The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭 Kotonoha no Niwa?) is a 2013 Japanese anime film produced by CoMix Wave Films and directed by Makoto Shinkai. 15-years-old Takao Akizuki, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious 27-years-old woman, Yukari Yukino, who spends her time drinking beer and eating chocolate. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days.