This movie is about cats, many cats - of all sizes and ages, from young to old, healthy or sick, winter or summer cats. They live around the small, old Shinto shrine of Gokogu, located in Ushimado, a harbor town on the Inland Sea. It is a paradise for cat-loving residents and visitors. Gokogu looks peaceful on the surface, but it is also the epicenter of a thorny issue that divides the local community.