Kiri Azumi is an egotistic conductor living in the city. Osamu Mitsutani is a neighborhood grocer who lives in the countryside and resambles a large dog. The two become friends when Osamu helps Azumi out of ...

When famous wildlife photographer Narumi comes to Hokkaido to take photos of the elusive "snow fairies," he ends up stranded in a snow storm. After being rescued, he takes up residence in local farmer Haruki...

Sousuke's lust for women is too much, so he's transferred to a high school in the country. While staying with his aunt, he encounters his first love, his cousin Minori-chan. However, it's his first time seei...

Looking for peace, Gen Suda decided to attend high school somewhere far from his home, in another prefecture, where his distant relatives run the local temple, which will become Gen’s new home and the star...

Minamoto-kun has a face pretty enough to make people think he's a girl. Because of his face, he was bullied by the girls in middle school who were jealous of his good looks. He developed a fear of women due ...

Enjouji Takumi is a rickshaw driver from the city that has been hired to work in a small town. Meeting the exquisitely beautiful (but rather clueless) Hana is a stroke of luck, and when he ends up working wi...

An anthology of six short stories: 1) The Ice Wanderer (Toudo no Tabibito - 凍土の旅人) [2003] Set in the Klondike region in 1897, and recounts the American author Jack London’s fortuitous encounter ...