In 1991, the Izu sanatorium, including the well where Sadako was thrown into, had been rebuilt into a mountain resort. The well was located right below a TV screen of one of the resort's cabins. When a vacationing family forgot to bring home their videotape after one night, Sadako projected the new virus onto the TV screen, taking the form of a video, and the VCR recorded it into the tape. The next visitors of the cabin, including 17-year-old Tomoko Oishi, accidentally stumbled and watched the tape. After Tomoko died, her uncle Kazuyuki Asakawa was dragged into the case and tried to solve its mystery before he could be claimed by the virus. He learned about Sadako's origin and wrote a journal detailing his investigation.