Jul 08, 2025
Author's Commentary #49:
Time to talk about Chapter 49: Triple cedar hotel.
Now that Triple cedar hotel has made it's debut, I feel now is the best time to do a geography lesson on where the series takes place.
As mentioned in Chapter 1, the series primarily takes place in Kawaguchi, Saitama. The city is located towards the south east of the Saitama prefecture and borders the Tokyo wards of Kita and Adachi.
Lagoon pathways is located in Mito, Ibaraki, the capital city of the Ibaraki prefecture. I chose to have the hotel be there since the Ibaraki prefecture is known for having the second largest lake in in the country, Lake Kasumigaura, within its borders.
As for Triple cedar, it is located in Nikko, which is located in the Tochigi prefecture. I chose this location after seeing some pictures of Tochigi and thought that perfectly captured how I wanted Triple cedar to be; a hotel surrounded by forests and trees. Like with Lagoon pathways, it is based on a hotel I once went to, and is greatly exaggerated compared to its real world inspiration. Initially, I had it located in Tochigi city after seeing a nice panorama shot of the city, but decided Nikko fit better. Tochigi city will still play a role in a future arc of the series though.
As for travel time, it's apparently an hour between each of these three cities by car, so they're pretty close together.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
