Alice Kunino, a university student in Tokyo, comes from a farming family in the inaka of Kochi. She feels she needs to be from the big city to be recognized, so she conceals her Kochi roots. When her secret is revealed, Alice follows Katsuo Ningen down a shady alleyway and finds herself in the fantastical world of Kochi. She encounters a range of silly characters: the water lilies from the Monet Garden, a caterpillar Yosakoi team, Shimantogawa and Niyodogawa, a Tosaben Cheshire Cat, the Mad Boushi-pan-ya (hat bread seller), and the Queen of Yuzu. Through her adventures in this wonderland, Alice learns to be proud of where she comes from.
Established in 1995, the GENKI Youth Association is a volunteer organization primarily composed of JET Programme participants in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The group has composed and performed an original musical annually, adapting stories from foreign cultures alongside local Japanese stories and historical figures. With the co-operation of Japanese volunteers and local communities, the musical is staged with the aim of increasing cross-cultural understanding through the arts.