The show is set in a rice shop in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa. It is a home comedy about an obstinate but compassionate old man, Kasugai Ryuhei, who runs an old rice shop, his optimistic daughter-in-law Tae and his eldest son Shinpei who ends up working at his father's shop when he learns of his father's illness. It depicts how the estranged family rallies around when Kasugai is diagnosed with illness after years of being worn out by his stubbornness.