Suna no Shiro (manga)

A TV adaptation was created as an afternoon series by Tōkai Television and Fuji and aired from July 30, 1997, through October 3, 1997.

The TV adaption was produced by Tōkai Television and aired on Fuji from July 30 through October 3, 1997.

On Shōwa 32 (1957), Miyuri Iwaki is born into a wealthy family that runs a traditional Japanese hotel in Izura, Ibaraki.

Yūichi--the owner of the hotel--had longed for a son and convinced his wife Sayako to raise the two babies as twins.

The baby boy was named Hirafu and grew up with Miyuri as brother and sister.