A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, kitchen objects in concentric circles or rows - pots, pan lids, and funnels, cars passing overhead, a spinning carnival ride. Over and over, a heavy-set woman climbs stairs carrying a large bag on her shoulder. An Art Deco cartoon figure appears, dancing. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a garden

La storia e l'arte dell'ikebana, un'arte giapponese secolare della composizione floreale e uno sguardo all'interno della Scuola Sogetsu di Ikebana, dove il padre del regista Sofu Teshigahara ha lavorato come gran maestro della scuola.