Ukiharu Village

Ukiharu Village
Name
Kanji	浮春の郷
Romaji	Ukiharu no Sato
Information
Air Date	July 12, 2011 (JP) February 26, 2023 (US)
Episode	28
Adapted From	Anime Only
Opening Song	Boku ni Dekiru Koto
Ending Song	Kimi no Kakera
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Ukiharu Village is the second episode of the third season and the twenty-eighth episode overall of the Natsume Yuujinchou anime series. It first aired on July 12, 2011.

Summary

Natsume is accosted by a spirit who asks for her brother's name back. She says that both of them have come from the village of floating spring, a paradise sealed off from the land of men. Meanwhile, the local Youkai are happy that the local priest is no longer in his temple. Natsume worries for his friend Tanuma, the priest's son, but isn't sure what to say...

Plot

Tanuma's father leaves on a trip, yet a strange youkai invades his house, spreading miasma that makes all the nearby youkai suffer. Natsume tracks down the youkai, and it is revealed he was once a resident in a fabulous youkai village.

A portal opened for a short time during a human ceremony, which was when he took his sister to watch it in the human world.

However, they became trapped in the human world, and his sister died as they struggled to reopen that portal. After returning to the old temple where the ceremonies were held, the portal opens and he returns home.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Takashi Natsume
• Madara
• Chukyuu (A and B)
• Kaname Tanuma's Father (mentioned)
• Satoru Nishimura
• Atsushi Kitamoto
• Tanuma Kaname
• Sagume
• Kanawa
• Reiko Natsume (mentioned/flashback)
• Misuzu
• Miasma-sicked Youkai
• Ukiharu Village's Guardian