During the Edo period, 17-year-old Ochika built an emotional wall against others after a murder occurred in her family which runs an inn the post town of Kawasaki. Her fiance was killed by a man who was raised as if he were her own sibling. Ochika left her family home. She now stays at Mishimaya, the bag shop which her uncle, Ihei, opened in Edo's Kanda Mishima-cho, and works silently every day. One day, Ihei summons Ochika to 'Kokubyaku no Aida' where he always welcomes his rival in the game of go. He instructs her to listen to the 100 odd horror tales from the people who come to visit, and then leaves. Ochika slowly begins to open her heart to their curious tales.