A Blaze of Clouds, The Chestnuts, and A Dream of Islands Summary

A Blaze of Clouds.

A bad storm hits the Tokyo area and Shingo and Shuichi come home to find Kikuko shutting up the house as she sings along with a record. A short time later the power goes out so the entire family decides to go to bed early. Shingo becomes aware of voices from Shuichi and Kikuko's room, curious what they are talking about. In his own room, his wife speaks to him about hairstyles. Shingo asks her about a kerchief he saw his daughter wrap her things in when she left a short time earlier and is surprised to learn it once belonged to the sister he loved so many years before. Shingo wonders where the kerchief is at that moment...