Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.

"Utsumi is an office worker who has no idea what fun is, leading a monotonous, uninspired life. On his day off, he goes to see the cherry blossoms. There he tries to focus, but does not know how to enjoy them like the other cherry blossom spectators. On his way home, he finds a women's discarded love doll who calls himself Nishi, who begs to return to his owner. The doll declares that since being separated that he has discovered a love for his owner he had not recognized before. The story of Nishi, made for the purpose of enjoyment, causes Utsumi to search his own feelings. Utsumi wonders if this might be the fun he is looking for and decides to return Nishi back to his owner."

At the suggestion of Yuri, Hiro arranges a party at his small bar in Shinjuku. Yuri's three high school classmates – Hiro, Kenji and Tamotsu – are also joined by Takeru, who went to the same university with Hiro and Yuri, but who Kenji and Tamotsu haven't met before. As the four men eagerly wait for Yuri to arrive, the various secrets related to the men's relationships to Yuri start to come to light.

Kujo and Hazuki work the night shift at a love hotel, each carrying their own burdens. As disputes, complaints, and unexpected incidents unfold throughout the night, they find themselves caught in the gears of a world that has gone mad. Still carrying their unhealed pain, they continue walking toward their own separate mornings.