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Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan- it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto- also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her fathers record collection. But when his family moved away- the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters- and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful- intense- enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past- putting at risk all he has in the present....