Set in Hokkaido, revolving around an ex-convict named Shima Yusaku (Abe) who has just been released from prison. Along with two young strangers that he meets, he sets out on a journey back to where his wife is, uncertain of what awaits him. Horikita Maki (22) and Hamada Gaku (23) will play the two strangers (originally played by Momoi Kaori and Takeda Tetsuya), while Natsukawa Yui will play the wife (originally Baisho Chieko).
A gourmet-comedy drama about an office lady who finds it troublesome to prepare food properly and so attempts to save time by utilizing mentsuyu (soup base for noodles) in order to make delicious recipes.
~~ Adapted from the manga series "Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi" (めんつゆひとり飯) by Setoguchi Mizuki (瀬戸口みづき).
There is a street piano placed in a music store on a shopping district. Sawamoto Ren is a young electrician who has stayed away from the piano for a long time, but decides to start to a new path as a street pianist after meeting Kajiwara Midori, the daughter of the music store owner. Soon later, people from various backgrounds stop by to play the street piano and have heart-to-heart interactions with Ren and Midori.
Mizusaki Keita, a chef at a French restaurant in the shopping district, is in a state of despair after his beloved wife is predeceased by illness, but with the support of Kataoka Miho, a pastry chef apprentice who works at the restaurant, he decides to reinvent his wife's memorable piano as a street piano.
Meanwhile, famous pianist Imanishi Kohei, who is said to be a rising star in the piano world, suddenly appears asking him to play the street piano. Kohei leaves when he finishes playing the perfect "Nocturne". Why did he come to the shopping street to play the piano?
Through a street piano placed in a French restaurant in a shopping street, various stories are born.
