The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

小津安二郎常在关西拍电影，他喜爱关西的饮食文化，这在他的手帖和日记中都有体现。他记录了京都的京都料理和甲鱼料理、大阪的鲸鱼料理和乌冬面、神户的西餐和中华料理，还记录了大阪寿司、腌菜、和式点心等当地特产。小津逝世四十多年后的今天，他记录的那些店铺怎么样了？作者耗时数年，走访小津记录的店铺，一一品尝后将心得体会集结成这本随笔。

1952 film by Yasujirō Ozu