Tenka

The story is on a 17-year-old girl, Tenka who was born and raised in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. Her family moves to Tokyo when her father changes his job. Tenka stays for a short period of time with her grandfather who is an eager rice farmer, living at gIguneh, forest in the middle of vast rice paddies of the Sendai plains. After graduating from high school, she moves to Kichijyoji in Tokyo to live with her family in a house which is on the site of a temple owned by her grandfatherfs old friend, Shozo Suzuki. On the site, there is also a small nursery school ran by Shozofs wife, Yoshiko. Tenka gradually starts to think of becoming a nurse who looks after children. It is eventually revealed that Tenkafs family and Shozo Suzukifs family has had a strong connection for generations. Tenka finds that she herself is engaged to Shozofs grandson, Ryunosuke according to a promise between her grandfather and Shozo.

Synopsis: NHK