戦争で夫を亡くした桑乃木いち日(門脇麦)は、京都の老舗料亭「桑乃木」の長女でありながら、西洋料理のシェフとしてホテルで働いている。そんな中、いち日の妹・ふた葉(百田夏菜子)に、大阪のホテル経営者・山口家との縁談が持ち上がるが――相手は19歳の大学生・周(作間龍斗)。歯に衣着せぬ物言いの彼に、お見合いに同席したいち日は思わず反発。そして翌日、そんないち日の人生を揺るがす“ある出来事”が起こる……!
Ichika Kuwanoki, who lost her husband in the war, is the eldest daughter of Kuwanoki, a long-established ryotei in Kyoto, but works at a hotel as a chef of a western-style restaurant. Meanwhile, Ichika’s younger sister Futaba is matched with the Yamaguchi family, a hotel owner in Osaka, by a 19-year-old college student named Amane. Ichika, who was present at the marriage interview, was unintentionally repulsed by the man’s blunt remarks. The next day, “something” happens that shakes Ichika’s life…