Tatami Time Machine Blues
四畳半タイムマシンブルース
A 2022 Science SARU streaming anime based on the novel co-written by Tomihiko Morimi and Makoto Ueda (Europe Kikaku) — a crossover of *The Tatami Galaxy* and the cult comedy *Summer Time Machine Blues*.
Synopsis
Distributed on **Disney+** in 2022 (Science SARU, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and Shingo Natsume), this anime adapts the novel co-written by **Tomihiko Morimi and Makoto Ueda** (Europe Kikaku, 2020, KADOKAWA). It carries forward *The Tatami Galaxy*'s world: in a midsummer four-and-a-half-tatami lodging in Kyoto, a **time machine** appears — a full crossover with the cult stage play *Summer Time Machine Blues* (2001). **"Watashi," Ozu, Akashi, and Master Higuchi** time-hop between yesterday, today, and the day before, in an **"infernal-heat looping youth comedy."** Riding a time machine to recover an air-conditioner remote — peak surrealist Kyoto SF.
Why visit the real-life locations
The setting is the **same Kyoto University area** as *The Tatami Galaxy* (Yoshida, Hyakumanben, Demachiyanagi), but this time in the **dead of summer**. Cool off at the **Kamogawa Delta**, sip a cream soda at **Shinshindo**, and look up at the Kyoto University clock tower wishing you could rewind to yesterday. A summer Kyoto pilgrimage that delights fans of both Morimi and Europe Kikaku.
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Pilgrimage guides for this work
Pilgrimage Spots（3 spots）
鴨川納涼床
📍 京都府京都市中京区先斗町〜二条 (Kyoto, Japan)
5月〜9月限定で鴨川沿いに設置される京都の風物詩。盛夏の京都の象徴で、「私」たちが酷暑から逃れる夏の京都体験の代表格。多くは事前予約制。
京都大学時計台
📍 京都府京都市左京区吉田本町 (Kyoto, Japan)
京都大学のシンボル的建築。「私」たちがキャンパスを駆け回る作品世界の中心であり、四畳半シリーズ全作の象徴ともいえるランドマーク。
今出川通の学生街
📍 京都府京都市上京区〜左京区今出川通 (Kyoto, Japan)
京大正門前から堀川通までを東西に貫く通り。学生向けの食堂・喫茶・古本屋が並ぶエリアで、「私」たちが冷やしうどんを食べる作品中の夏の京都らしさを体感できる。