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Tokyo, Japan 2010.
School has just been let out for winter break, a time to celebrate and relax with family.
A group of teens decide to take a day trip to Mount Takaoa, planning to have a fun day together, while walking on the hiking trails and visiting the Yakuoin temple at the summit. Considered a sacred mountain, Takaosan has been a center of mountain worship for more than 1000 years. It's heavily wooded mountain side has many beautiful secrets to hold, but one the small group does not expect is what they find when they stumble upon a small shrine. Exploring the shrine, a mysterious painting pulls at their attention. The group smells the soothing smell of cherry blossoms, before fainting and waking up on the shore of what appears to be a large lake surrounded by an oriental garden. Scared and confused, the group ventures deeper into the garden until they see a large bath house. At first they are relieved, but the closer they look at the giant building they notice that the inhabitance of this place a not human...