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    A bus timetable made by a university student in Hirosaki. All 125 routes, 192 pages.

    A bus timetable made by a university student in Hirosaki. All 125 routes, 192 pages.

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    On August 12, Hirosaki University student and Twitter account "Mikumari" announced the doujinshi "Konan Bus Timetable 2022 Summer Edition".

    Konan bus timetable for each direction, from photography to design. All 125 routes, including the Goshogawara area, are summarized in 192 pages in the size of a new book, including the late-night bus "Panda". Mikumari says, "I wanted it myself, so I made it for the summer Comiket exhibition."

    In addition to imaginary subway maps of Hirosaki City, Mikumari has published a doujinshi titled ``A book that invites people to Matsuya in Hirosaki without permission''. He was also the first customer at the opening of Matsuya Hirosaki Takada, the first store in Aomori Prefecture.

    According to Mikumari, this is the fifth timetable for the Konan Bus. In 2016 (Heisei 28), we created the first book, "Hirosaki District 2016 Winter Timetable by Konan Bus Directions". On page 30, I was only able to introduce Hirosaki's main lines. The 4th volume of 2019 (Heisei 31), "Konan Bus Timetable 2019 Summer Edition" was a 122-page masterpiece, but he regretted not being able to include all the stops.

    Preparations for the 5th book, "Konan Bus Timetable 2022 Summer Edition," began around November last year. It is said that he sorted it out from the route map, thought about the page structure, and actually got on and confirmed it. Looking back, Mikumari said, ``There were routes that branched out, and there were routes that I didn't understand until I actually rode them.''

    The same timetable will be exhibited at "Comic Market 100" held at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo) on August 13th. It is said that visitors from Hirosaki and those planning to travel to Hirosaki also bought the items, and the exhibited items were sold out. It is said that there were reactions on the Internet, such as "I want to go to Hirosaki" and "This kind of form is more convenient for short-distance use in the city area."

    Mitsuru expressed his desire to make further improvements, such as brushing up the index and enlarging the text to make it easier to read.

    The price is 1,257 yen. In addition to being handled by Melonbooks, the electronic version (300 yen) will be sold at the online shop "BOOTH".

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