Ichizo is the grand son of Sanzo, an old man who wanted world peace by going to tenjiku, a place where wishes come true. But mysteriously, only the west was in peace. So Ichizo takes his grandfather's shakujô (big iron stick) and decided to go around the world because it is that Sanzo took the road to Sinolek (a path that leads to tenjiku which goes around of the earth) from the west rather than east as only the small side of the world remained peaceful.