Yumi Matsutoya "The Cosmic Library"

“Toretanzu” are Shinkansen and their friends, inspired by JR East trains, who love going out on adventures. “Tre” from “train” “tan” from “tanken” (exploration) “zu” from “friends” Put together, they make “Toretanzu”!

A rice musical shot in stop motion, with faces actually drawn on 4,596 grains of rice. The main rice character is based on Omisohan, with hair made of miso and a hat made of red chili peppers. The stars are the rice grains. It is the story of a girl who loved rice when she was little, but as she grew up, she stopped eating it as much. Left behind without being eaten, the rice grains remain. This is a story sung from the feeling of having watched that girl grow up all along. Omisohan herself sings together with the rice grains.