This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido.Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel.Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."Unbeknownst to Yukichi, Takuro is working as an apprentice pottery maker in Bieia town located 50km away from Furano. His father hasn't spoken a word to him since the accident.