Morio Morita

In the early 20th century, Japanese monk Ekai Kawaguchi entered a closed-off Tibet to seek original Buddhist scriptures and returned to Japan after enduring many hardships. Years later, Zoma's father left his family in Tibet to follow in Kawaguchi's footsteps and moved to Japan. Now, Zoma arrives in Japan to search for her father, guided by the photos and letters he left behind, only to learn that he has already passed away. At the inn where she stays, the host Kobayashi records the sounds of daily life as a way of holding on to the memory of his own late father. He gives Zoma a compact recorder that once belonged to his father. Zoma walks through the streets of Tokyo, visiting the places captured in her father's old photos and collecting sounds along the way. Through sound, the two gradually begin to find comfort and a shared sense of peace.

Zoma, a young Tibetan girl, arrives in Tokyo searching for her missing father. With no money and nowhere to go, she finds an inn near Narita run by Kobayashi. As Zoma begins walking through the city, one of the first things she notices is the abundance of shrines and temples. Desiring to better understand the essence of Tokyo, she begins recording the sounds of the city with a small tape recorder given to her by Kobayashi. Using the photographs her father sent her from Tokyo as clues, Zoma retraces his steps through the city, gradually coming to understand the reasons for his devotion to Buddhism.

The story of five people who work at a mountain hut on Mount Nasu until spring. The ski resort where they work every year has been closed... A young woman who feels inferior to her family works tirelessly in a lotus root field, getting her entire body dirty, while the second son of a dairy farmer hesitates to take over the family business. A young man who grew up in an orphanage and a girl who witnessed her father's suicide. A story of renewal where the townspeople warmly support them.