A story about the lives of people in a small town dealing with an aging, shrinking population, centered around a family that runs a barbershop. Yasuhiko Mukouda runs a barbershop in the city of Chikusawa, a former mining town that is slowly dying. One day, his son Kazumasa suddenly comes home from Tokyo, saying he’s quit his job and wants to take over the barbershop. Yasuhiko’s wife, Kyouko, is happy that her son wants to take over the family business, but…