Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his way to the scene, Takuboku reunites with an old friend, former newspaper reporter Yamaoka. Takuboku soon sees that Yamaoka is somehow connected to the ghost, but Yamaoka walks away, leaving behind only the words "throat moon." Then, magic lantern projectionist Matsukichi is killed. Two months earlier, Matsukichi had come across a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Takuboku starts looking to see if the two cases might be related.
I remembered the way they bloom at the foot 
of Mount Iwate, and I couldn't help myself.
تذكّرتُ كيف تفتّحَتْ في أسفل جبل
إيواتي، ولم أستطع مُقاومة نفسي
Ich hab mich daran erinnert, wie er am Berg Iwate
blühte und musste ihn einfach kaufen.
Recordé que crecen al pie
del monte Iwate y no pude reprimirme.
Recordé que crecen al pie
del monte Iwate y no pude reprimirme.
Elles m’ont rappelé le mont Iwate,
je n’ai pas pu résister.
Mi hanno ricordato quelli che sbocciavano
alle pendici del Monte Iwate,
Eu me lembrei de como elas florescem
no Monte Iwate e não resisti.
Я вспомнил, как она цветёт 
у подножия Иватэ, и не смог удержаться.