Hana Ya Koyoi No (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In my hometown, the mountains make strange sounds as the pine trees twist and turn and the cherry blossoms bloom out of season. Knowing that the mountain is ringing for the first time in nineteen years, I return to my village. I return to the village with the thought that tomorrow my life may begin to be completely different from before. In the past, I and a girl I went to school with had a strange experience on this mountain that no one could explain. What is the secret of the world described in the waka poem known as the Tale of the Heike? A nostalgic story.

ぼくの故郷の山は、松がねじ曲がり、季節外れの桜が咲き、不思議な音で鳴る。十九年ぶりに山が鳴っていると知り、ぼくは集落に帰ってきた。明日から今までとは全然違う人生が始まるかもしれない、という思いを胸に―。かつてぼくと同級生の少女はこの山で、誰にも説明のつかない奇妙な体験をしたのだ。平家物語で知られる和歌で詠まれていた世界の秘密とは。郷愁ただよう物語。