A former fashion magazine editor, Aiko Mei Kurokawa, is sent to Japan to cover a cycling event She meets her contact in Taiwan a fellow Japanese who married a local who reveals herself to be pregnant and unable to help Venturing alone despite not speaking any Mandarin but a little English, Aiko meets an aspiring model, Dong Dong Teresa Daley, at a bicycle shop, and who offers to be Aikos travel guide Dong Dong bears an uncanny resemblance to the girl who caused the breakup with her ex boyfriend at the start of the movie Together, the two of them slowly form a bond and have an adventure together