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Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge - Keishō (Winter 2026, NHK) is the third installment of the "Kyotojin Series" from 2015-2017. "Kyotojin Series" is a drama and documentary series showcasing the unique values ​​and aesthetic sensibilities of Kyoto residents. The story is set once again in one of Kyoto's most renowned Japanese confectionery shop, Kuraya Harunobu, boasting a 240-year tradition.
Eight years have passed since Sawafuji Miyako, the "Kyotoite among Kyotoites" played by Tokiwa Takako, left for France. She gave up being the next generation owner of Kuraya, by fulfilling her wish to marry the love of her life, a former Kuraya apprentice, Mikami Suguru (Ishimaru Kanji), now a successful branch manager of a Japanese confectionery shop in Paris. While Suguru visited Tokyo for a lecture, he heard some curious news about Kuraya's proprietress, Sawafumi Tsuruko (Ginpucho), who is also his mother-in-law and Miyako's mother, and went to Kyoto to see her...
Back in France, Miyako, Suguro's Paris-bred daughter from his first wife, nicknamed Raku (Hoshi Moeka), is undecided on what to do next after finishing her graduate studies. Her father, after returning from Japan, suggested the idea of continuing her studies in Kyoto City, the place of her birth. And while she's at it, to learn as well the trade of Japanese confectionery and to take over the succession of Kuraya. His wife Miyako is not too keen on the idea since it's a very daunting task. Nevertheless, Raku decides to follow her father's suggestion. In Kyoto, she becomes embroiled in the issue of succession of the long-established Kuraya. She also meets more Kyotoites, and creates new friends, including a professor at a Kyoto university, Sakuta Shinonome (Watanabe Ken). How will Raku, who grew up in Paris, confront the "Kyoto folk" whose lives are based on long traditions, and the complicated and troublesome rules of the city?
© original synopsis by: earthcolors