A youth drama depicting love stories between high school boys and girls that unfold on the Hankyu Railway Line and the streets of Kobe.

Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the family mementos, Tae finds a red box full of recipes and letters written by their mother who died 20 years ago. In these recipes and letters, she finds out how her mother had struggled in her life due to relocation from Japan to Taiwan, the death of her Taiwanese husband, and a battle with cancer. Tae travels to Taiwan to trace her mother's past, reminiscing about the dishes she made for the family.

米雪（田中美里 饰）和弘一（池内万作 饰）交往多年，两人即将携手步入婚姻的殿堂，就在这个节骨眼上，弘一的家乡传来了弘一母亲（内海桂子 饰）摔断腿的消息，于是米雪决定代替工作繁忙的弘一前往乡下照顾自己的准婆婆。习惯了大城市生活的米雪来到处处都不便利的乡下，感到非常的不适应，与此同时，准婆婆又是一个严厉的女人，每天都不给米雪好脸色看，在接连受气之后，心灰意冷的米雪产生了逃跑的念头。 在旁人的劝说之下，米雪决定直面难题，再度回到了乡下，一年一度的抬四角灯笼大会因为村里青壮年的流失而面临取消的命运，米雪决定凭借自己的努力让这一传统源远流长。