is the fifth studio album released by the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released on November 5, 2008. The album peaked at the second position on both the

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charts and ''

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'' as well as at number eighteen on the World Chart. Its lead single, " Fujisawa Loser" managed to peak at number five on the

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and at the number six spot on Oricon. The album's tracks are named after notable stops along the famous

Enoshima Electric Railway The is a private railway in Japan which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include , the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. Th ...

in order starting from Fujisawa and ending with

Kamakura is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Kama ...

. Additionally, it includes the three

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"Enoshima Escar," "Yuigahama Kite," and "Kugenama Surf" released over the past two years within " Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu," " After Dark," and " Aru Machi no Gunjō" respectively. In promotion of the

conceptual album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. So ...

, on November 9, the band held an exclusive live concert within an undisclosed location in Kamakura. The band has since revealed a continuation of this album is in the works, covering the stations of the Railway line which did not originally have a song. This began with '' Yanagikōji Parallel Universe'', a B-side track to ''

Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The song was initially pre-released digitally on September 21, 2022, with the full single being released (digitally and physically) a week later on September 28, 2022. It is the opening ...

''.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masafumi Gotō.

B-sides

Personnel

* Masafumi Gotō – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics *

Kensuke Kita (January 24, 1977) is the lead guitarist and backing singer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Kensuke met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University. Th ...

– lead guitar, background vocals * Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals *

Kiyoshi Ijichi (born September 25, 1977) is the drummer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Ijichi credits the origin of his drumming ability to playing in marching bands in junior high. He met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō, Kensuke K ...

– drums * Asian Kung-Fu Generation – producer *Kenichi Nakamura – mixing, recording *Michifumi Onodera – mixing, recording *Stephen Marcussen – mastering *Stewart Whitmore – editing *Yusuke Nakamura – art direction

Chart positions

Album

Single

References

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