My elder brother was as bright as a superstar in the family, but got mixed up in something and ended up committing suicide. After the suicide, my younger sister, a well-known beauty, turned inward and stopped communicating with anyone and gave up oe part of herself. My mother began suffering from bulimia and alcoholism and my father left the home without any information. I left home to go to university in Tokyo. My ideal family was divided to many parts...The only one left at home was our dog, Sakura, named for the fact that she had cherry blossoms on her tail when we found her. The story begins at the end of a year when this unhappy family had all but disappeared. My girlfriend wants me to stay with her over the New Year’s holidays, but I feel a need to go home. The decision comes when I find a note from my father, who had abandoned us all, written on the back of a supermarket flier. It says, in a barely legible scrawl, “I’ll be home at the end of December. Dad.” When I decided to go home, I thought of our dog Sakura. She was our dearest family and experienced all these things with us. I started a journey back home and to reveal the secret of my family story.