A long children's-literature series set in Shintotsukawa, Hokkaido, depicting migration and settlement as the history of family and community. Hardship and hope across generations are built into a story accessible to young readers.

The time of people living on settled land is passed down across generations.

A children's work set in Kyoto, layering children's daily lives with the presence of history. The light motion of a pinwheel reflects the memory of the city and the time of growth.

A pinwheel turning in Kyoto's wind carries the children's time.