Of course, all those visiting Love Livers (as the series’ hard-core fans are known) will need a way to get around Numazu once they arrive in town for their anime pilgrimage, and transportation provider Izuhakone Railway, which also operates the local bus network, is happy to accommodate their otaku passions with a new Love Live! Sunshine!! ita-bus.
In addition, Izuhakone also currently has a three-car Love Live! Sunshine!! ita-train travelling up and down its Sunzu Line, which connects Shizuoka’s Mishima and Shuzenji Stations.
This is actually the fourth Love Live! bus that Izuhakone Railway has created, with previous versions making their debut at a pace of one a year since 2016.
Numazu, a mid-sized city on the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture, didn’t use to be a town many anime fans spent much time thinking about, but that suddenly changed when the town was chosen as the setting for Love Live! Sunshine!!, the second arc of the massively popular Love Live! schoolgirl idol singer multimedia franchise.