Sakurai Taro lost his parents early and has always lived with his grandmother Akiko in their little sweets store, Sakuraya in old parts of Tokyo. They're struggling to keep it in business and Taro idly spends most of his time with neighbourhood friend, Saegusa Hiroki, who's an aspiring scriptwriter, and regular customers like bathhouse manager Shimasaki Akira. One Day Taro's childhood friend Kimura Reiko, who is now a single mother, comes back to the neighbourhood after a divorce.