After stumbling into a university job teaching Home Economics at a conservative Japanese women’s college with a dwindling student population, divorced American mom Lauren Murata, has found a way to support her and her daughter. However, Lauren is actually a scholar of gender studies, and she infuses her lessons with ideas on how to achieve gender parity. She’s not really looking for a new partner, but she can’t stop thinking about Kazu after meeting him at their kids’ international school holiday bake sale. Widower Japanese dad Kazu Mori manages talent, including a famous pop star who has just broken away from a popular all-male J-pop group. When he meets Lauren – and samples her cookies -- he is immediately smitten. The couple – and their kids – start going on playdates to iconic sites around Tokyo. As their attraction grows they each try to figure out how to get out of the "friend zone" and move from playdates into real dates. However, one of Lauren’s students starts a hashtag which threatens the pop star’s -- and Kazu's and Lauren's -- careers.