Kazuhide Ishijima

에도시대에 요리로 유명한 무가에 시집을 간 여주인공의 우여곡절을 그린 드라마. 카가 현에 실존했던 요리 무사 후나키 덴나이와 그의 아들이 남긴 요리책 '요리무언초'를 바탕으로, 당시 부엌의 모습과 무가의 접대요리인 '향응 요리'에 대해 자세히 들여다 볼 수 있게 그려낸 작품. 하루는 남다른 요리 실력과 미각을 소유한 여인이지만, 기가 너무 센 나머지 결혼 1년만에 이혼을 당한다. 카가 지역 요리 장인인 후나키에게 실력을 인정받게 된 하루는 그의 간곡한 부탁으로 아들 야스노부와 두 번째 결혼을 하게 된다. 요리 무사 집안의 후계자인 남편은 놀랍게도 요리 실력이 형편없는데다 하루보다 4살이나 어리다. 하루는 시어머니와 협력하여 남편에게 요리를 가르치기 시작하는데.

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up comedian. A visiting lecturer from Tokyo falls head-over-heels in love with Kyoko and asks her to go abroad with him to Beijing, where he has to spend the next few years for his research. But Kyoko cannot decide.

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.

Hiromi, attends junior high school in Tokyo. The combination of getting bullied on campus and her fathers death causes her to stop attending school. One day she is invited by her online friend, Kenmun, to visit him on Ishigaki Island. Hiromi sets out to meet Kenmun, however, Hiromi has another reason to go to Ishigaki Island. She may be able to see her mother who left when she was a child. Will she be able to find her long lost mother? More importantly, will she be able to find happiness in life?

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.