A documentary picture book following a fisherman in the satoyama on the west shore of Lake Biwa, showing the links among water, people, and living things through photographs. Boats, fish traps, river water, and daily life make coexistence with nature visible to children.

A life that knows the smell of water reveals the life of satoyama and lake.

A children's story in ten seasonal chapters about Keizo, a rooster living at a kindergarten, and Mimiko, a rabbit who arrives there. Through quarrels and confusion, their relationship slowly changes.

The days of a rooster who dislikes April begin to move when he meets Mimiko the rabbit.