Minako is working abroad as a pinhole photographer when she learns from her doctor that she's going to lose her sight. Minako decides to return to her hometown, Toyohashi, so she can see her childhood home one last time. Minako still carries the old-fashioned pinhole camera, which once belonged to her brother. As she is photographing the city, Minako meets a couple of high school students, YUKIHIKO and SAEKO. They are in the midst of preparing an event that will revive the traditional "Eejanaika Dance," which originated in Toyohashi. Minako begins to tell them about her childhood... In 1943, Minako, 6, and her brother SHINJI, 12, move from Tokyo to Toyohashi. At first, Shinji is treated as an outsider by his classmates, but as time goes on he is gradually accepted and becomes the leader of his class. As WWII wages on and the fighting becomes fiercer, Shinji's teacher and his classmates' fathers are sent off to war one after the other. When Shinji enters junior high, his class is ordered to start working in a naval yard based in Toyokawa instead of attending school. August 6, 1945. The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. The very next day, during one of the many air raids, the factory Shinji has been working in is hit. Shinji is killed, along with many of his classmates. Their young lives have been stolen from them. As they listen to Minako's story, Yukihiko and Saeko consider the preciousness of friendship, family and peace. Their re-examination of their lives helps them find a new meaning in the dance revival and gives them greater determination to make the event successful.