The Fire Clan lives quietly in the village of Takachiho in Tsukusu, far west of Jipang. A young boy named Namida washes ashore and is rescued by Ichiyo, a village girl. The two grow up as siblings. Years later, Ichiyo is chosen to perform the kagura dance at a village festival — and the performance sets off a catastrophe that plunges all of Jipang into crisis.