Journey to Tomioka

Written by Laurent Galandon · Translated by Owen Smith and Anne Smith · Illustrated by Michaël Crouzat

Siblings brave a forbidden zone to honor their grandmother's final wish.

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112 pages· ~530L

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Osamu and Akiko embark on a perilous journey to return their grandmother's ashes to their ancestral home in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Haunted by spirits only Osamu can see, they must navigate deadly radiation and mysterious yōkai. Will they survive the dangers and fulfill their promise, or will the spirits of the past claim them? This gripping tale of courage and family loyalty unfolds in a world where the supernatural and reality collide.

From the publisher

For fans of This Was Our Pact and Hayao Miyazaki films comes a breathtaking graphic novel about siblings who risk everything to return their grandmother’s ashes to her home inside the Fukushima Exclusion Zone.Osamu hasn’t been the same since that day. When the tsunami hit Fukushima prefecture, it killed his parents, destroyed his home, and triggered one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters. Now, all Osamu has left is his grandmother, Bā-chan, and his big sister, Akiko. As he withdraws into his own world, he befriends friends yōkai–spirits only he can see. Then, tragedy strikes again, and Bā-chan dies. Osamu and Akiko are determined to return her ashes to their family farm in Tomioka, a town within Fukushima’s forbidden zone. There, the siblings will face dangerous radiation and yōkai, both friendly and deadly–but they’re willing to risk it all to make it home.

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