NHK的第77部晨间剧。一九八二年夏天，和田喜代美（贯地谷しほり）跟着母亲系子（和久井映见）、弟弟正平（星野亚门）搬到父亲正典（松重丰）的老家福井县小滨市。自从父亲和若狭漆筷工匠的祖父正太郎（米仓齐加年）吵架后睽违了十年再次回到家中，祖母小梅（江波杏子）和叔父小次郎（京本政树）非常欢迎他们回来，但是祖父却无法原谅低着头决定要继承漆筷工艺的父亲。喜代美被正太郎工房传来的落语深深吸引着，不知不觉当中和祖父的感情越来越好，正太郎却因病昏倒了。

The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.