I don't particularly agree with the following two statements. Gibbon's books are mostly related to her personal psychological situation, so most of the stories involved are realistic. This book tells the story of Sakurai's loneliness of living alone with Tanabe after losing his loved ones, the loneliness and sadness of his father and mother, and his father's gradual discovery of the meaning of life after his mother's death. He was a magical figure, including her death. And the loneliness and helplessness at the edge of the field in Sakurai Dream. The kitchen is the place where they hold their thoughts, the place where grandma Sakurai once took it, and the place where Tanabe's mother took it, which contains all their warm memories. The kitchen is the best place for healing, but it is also a place full of memories. So it's called the kitchen. This is my understanding.