kōichi and shige pay for their parents to stay at a hot spring spa at atami. shūkichi and tomi return early because the nightlife at the hotel disturbs their sleep. tomi also has an unexplained dizzy spell. when they return, shige explains that she sent them to atami because she wanted to use their bedroom for a meeting. the elderly couple have to leave for the evening. tomi goes to stay with noriko, with whom she deepens their emotional bond. tomi advises noriko to remarry. shūkichi, meanwhile, gets drunk with some old friends from onomichi, then returns to shige's salon. shige is outraged that her father is lapsing into the alcoholic ways that overshadowed her childhood.