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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=manga|海街diary|date=July 2009}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image           = Umimachi Diary.jpg
|caption         = Cover of the first ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume
|ja_kanji        = 海街diary
|ja_romaji       = 
|genre           = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = manga
|author          = [[Akimi Yoshida]]
|publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
|demographic     = ''[[Josei manga|Josei]]''
|magazine        = [[Flowers (magazine)|Monthly Flowers]]
|first           = June 28, 2006
|last            = June 28, 2018
|volumes         = 9
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = manga
|title           = Utagawa Hyakkei
|author          = Akimi Yoshida
|publisher       = Shogakukan
|demographic     = ''Josei''
|magazine        = Monthly Flowers
|first           = July 26, 2019
|last            = 
|volumes         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Live-action film
| content         =
*''[[Our Little Sister]]'' (2015)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Umimachi Diary'''''|海街diary||lit. "Seaside Town Diary"|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Akimi Yoshida]]. It was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Josei manga|''josei'' manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Flowers]]'' from the August 2006 issue to the August 2018 issue (both sold on June 28 of their respective years).<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=May 28, 2018|title=Akimi Yoshida's Umimachi Diary Manga Ends on June 28|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-28/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-manga-ends-on-june-28/.132090|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 14, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909152256/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-28/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-manga-ends-on-june-28/.132090|archive-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>

A film adaptation titled ''[[Our Little Sister]]'', directed by [[Hirokazu Koreeda|Hirokazu Kore-eda]] and starring [[Suzu Hirose]], was first announced in the June 2014 issue of ''Monthly Flowers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-26/umimachi-diary-drama-manga-gets-film/.74907|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|title=Umimachi Diary Drama Manga Gets Film|date=May 26, 2014|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202064145/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-26/umimachi-diary-drama-manga-gets-film/.74907|archive-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name=film>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-23/haruka-ayase-stars-in-hirokazu-kore-eda-umimachi-diary-film/.75833|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Haruka Ayase Stars in Hirokazu Kore-eda's Umimachi Diary Film|date=June 23, 2014|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203064958/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-23/haruka-ayase-stars-in-hirokazu-kore-eda-umimachi-diary-film/.75833|archive-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> The film was released on June 13, 2015.<ref name=film/>

A spin-off manga series titled ''Utagawa Hyakkei'' has been serialized in ''Monthly Flowers'' since July 26, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=June 27, 2019|title=Akimi Yoshida Launches Utagawa Hyakkei Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-27/akimi-yoshida-launches-utagawa-hyakkei-manga/.148314|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 14, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629080547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-27/akimi-yoshida-launches-utagawa-hyakkei-manga/.148314|archive-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|'''Sachi Kōda'''|香田 幸|Kōda Sachi}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Haruka Ayase]]}}
:The eldest sister of the Kōda family. She is 29 years old. She works as a nurse in a hospital. Very serious and reliable. 
;{{nihongo|'''Yoshino Kōda'''|香田 佳乃|Kōda Yoshino}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Masami Nagasawa]]}}
:Second sister of the Kōda family. She is 22 years old. She works as an office lady in a bank. She loves drinking alcohol and is pretty embarrassing when she gets drunk. She often dates young, handsome boys. Once, she dated Tomoaki Fujii, one of the protagonists of ''[[Lovers' Kiss]]'' (an older manga series by [[Akimi Yoshida]], also set in [[Kamakura]]).
;{{nihongo|'''Chika Kōda'''|香田 千佳|Kōda Chika}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Kaho (actress)|Kaho]]}}
:The younger sister of Kōda family. She is 19 years old. She works in a sports equipment shop.
;{{nihongo|'''Suzu Asano'''|浅野 すず|Asano Suzu}}
:{{Portrayed by|[[Suzu Hirose]]}}
:She shares the same father as the Kōda sisters. She is 13 years old and still in junior high school. She is very reliable and serious, which caught Sachi's attention. She lived in Sendai with her father and mother, but after her mother's death, her father remarried a woman named Yōko in Yamagata. She met her half-sisters at her father's funeral, and moved to Kamakura to live with them. She is very good at soccer.

==Volumes==
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|VolumeNumber    = 1
|RelDate         = April 26, 2007<ref name="JP-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167025|script-title=ja:海街diary 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818050101/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167025|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167025-0
}}
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|VolumeNumber    = 2
|RelDate         = October 10, 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167037|script-title=ja:海街diary 2|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818053240/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167037|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167037-3
}}
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|VolumeNumber    = 3
|RelDate         = February 10, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167040|script-title=ja:海街diary 3|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818080559/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167040|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167040-3
}}
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|VolumeNumber    = 4
|RelDate         = August 10, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167048|script-title=ja:海街diary 4|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818105250/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167048|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167048-9
}}
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|VolumeNumber    = 5
|RelDate         = December 10, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167053|script-title=ja:海街diary 5|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817175255/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167053|archive-date=August 17, 2016|date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167053-3
}}
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|VolumeNumber    = 6
|RelDate         = July 10, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167058|script-title=ja:海街diary 6|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818205758/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167058|archive-date=August 18, 2016|date=July 10, 2014}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167058-8
}}
{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber    = 7
|RelDate         = January 8, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167073|script-title=ja:海街diary 7|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818083645/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167073|archive-date=August 18, 2016|date=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167073-1
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber    = 8
|RelDate         = April 10, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167078|script-title=ja:海街diary 8|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=January 10, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111201732/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167078|archive-date=January 11, 2018|date=April 10, 2017}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167078-6
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|VolumeNumber    = 9
|RelDate         = December 10, 2018<ref name="JP-9">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167088|script-title=ja:海街diary 9|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723120102/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09167088|archive-date=July 23, 2019|date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>
|ISBN            = 978-4-09-167088-5
}}
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==Reception==
''Umimachi Diary'' won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Coo, Gurren-Lagann, 'Kafka' Win Media Arts Awards|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-04/coo-gurren-lagann-kafka-win-media-arts-awards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 4, 2007|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710000813/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-04/coo-gurren-lagann-kafka-win-media-arts-awards|archive-date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>  It was also nominated for the 1st [[Manga Taishō]] (Cartoon Grand Prize), where it came in 3rd place,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards (Updated)|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 23, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114082754/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award|archive-date=January 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Shinichi Ishizuka Wins First Ever Manga Taisho for Gaku|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-31/shinichi-ishizuka-wins-first-ever-manga-taisho-for-gaku|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 31, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805170032/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-31/shinichi-ishizuka-wins-first-ever-manga-taisho-for-gaku|archive-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> and won the 6th Manga Taishō in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-21/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-wins-6th-manga-taisho-award|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Akimi Yoshida's Umimachi Diary Wins 6th Manga Taisho Award|date=March 21, 2013|access-date=March 26, 2013|website=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008071935/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-21/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-wins-6th-manga-taisho-award|archive-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref> It was nominated for the 12th [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] in 2008, where it came in 2nd place;<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-14/12th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 14, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630144038/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-14/12th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|archive-date=June 30, 2009}}</ref> and for the 13th [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-05/13th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 5, 2009|access-date=July 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525062008/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-05/13th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|archive-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref> In 2016, the manga won the 61st [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the General category, sharing it with ''[[Sunny (manga)|Sunny]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Haikyu!!, My Love Story!!, Sunny Win Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/haikyu-my-love-story-sunny-win-shogakukan-manga-awards/.97818|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427004250/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/haikyu-my-love-story-sunny-win-shogakukan-manga-awards/.97818|archive-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> In 2019, along with ''[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]'', ''Umimachi Diary'' ranked #10 on the 19th "Book of the Year" list by ''Da Vinci'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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