It is almost the end of the year and Inogashira is in Mitaka City to visit a client in the area, an owner of a bar. He stops by a tea and sweets area called "Kanmidokoro Takane" for some relaxing tea and taiyaki. Later on, after his meeting, he plans to eat soba at Jindai-ji (Temple) in the nearby city. However, his urgent feelings of hunger tell him he won't be able to make it. So he scours the immediate vicinity for a diner that could appease his appetite. He finds it in a shop called "Itsuki," an eatery that offers home-cooked set meals...
その日、三鷹駅に降りた井之頭五郎（松重豊）は深大寺行きバスを見かけ、すでに気分は少し早い年越し蕎麦モード。
ちゃちゃっと仕事を済ませて深大寺に向かうことを心に決めるのだが、仕事の前にいつものごとく甘味どころに引っかかり、天竜茶とともにたい焼きを食べる。
今日の顧客ＢＡＲルイーズに到着すると、カウンターに商品のグラスを並べる五郎。
グラスの説明を始めるとすぐにマスターの携帯が鳴る。ビールの出前だという。
はじめは笑顔で了解するも出前は何度も繰り返され…。五郎は待っているうちに腹がすいてしまった。
仕事が終わると急いで店を探す。もう深大寺まで行っている場合ではなかった。
結局入ったのは、大皿料理が並ぶお食事処「樹」だった。
カウンターには大皿に盛られた家庭料理がずらりと並ぶ。
蕎麦のことを忘れて堪能したはずの五郎だったが…。
연말, 미카타 역에서 고객의 바로 가는 도중, 고로는 항상 그래왔듯 화과자 가게에 가게 된다. 바에서는 계속 전화만 하는 주인이 기다리고 있었다. 그 후, 메밀국수를 먹으러 진다이지로 향하지만 의외로 멀다. 결국 들어간 곳은 큰 접시에 요리가 늘어선 식당이었다.
