

The (NSFW, be warned) [broadcast
opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwMqYS4AIA) for the Tsubasa Cat arc
of Bakemonogatari ( **"Sugar Sweet Nightmare"** ) features various artistic
nudes with what appear to be rail tracks stretching out along the model's
body, such as in this SFW sample:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kLSDK.png)

The 'stations' here actually appear to correspond to various stations mostly
in the Kansai area; for instance, 天見 ([Amami
Station](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_Station)) is a station on the Koya
Line in Osaka, and 川西
([Kawanishi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo)) is a small
city in the same broad area. On the other hand, a bit of digging doesn't turn
up any rail lines that run between the two.

**Does anyone know if there's any meaning to the specific choice of rail
stations used in this opening and their layout, or was it essentially just a
mishmash of random location names?**


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Is there any meaning to the rail lines in Bakemonogatari's "Tsubasa Cat" OP?


# Legs

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    大正－（新今宮）　　　　　　　平野－八尾－志紀－－▽－－尺土－浮孔－坊城－飛鳥－吉野口－緞野／吉野
    　　　　　　　　＞（道王寺）＜　　　　　　　　　道明寺
    　　　　（？池）　　　　　　　布忍－－－高鷲－－－△－－貴志－川西－天見－橋本－極樂橋
    　　  　　１　　　　　Ｘ　　　　　　２　　　　　　Ｙ　　　　　　　　　　　　　３
    （　）= Full name not shown on the scene
    
[/code]

These are railway lines in Osaka:

  * The 1st upper-leg is [Osaka Loop Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Loop_Line): Taisho, Shin-Imamiya
  * The 1st lower-leg is [? Line]: [? Station]
  * The 1st interchange (X) is [Tennoji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenn%C5%8Dji_Station) (accessible directly from Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line)
  * The 2nd upper-leg is [Yamatoji Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamatoji_Line): Hirano, Yao, Shiki
  * The 2nd lower-leg is [Minami Osaka Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami_Osaka_Line) (from Tennoji, transfer to [Osaka Abenobashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Csaka_Abenobashi_Station) in walkable distance): Nunose, Takawashi
  * The 2nd interchange (Y) is [Domyoji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dmy%C5%8Dji_Station) (accesible from Yamatoji Line by transfering at [Kashiwara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashiwara_Station) to [Domyoji Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domyoji_Line), directly accessible from Minami Osaka Line)
  * The 3rd upper-leg is Minami Osaka Line - [Yoshino Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino_Line) (transfer at [Kashiharajingu-mae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashiharajing%C5%AB-mae_Station)): Shakudo, Ukiana, Bojo | Asuka, Yoshinoguchi, Yoshino
  * The 3rd lower-leg is [Nagano Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagano_Line_\(Kintetsu\)) (from Minami Osaka Line, transfer at [Furuichi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furuichi_Station_\(Osaka\))) - [Koya Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_K%C5%8Dya_Line) (transfer at [Kawachinagano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawachinagano_Station)): [Kishi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishi_Station_\(Osaka\))1, Kawanishi | Amami, Hashimoto, Gokurakubashi*

1 Uses kanji for [Kishi Station in
Wakayama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishi_Station_\(Wakayama\)) instead.  
* Uses [traditional kanji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjitai)

* * *

# Hands

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    （百合ヶ丘）　　　　南多魔－西府－立川－奥多魔
       　　    ＞登戸＜
    　　　　　　　　　　狛江－喜多見－經堂－豪徳寺－下北澤
    　　　１　　　Ｘ　　　　　　　　　　２
    （　）= Full name not shown on the scene
    
[/code]

These are railway lines in Kanagawa-Tokyo:

  * The 1st upper-leg is [Odakyu Odawara Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaky%C5%AB_Odawara_Line): Yurigaoka
  * The interchange (X) is: [Noborito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noborito_Station) (accessible directly from Odakyu Odawara Line, Nambu Line)
  * The 2nd upper-leg is [Nambu Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambu_Line) \- [Ome Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cme_Line): Minami-Tama, Nishifu, Tachikawa | Okutama
  * The 2nd lower-leg is Odakyu Odawara Line: Komae, Kitami, Kyodo, Gotokuji, Shimo-Kitazawa

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# Body

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    　　　　　　　　　　高田馬場－池袋－巣鴨－上野－秋葉原－神田－＼
    　　　　　　　　　／　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＼　　　　浅草－－－－▽－－－北千住－八潮－
    三鷹－吉祥寺－新宿－－代々木－－千駄ヶ谷－－飯田橋－－御茶ノ水－－濱離宮＜　　　　　東京ガス
    　　　　　　　　　＼　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　／　　　　新日本橋－－△－－－錦絲町－新小岩－西船橋－東京タワー－津田沼－
    　　　　　　　　　　澁谷－恵比壽－水道局－五反田－品川－有樂町／
    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　｜
    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　不動前　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　芝公園
    　　　１　　　Ｘ　　　　　　　　　　２　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ｙ　　　　　　　　３　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ｚ
    
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These are railway lines in Tokyo:

  * The 1st leg is [Chuo Main Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Main_Line): Mitaka, Kichioji
  * The 1st interchange (X) is: [Shinjuku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station)
  * The 2nd upper-leg is [Yamanote Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line): Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Sugamo, Ueno, Akihabara, Kanda
  * The 2nd middle-leg is [Chuo-Sobu Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-S%C5%8Dbu_Line): Yoyogi, Sendagaya, Iidabashi, Ochanomizu
  * The 2nd lower-leg is Yamanote Line: Shibuya*, Ebisu, **[Waterworks bureau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government_Bureau_of_Waterworks)** x,2, Gotanda, Shinagawa, Yurakucho*
  * The vertical-leg (2) is [Tokyo Meguro Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dky%C5%AB_Meguro_Line) (transfer at Meguro): **Waterworks bureau** x,2, Fudomae
  * The 2nd interchange (Y) is: **[Hamarikyu Gardens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamarikyu_Gardens)** x,3
  * The 3rd interchange (3) is: **[Tokyo Gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Gas)** x,4
  * The 3rd upper-leg is [Tobu Skytree Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobu_Skytree_Line): Asakusa, Kita-Senju, Yashio
  * The 3rd lower-leg is [Sobu Line (Rapid)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dbu_Line_\(Rapid\)) (from Tokyo) - Chuo-Sobu Line : Shin-Nihombashi, Kinshicho*, Shin-Koiwa | Nishi-Funabashi, **[Tokyo Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower)** x,5, Tsudanuma
  * The Z point is: **[Shiba Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Park)** x

x Not a station  
2 Represents [Meguro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguro_Station) on
Yamanote Line. Between Ebisu and Gotanda, there's a waterworks bureau in
Meguro  
3 Represents [Tokyo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Station) on Yamanote
Line (accessible from Ochanomizu by transfering to Chuo Line)  
4 Represents [Higashi-Mukojima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashi-
Muk%C5%8Djima_Station) on Tobu Skytree Line and
[Ryogoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dgoku_Station) on Chuo-Sobu
Line. Both have Tokyo Gas near them.  
5 Tokyo Tower is not anywhere near the Chuo-Sobu Line  
* Uses [traditional kanji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjitai)

* * *

# Conclusion

The railway lines are real, though they don't seem to mean anything. However,
the **bolded** places on the body seem to mean something:

  * Waterworks bureau near bladder
  * Hamarikyu Gardens near womb
  * Tokyo Gas near large intestine
  * Tokyo Tower & Shiba Park are... _recreation places_

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Reference: [a more SFW, redrawn OP by NEXIS on
YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBieOMHvTag)


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