In the Taisho era, Shinjiro Katsuragi, an aspiring novelist, moved to Tokyo and lives in a mysterious building called "Kurohige Hut", a house where all its inhabitants are yokai. The hut's caretaker, Hiro, is actually a tanuki. Accompanied by a small youkai Chima who travelled with him to Tokyo, Shinjiro's daily life with the youkai begins.