Yasuko Hiiragi, a 54-year-old working wife from Hokkaido. She and her husband have been married for over twenty years, running a metal fabrication shop together. Surrounded daily by the sounds of welding and the smell of iron, she says she's gradually lost any sense of sensuality. While she respects her husband as the family's breadwinner, his crude and rough manner has extinguished any desire to be touched by him. Her sons have both started their own families, leaving few opportunities to meet, and she admits to feeling lonely. Today, however, Yasuko will rediscover herself as a woman, fully embracing and enjoying her body like she did in her younger days.