Shigeki lives comfortably in a small retirement home where Machiko, one of the home's young staff pays special attention to him. Shigeki still lives with the sorrow of his wife's passing 33 years before, and Machiko is secretly haunted by the death of her child, for which she feels responsible. On Shigeki's birthday Machiko decides to take him for a drive in the countryside. Making their way along the scenic back-roads the car is forced into a ditch. As Shigeki determinedly heads off into the forest, Machiko has no choice but to follow him. It is in this peaceful place that Machiko discovers that Shigeki has been writing to his beloved wife for 33 years. It is time for him to write his last letter. Machiko is there to help him reach his mourning's end and in doing so finds peace within her own heart.