A journey is undertaken by a woman fleeing from an unspecified danger, in the company of a weak-bladdered shiryō or spirit. The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, a series of woodcut prints by Hiroshige depicting views of the coastal highway to Kyoto, frames their travels. Riding through these rearranged landscapes, the two companions rest up overnight at traditional post-stations to reflect on brief but intimate attachments to pine trees, bridges and grasshoppers. Films scenes spotlight unseen obstacles such as infidelity, disease and radioactivity encountered along the road.