン。小諸固有のすみれ・小諸すみれをイメージしているようです。）
軽井沢シンドロームなので知られる漫画家たがみよしひささんは小山田いくさんの弟だそうです。
今年２０２２年８月、３年ぶりの「こもろドカンショなつまち連」開催の予定みたいですねぇ！
【小山芳姫のツイッター】
I have made a pilgrimage to the holy place Komoro City, Nagano Prefecture, the setting of the anime “Waiting in the Summer” abbreviated as “Natsumachi”.
(An original Japanese TV animation work by J.C. STAFF, broadcast from January to March 2012).
We entered Komoro by transferring from the Hokuriku Shinkansen to the Koumi Line at Sakuhira Station, which also appears in the play.
Giant Rinon (for the portable shrine?) greets you on the station platform. (for the portable shrine?) welcomes you at the station platform.
Walk around Miharashi-niwa (garden), Kogaku-ji Temple, the main and side camps of the former Komoro Inn, and the Komoro Castle on the Hokkoku Kaido Road.
On the way, we stopped by Ichizen-meshi Ageha-ya, a restaurant associated with Shimazaki Toson, “Home-roasted coffee shop Komoro” and “Souvenir shop Miyasaka” where Natsumachi goods are on display.
Komoro is the hometown of manga artist Itsuke Oyamada, whose works include “Sukurappu Book,” so we saw many of his characters here and there in the city.
(The princess character of Komoro Castle? Princess Violet of Komoro was also designed by Iku Oyamada. It seems to be based on the image of Komoro Violet, a violet indigenous to Komoro.)
The cartoonist Mr. Hiroshi Tagami, who is known for Karuizawa Syndrome, is a younger brother of Mr. Iku Oyamada.
It seems that “Komoro Dokansho Natsumachiren” is scheduled to be held in August 2022, after 3 years!
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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