A special train featuring characters from the creative group "CLAMP," known for producing numerous popular manga and anime works, has recently begun operating on the Keihan Main Line and the Oto Line.
The special train is to commemorate the "CLAMP Exhibition - SELECTION -" currently being held at Hirakata Park (Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture). All seven carriages of the 13000 series train are decorated with advertisements featuring popular characters from their debut series "RG VEDA" and their representative works "Cardcaptor Sakura" and "xxxHOLiC." The front carriage is fitted with a commemorative headmark, and exhibition posters are also displayed next to the doors on the side of the carriage.
The train will operate daily until January 13, 2025, but there will be days when it is suspended due to vehicle operation such as inspections. The train will operate without distinguishing it from regular carriages, so the operating schedule will change daily.
To coincide with the operation of the train, commemorative tickets featuring characters have been released at Tanbabashi Station (Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City) and other stations. The Tanbabashi Station set includes one admission ticket for Tanbabashi Station, one round-trip ticket from Tanbabashi Station to Hirakata Koen Station, the nearest station to Hirakata Park, and a ticket holder for a total of five tickets, priced at 1,550 yen. It is also available for sale online.
"CLAMP Exhibition - SELECTION" is a national touring exhibition of the "CLAMP Exhibition," which was held at the National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo) from July to September this year to commemorate the 35th anniversary of CLAMP's career as an artist. Hirakata Park will display around 650 carefully selected pieces (reproductions) from the roughly 800 original drawings exhibited in Tokyo, as well as the first-ever exhibition of newly drawn, signed colored paper.
