A Kamakura / Enoshima
Tokyo / Yokohama

1 "Slam Dunk" - Meeting Kang Baek-ho in Kamakura and Enoshima
2 "TARI TARI" - A Walk Through Shonan, Gazing into the Passion of School Days
3 "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" - Encountering a Cute High School Girl in a Narrow Residential Area in Tokyo
4 "Steins;Gate" - Steins;Gate Holics in Akihabara
5 "If You Listen" - Recalling the thrilling memories of first love in the hillside village of Sakuragaoka
6 "Death Note" - A Stroll Through the Heart of Tokyo with Light
7 "Wolf Children" - Finding Traces of Wolf Children in Kunitachi
8 "From Up on Poppy Hill" - Climbing the hills of Yokohama, following memories of first love
9 "Master of Taste" - Traveling all over the country in search of delicious restaurants

B Osaka / Kyoto / Kinosaki
Okayama / Takayama
Shirakawa-go (白川?) / Hiroshima (? Island)

1 "Detective Conan" - Searching for clues at the crime scenes in Kyoto and Osaka
2 "K-ON" - A stroll through Kyoto in search of the activities of four high school girls.
3 "Detective Conan" - The crime scene is thankfully a hot spring town? Kinosaki Onsen, Izushi
4 "Detective Conan" - Okayama and Kurashiki, in search of the beauty of a port town
5 "Hyouka" - A Break in Little Kyoto, Takayama
6 "When the Cranes Cry" - A Spooky Walk in the Eerie Shirakawa-go (White River?)
7 "Momo and the Mysterious Monsters in the Attic" - Let's go meet cute monsters.
Osaki Shimojima (大崎下島)
8 "Detective Conan" - Encountering mysterious incidents in Hiroshima and Miyajima

C Shimonoseki (下? / Aso)
Kumamoto / Nagasaki

1 "Detective Conan" - Hearing old stories in a port city.
Shimonoseki (lower?), Mojiko (port)
2 "Detective Conan" - Aso, Kumamoto, a city of water and fire that delights the eyes, nose, and mouth
3 "Detective Conan" - Healing in Nagasaki, where sorrow becomes cinematic

Anyone who grew up watching cartoons in the 90s has probably heard this line at least once.
This is a famous line from "Slam Dunk" that aired in 1998.
According to a recent article titled "Top 10 TV Cartoons of All Time in Viewership Ratings" published in a media outlet, "Slam Dunk" ranked third with a viewership rating of 38%, and eight Japanese cartoons were in the top 10.

When playing dodgeball, I always throw a fiery shot like the dodgeball king Tongki, or when playing basketball, I imitate Kang Baek-ho's lines.
Memories of Japanese comics still live in our hearts.

But it's a shame to just reminisce! Now, let's head to the places where the protagonists' traces remain: Enoshima Beach where Kang Baek-ho ran, the railroad crossing where Makoto experienced time leap, and the place where Conan solved the case!

A 30-something manga-obsessed otaku's bizarre travelogue of Japan.

“He who controls the rebound controls the game.”

Anyone who grew up watching cartoons in the 90s has probably heard this line at least once.
This is a famous line from "Slam Dunk" that aired in 1998.
According to a recent article titled "Top 10 TV Cartoons with Highest Viewership Ratings of All Time" published in a media outlet, "Slam Dunk" ranked third with a viewership rating of 38%, and all cartoons on the list recorded viewership ratings exceeding 20%.
In this way, the 1990s was the golden age of comics, and comics were an inseparable part of children's lives.
In particular, Japanese manga took 8 places in the top 10, which shows that many people grew up reading Japanese manga.

Lee Ji-seong, the author of "A Journey to Japan in Search of Manga," also grew up reading Japanese manga and has many fond memories of it.


I put life-size full-length photos of Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan up in my room and bought Nike sneakers that I didn't wear for a year, just kept and touched.
Also, his daily routine included repeating Jung Dae-man's famous line from the drama, saying, "Yes, I am Lee Ji-seong, a man who never gives up," or reciting Kang Baek-ho's famous line, "The left hand is just for holding back," like a habit when playing basketball with friends, only to get scolded.
He even created a street basketball team called 'Bulchoja Passionate Boys' and participated in competitions.

-From the text (page 14)-

There are many people who have fond memories of Japanese comics like the author, but 'until now' there was no way to relive those memories other than meeting friends and sharing stories.
But if you can visit the actual locations that served as the backdrop for the cartoon, the story is different.
The author created this book so that many people with similar memories could enjoy visiting the places where the characters in the comics lived and ran around.

This book first selects Japanese comics that are well-known in Korea, so that the general public, not just a select few, can enjoy traveling to the comics' backgrounds. It also includes detailed information such as addresses, contact information, and transportation for the backgrounds of these works, so that you can find them with just this book without having to search for additional information.
Additionally, by matching real places with their appearances in the cartoon, it provided readers with the fun of comparing how similarly these places were expressed in the work.
Lastly, we have inserted explanations of scenes with background information inserted here and there, information about the author, and behind-the-scenes stories of the work, so that even readers who have not yet seen the work can read it with interest.


This place is like a sanctuary for Makoto.
I couldn't help but be amazed by the author's insight in turning my aunt's workplace into a museum.
What is a museum? Isn't it a precious place that preserves the past? Makoto travels between the museum (the past) and the outside of the museum (the present).
To tell my aunt about the past, I come to a museum that holds meaning in the past in reality.
How did the author come up with such a brilliant idea? Furthermore, the inclusion of the main building's staircase and exhibition hall, bathed in bright lights that evoke a strange sense of stability, seems like a brilliant choice.


-From the text (pages 49-50)-

In this way, in "Detective Conan," Kogoro Mori, who loves alcohol, often appears drunk.
Conan's author Gosho Aoyama is also very interested in alcohol, and it is said that he replaced the names of Conan's Black Organization members with famous alcoholic beverages such as Gin, Walker, Vermouth, Tequila, Calvados, and Irish.

-From the text (page 190)-

In modern times, the places travelers choose have become much more complex and diverse than the standardized ones.
Traveling to locations where comics, movies, TV shows, dramas, and even commercials were filmed is playing a significant role in the travel industry.
This is evident from the fact that local governments are actively participating in developing filming locations and backgrounds into tourist destinations, thanks to the qualitative and quantitative improvements in visual media and the growing interest of viewers in filming locations.
And I think this book is in the midst of this trend of the times.

Through this book, I hope that readers will no longer have ordinary trips, but rather fresh and memorable ones that will last a lifetime. From now on, let's go to places where the traces of the main characters remain, such as Enoshima Beach where Kang Baek-ho ran, the railroad crossing where Makoto experienced time leap, and the place where Conan solved the case.