Kori No Wadachi

[Machine Translation] The body of a man was found murdered on Chiyonoura Beach in Kushiro, Hokkaido. The victim was Nobuo Takikawa, 80, a former cab driver from Sapporo. Mayu Daimon of the Kushiro Area Division of the Hokkaido Prefectural Police finds a book of poems by Kitahara Hakushu titled "Shirakin-no Dokuraku" at Takigawa's home. Takigawa was born in Aomori City. After working in the entertainment district of Hachinohe City, he moved to Sapporo. He was a bachelor all his life and had no relatives. Mayu unravels the connection that Takigawa tried to cling to when he became bitter and lonely at the end of his life.

北海道釧路市の千代ノ浦海岸で男性の他殺死体が発見された。被害者は札幌市の元タクシー乗務員滝川信夫、八十歳。北海道警釧路方面本部刑事第一課の大門真由は、滝川の自宅で北原白秋の詩集『白金之獨樂』を発見する。滝川は青森市出身。八戸市の歓楽街で働いた後、札幌に移住した。生涯独身で、身寄りもなかったという。真由は、最後の最後に「ひとり」が苦しく心細くなった滝川の縋ろうとした縁を、わずかな糸から紐解いてゆく。