Posting “Any Densha Otoko fans recognize this spot? I was wandering around Shinjuku and randomly found this spot and was AMAZED!!!” Spellbunny’s thread was filled with other excited Densha Otoko fans who also immediately recognized the sculpture as that pivotal place in the drama!
Below: Atsushi Ito and Misaki Ito in Densha Otoko at the sculpture
Well, as for me, I ALSO immediately recognized the statue...but not because of Densha Otoko (which at the time I admit that I had not seen!), but through two OTHER dramas that it appeared in: the popular NHK asadora Churasan with Ryoko Kuninaka...
...and the wacky Yume Wo Kanaeru Zo with Asami Mizukawa!
Some of you may even remember me posting about it waaaaay back in 2010, where I wondered if it was some "famous statue or something", LOL! I had no idea, but I wouldn’t find out what the sculpture was until some 15 years later!!
It was in spellbunny’s reddit thread that redditor RedditEduUndergrad2 finally identified the piece and place for us, linking the googlemaps coordinates to the Shinjuku Monolith Building and leading us to that corner with that sculpture! WOW!
Continuing on, RedditEduUndergrad2 continued:
“The area around Tocho/Tokyo Metroplitan Govt Building is a very popular area to film. Probably because of it's proximity to the Shinjuku train station making it easy for staff to get to and the number of hotels for stars and guests. The area directly around Tocho also has a very wide path with long streets and not a lot of foot traffic most of the time.”
And that’s how a random reddit comment uncovered another J-drama Deja-Vu mystery location for me!! The things you can learn via the jdrama community continues!