Jirō Taniguchi (1947-2017) was a Japanese manga creator who drew particular praise in Europe. Taniguchi mixed Japanese manga and Fraco-Belgian bandes dessinées comics. He worked different genres and created his personal poetical and detailed style, as we can see in A Distant Neighborthood. This manga, A Distant Neighborthood (Harukana machi e in Japanese and Barrio Lejano in Spanish), is an semi-autobiographical history about Jirō Taniguchi's childhood. Hiroshi Nakahata, a middle-aged man, took the wrong train and travel to his birthplace at Kurayoshi (Tottori Prefecture). Nakahata is transported back in time and relive again his 14 years old. He is now a young student in 1963, but he had all of his adult memories and knowledge. In the summer of 1963 his father go away and he want to know the reasons. A Distant Neighborthood is a lirical reflection of familiar memories and everyday stories.