Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.

沙耶香（高畑充希 饰）是一个平平无奇的女白领，唯一和别人不同的是，她的运气似乎总是非常的糟糕。某日，又经历了一整天不幸事件的纱耶香拖着疲惫的身躯回到公寓，让她没有想到的是，自己的房门外竟然躺着一个陌生的男人。
这个男人名叫阿树（岩田刚典 饰），在他的恳求之下，善良的纱耶香收留了无家可归的阿树，就这样，在不明就里的情况下，纱耶香第一次和一个男人开始了住在同一屋檐下的同居生活。阿树是一个非常奇怪的男人，他最大的爱好就是做家务，阿树喜欢带着纱耶香前往野外，去寻找可以食用的植物，带回去做成美食。在此过程中，纱耶香发现自己千疮百孔的心灵渐渐得到了治愈。