A Thai student steps off a bus in Saga and the whole prefecture becomes her welcome committee. These shorts don't build toward anything dramatic; they just let small kindnesses accumulate until you realize that's the entire point. The kind of show you watch when you need to remember that strangers noticing you exist is enough.
Two short animated films made for Saga Prefecture's campaign to draw visitors, titled Tadaima (I'm Home) and Okaeri (Welcome Back). In Tadaima, Mei, a foreign exchange student from Thailand, is bewildered when she first reaches Saga station. She boards a bus, and through her encounters with local residents wherever she goes, she builds precious memories of her own. In Okaeri, Sora is a high school senior who hopes to become a professional soccer player. An injury closes off his route to going pro in Tokyo, so he decides to look for a new path in the city of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture. Both are quiet slice of life stories set around the prefecture.
