Momone Shinokawa

Ichiko returns to her rural hometown, reconnects with nature, and cooks with summer and autumn harvests while adjusting to country life.

Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Is the loss of one's mother at the age of ten made any less dismal if one receives letters from her once a year thereafter? Noriko loses her mother Yoshie and has to contend with life, friendships, love and marriage as well as her...