Set in Yokohama amid the rapid changes of the early Meiji period, Yokohama Tuntenraira is a mystery and coming-of-age story about a young woman's first love.

In Yokohama in 1882, Suzu, the fourth daughter of a seafood wholesaler, has a letter entrusted to her by a friend stolen in Chinatown.

Kaitaku Koseki was a finalist for the eighth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not a prize recipient, so it is not listed as an award-winning work.

Yūtarō's Lonely Planet was a finalist for the eighth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not the award-winning work.