Surf Bungaku Kamakura (サーフ ブンガク カマクラ, Sāfu Bungaku Kamakura) is the fifth studio album released by the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released on November 5, 2008. The album peaked at the second position on both the Oricon charts and Billboard Japan as well as at number eighteen on the World Chart.[3][4] Its lead single, "Fujisawa Loser" managed to peak at number five on the Japan Hot 100 and at the number six spot on Oricon.[5] The album's tracks are named after notable stops along the famous Enoshima Electric Railway in order starting from Fujisawa and ending with Kamakura. Additionally, it includes the three b-sides "Enoshima Escar," "Yuigahama Kite," and "Kugenama Surf" released over the past two years within "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu," "After Dark," and "Aru Machi no Gunjō" respectively. In promotion of the conceptual album, on November 9, the band held an exclusive live concert within an undisclosed location in Kamakura.[6]

Surf Bungaku Kamakura
Studio album by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Released	November 5, 2008
Recorded	2006-2008
Genre	Indie rock, alternative rock, surf rock
Length	31:27
Label	Kioon Music KSCL-1310
Producer	Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Asian Kung-Fu Generation chronology
Mada Minu Ashita ni (2008) Surf Bungaku Kamakura (2008) Magic Disk (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Japan Times	(favorable)[2]

The band has since revealed a continuation of this album is in the works, covering the stations of the Railway line which did not originally have a song.[7] This began with Yanagikōji Parallel Universe, a B-side track to Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masafumi Gotō.

B-sides

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Single

References

• CDJapan