Thomas Comes to Japan (Japanese: トーマス、にっぽんへやってくる) is a Japanese book.
Description
Thomas comes to Japan for the first time! Thomas comes to Japan from the Island of Sodor to meet Hiro.
Characters
Locations
- Japan
- Island of Sodor (map only)
- Australia (map only)
- Brazil (map only)
- China (map only)
- Great Wall of China (map only)
- India (map only)
- Taj Mahal (map only)
- Italy (map only)
- Leaning Tower of Pisa (map only)
- Kenya (map only)
- United States (map only)
Trivia
- The story is set on the Ōigawa Railway, which is home to real engines replicating Thomas, James, Percy, Hiro, Rusty and Toby at Day Out with Thomas events.
- Shogo Asakura, IP marketing producer at Sony Creative Products, told a radio programme that the book was inspired by Hiro's last line in Kenji on the Rails Again: "Promise me, Thomas, you'll come to Japan one day!"
Gallery
External Links
- Thomas Comes to Japan on Poplar Publishing Website
- Press Release on PR TIMES
- Twitter post by Ōigawa Railway
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