Kawa Be

Influenced by his father, who ran a photo studio in a provincial city, university student Shoumi aspires to become a photographer, but an incident leads him to decide to take a leave of absence from the university. Impulsively, he headed for Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, where his father once took pictures of fireflies. The beautiful scenery that his father loved and his encounters with the people of Tatsuno change his mind. This masterpiece coming-of-age novel depicts the struggles and footsteps of young people in search of their own place in the world, and the sure steps they must take in the future.