This insightful program explores a highly contemporary problem which many women face how to reconcile the needs of a career with marriage and family life. For Reiko, this is a major dilemma. Since coming to Tokyo from northern Japan, she has put in long hours, working hard to achieve her youthful hopes and ambitions and to prove herself and get ahead in business. But at what cost in personal terms? With her relationship with her husband cooling off and in some trouble and with her child having problems in school, Reiko sets out with her family to visit her home town. Here in the bosom of nature, she meets her parents and old friends. These reunions and encounters have an effect on each member of the family and each undergoes important changes coming to essential realizations as the trip progresses. While, in some sense, this is a trip back in time, it is a trip which provides a new foundation for the family. This is a program that not only explores a problem common to many families in a thoughtful and balanced manner - but provides some sensible solutions.