Japanese Drama 2020
Yuru Camp (Japanese Drama Review & Summary)
Yuru Camp poster
- Genre: Adventure, Friendship, Camping, Live-Action Manga
- Release Date: 2020
- Origin: Japan, Adapted from a Manga
- Dorama: 10 Episodes
Cast
- Fukuhara Haruka as Shima Rin
- Ohara Yuno as Kagamihara Nadeshiko
- Yanai Yumera as Inuyama Aoi
- Tanabe Momoko as Ogaki Chiaki
- Shida Sara as Saito Ina
- Yanagi Yurina as Kagamihara Sakura
- Tsuchimura Kaho as Toba Minami
Episode 1
Shima Rin was a high school student who was an experienced camper.
One weekend she went to a forest camp that overlooks Mt Fuji.
On her way to the forest, she saw a girl asleep by the bench on the waiting shed.
The camp assistants were wondering why Shima Rin would go camping in the winter when it was only 5ºC.
It was way too cold.
Then there was a panoramic scene of Mt Fuji and it answers all or any question.
Anyway, the campsite shop assistant told her that she can pick up bits of woods for her campfire.
As she was going into the campsite, she saw the girl again asleep now on the ground by the toilet. She wanted to tell her to get up as it was very cold but the girl seemed to be in a happy place.
Shima Rin set up her tent immediately. She had a veritable view of Mt Fuji.
She then went to the woods, to pick up firewoods and pinecones.
Shima Rin’s tips of lighting a campfire:
- Collect pinecones.
- Collect dry woods/sticks and cut into smaller/manageable lengths
- The pinecones are easy to light. Good as a conduit for lighting the woods.
- Put thinner dry woods over the lit pinecones.
- Then blow or apply air to the woods as they gather up heat from the pinecones.
Shima loved the surrounding, love the feeling of being alone while drinking a mug of sweetcorn cuppa soup.
It was getting dark. She was on her way to the toilet when she noticed that the girl was not there anymore.
But as she turned around she was surprised by the girl, who was crying.
The crying spooked Shima who ran away into the dark followed by the girl.
Anyway, they ended up in her camp where the girl introduced herself as Kagamihara Nadeshiko, who had just moved to Yamanashi.
She wanted to see Mt Fuji so much she cycled from quite a distance and then got so tired she had to sleep and seemed to have slept all day and now she does not know how to get back. She really wanted to see Mt Fuji as how it appears in the coin.
Shima pointed to Mt Fuji behind the girl.
Mt Fuji looked so scenic as the moon reflected on the water below it. Nadeshiko was ecstatic.
Shima began thinking that maybe camping with someone might not be a bad idea after all.
Nadeshiko was later collected by her worried sister.
Nadeshiko begged Shima to go camping with her one day.
Back at school, Shima was looking at a cookbook of one-pot meals. She did not notice a girl bounding with enthusiasm. She was a new transferee.