דיוקן אינטימי של אישה הנסחפת בין המציאות לבין הכחשה כאשר היא נשארת לבדה להתמודד עם ההשלכות של מאסרו של בעלה.

Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.