在东京生活的江东佳奈（木村文乃）为了照顾受伤的舅公只身来到了京都。在京都生活多年的舅公大贺茂（近藤正臣）给了外甥女一份自己精心手绘的地图方便她在京都出行。这幅地图记录了一个对父辈而言韵味十足，对年轻人而言新奇特别的京都。谈笑风生，闲情漫步，只有小住片刻才能感受到京都深处的风情。在不同的地方遇到不同的人，佳奈在舅公手绘地图的指引下，渐渐放下心中防备，融入京都。

The film tells the story of three people for a year a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive.