Set in a town in Yamagata, this large-scale novel erupts with postwar history, crime, sex, religion, and the distortions of community. Multiple events collide at once, exposing the darkness of a provincial city.

The town itself begins to speak its hidden history and desires.

A critical journey through East Asian religious culture using Fudaraku sea-crossing and Kannon worship as its guide. It traces death and salvation, femininity, shamanism, and intersections with Christianity.

From faith in a paradise beyond the sea, it reads the imagination of salvation.