A group of travellers join a Sakura tour to discover Japan. Each carries private struggles- grief, secrets, prejudice, or relationship difficulties. Through shared experiences, they form bonds, together face tragedy and find healing.
Dr Ban Hammadi travels alone to fulfil her late father's wish to have his ashes scattered in a sacred cemetery in the Japan.
The tour is led by Kimiko a novice guide whose friends call her Cho, the butterfly mind. Abbie Thompson a teacher coping with trauma finds Mikolaj Chlebek a restaurateur irritating with his food obsessions whilst Alfie Hall is a man with hatred for the Japanese
Satoshi, Izumi and little Hoshiko are a warm Japanese family central to the group's bonding. But they too have disturbing secrets.
Ban Hammadi finds unexpected connections and unearths secrets and truths.
It is a story of loss, courage and sacrifice, love and death.
