"Haru" depicts the urban life in modern Tokyo. The youths of the twenties of the Meiji era look forward to the coming of a new era with hopes and anticipation. Though caught in domestic entanglements peculiar to the old downtown of Tokyo, they somehow manage to proceed to the promising quarters of learning and enlightenment, so-called "Hongo" district which belongs to "Yamanote". Among them a character who dares to leave Tokyo is featured and that suggests the author's critical attitude toward modern Tokyo.