Another Waterfront: “Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi”

 As some of you are well aware, I have a fascination with all those various waterfronts they frequently use in J-dramas (and document some of the repeat offenders), so when was watching the latest episode of “Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi” and  saw Ryosuke Yamada and pretty Kanna Hashimoto taking a leisurely stroll down a seemingly familiar ocean walkway, I HAD to take a closer look to see if they were at Mizu no Hiroba Water Park (or one of the others)!

WELL, it turns out the two WEREN’T in any of the aforementioned places, howEVER, thanks to the Skytree Tower (which the couple had just been shopping in earlier) in the background city line, I was able to utilize my Google-Fu Map Skills to pinpoint EXACTLY where they were!

Hmmm, gotta say, I don’t know if Googlemaps just documented the place on a particularly cloudy day, or if the directors of Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi bumped up the color and brightness in the show's post-production, because the caps from the drama look SO CHEERY and the Googlemaps grabs look so dull, lonely, and honestly even a bit scary!

Guess it’s just another example of fiction trumping reality, LOL

With these dramas making use of places like Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse and Kanna 'n' Ryosuke shopping at the Skytree Mall, makes you wonder if merchants are paying beaucoup bucks to be featured in the shows...

Certainly makes ME wanna shop there!

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PS: Ryosuke and Kanna were shown walking on another ocean walkway in a different episode, and though I once again assumed it to be  Mizu no Hiroba Water Park, (come on, they look so similar)…

…by pinpointing the location of Googlemaps (via the “Toyosu PIT” club behind them) , I found the place they were walking was called “Toyosugururi Park” instead! Hmm, the last capture on Googlemaps was from 2017, and JESUS, look how much has changed since then: entirely new park structures and even a whole dang building behind Toyosu PIT!

BOY, progress sure MOVES FAST!!!