I would like to know whether there has been any clue about Korea in the original series. As of now, I think the map with Korean places only applies to Shenmue Online, because it surfaced when the game was under development. Shenmue's story was told to take place mostly in China at the game's incepti...
It looks like Li River (漓江) to me. Yes. It's said that there used to be a considerable length of journey between Hong Kong and Guilin. Since You have mentioned it, I can now be sure that it is Li River (or Lijiang) which flows through Guilin. http://yaoch29.kodingen.com/Li_River.png As for the &quo...
Here are the map's screenshots from the video to clarify the first post: http://yaoch29.kodingen.com/1_.png http://yaoch29.kodingen.com/2_.png As you can see, some of the kanji in the video are too blurry to be identified. [Updated: All of the locations are now identified with Kiyuu's help.] To rein...
Check out the "Shenmue Online: Concept Art" video. Although the video is related to Shenmue Online, it reveals a lot about the original series. Between 0:27-0:32 of the video, Yu Suzuki showed a map annotated with the chapter numbers and their corresponding locations: ⋅ Chapter 1...