After a wrong train ride leads him home, middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara is suddenly transported into his fourteen-year-old body. Retaining his adult consciousness, he navigates 1960s Japan while grappling with his father’s impending disappearance.

This Jiro Taniguchi story explores the profound weight of memory as Hiroshi relives his youth in Kurayoshi. While he enjoys the simplicity of being an eighth-grader again, his mature perspective reveals the hidden struggles of the adults around him, particularly his mother.

The supernatural shift forces Hiroshi to decide whether he should intervene in historical events or let his family’s destiny unfold. He searches for the reasons behind his father's sudden departure, hoping to find closure that eluded him for decades.

Follow Hiroshi Nakahara as he relives his youth with adult memories in Jiro Taniguchi’s A Distant Neighborhood manga.

A Distant Neighborhood, Harukana Machi e, Hiroshi Nakahara, Jiro Taniguchi, Kurayoshi, time slip, Tottori, 1960s, drama, Quartier Lointain