Conan Station (Yura Station)

This is the post specifically for Conan Station which is officially known as JR Yura station. Despite all the Conan tourism, it is essentially and functionally a small station in a relatively quiet city. Inside the station, they make use every possible space for Conan decoratives. Outside the station are all the additional things to cater to Conan tourism: a tourist information center, Conan statues, and direction boards with Conan decorations.

I came here twice: once in almost evening when I only explored outside the station and once in the afternoon when I came and left Hokuei town by train. I choose the better looking pictures so there are some pictures with strong sun and some with cloudy sky. As most people will likely visit the town by train, I will order my photos from the platform (as if just arriving in the station) to the outside. Enjoy!

The moment we alight from the train, the platform area already has so many Conan signages.

The right side is 'lighter' not because of the strong sun but because the paint colour is indeed 'bleached' by the sunlight

The waiting area for platforms 2 and 3

Staircase to cross from the ticket office (and platform 1) to the waiting area for platform 2 and 3

Rather than passing a gantry, we pass a sliding door to enter the station building where the staff checking the ticket is stationed. This small building is where the coin lockers, ticket machines, and waiting area are.

Conan stickers on the ceiling

Conan decorations everywhere

Coin lockers

The only available 'large wall space' near the ceiling is maximised with Conan illustrations

After exiting this building, the tourist information center is just on the right. There is a small selection of Conan goods here. The most important one that I recommend buying is the Hokuei Town guidebook. It will provide all the locations of Conan statues to ensure that you do not miss any. Although most of the statues can be found along the Conan Street from the station to Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory, there are a few that require detour. The book that I bought says "volume  04" since the locations of the statues may be different from the information that can be found in the internet from few years ago. Yep, all the more reason to get this book. The guidebook also has Conan Street Stamp Rally and you can get a small sticker if you can get 5 out of 9 stamps. The locations of these stamps are also indicated in the guidebook.

Conan banners

Decorations around the sitting area in this tourist information center

Decorations around the sitting area in this tourist information center

Decorations around the sitting area in this tourist information center

Merchandises that I bought from the tourist information centre: stamp sheets, plain note book and Hokuei Town guidebook. Next to the guidebook is the small sticker as a token of completing at least 5 stamps in the Conan Street Stamp Rally.

The plastic carrier bag is different from GAMF and Conan's House Beika Shopping Street. In fact, this plastic bag is the best quality among the three.

The tourist information center is on the right of the building that we exit just now. On the left of this building is toilet and bicycle parking area. On the way to the bicycle parking area, there are more Conan decorations.

A board pointing to the first Conan bronze statue

Conan's famous "Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!"

Map showing Tottori prefecture

 The iconic Conan town statue is at the carpark area.

The statue is not as tall as I imagined. I am almost as tall as Conan's shoulder from the ground. Climbing to the platform is not allowed.

The map showing the attractions along Conan Street but I will still recommend to get the guidebook

Conan Station is officially recognised as a name of the station

Conan Station as viewed from the Conan statue: the white door goes to the train platform and the brown door is the tourist information center

From across the street...

.. which essentially is the start of Conan Street

On my way back to Tottori City, I was lucky to board the yellow Conan train. There are 2 Conan trains: yellow and pink and there are schedules. I consider myself lucky because I did not check the schedule and was not expecting this. Haha.. Anyway the Conan decoration is only at the outside. The train will not wait for passengers to take photo. So I was lucky that this train that I took ended at Tottori City so it stopped for sometime to ensure every passenger alighted and that gave me more time to take pictures. Hehe..