At life's end, what will you choose to remember? After her grandmother's passing, sixteen-year-old Haruka remains alone in the old seaside house. A mysterious letter shatters the tranquility. The "Journey to Bremen" travel agency implores her to host an elderly woman with cognitive impairment named Murashima--simply because this house was her home forty years prior. With the arrival of guide Mr. Katsuragi and Ms. Muramatsu, Haruka unexpectedly discovers she possesses the ability to touch others' memories. When she places her hand on Muramatsu's back, time rewinds to the Showa era--a journey racing along the Shinkansen, a garden blooming with hydrangeas, a lifetime of guilt hidden from her son... Each frame of memory narrates Ms. Muramatsu's story.
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