町山健太(玉山铁二 饰)本是一名钢琴演奏家,在惨遭解雇后,他又莫名其妙的来到了据说是“天堂”的地方,在那里,他成为了“天堂书店”的店员。健太的主要任务就是为前来书店的顾客们读书,一天,一位名叫桧山翔子(竹内结子 饰)的美丽女子来到了店里,让健太吃惊的是,这位翔子竟然是自己曾经的音乐导师,正是因为仰慕翔子,健太才会走上音乐之路。 镜头转回人间,泷本(香川照之 饰)是制作烟花的高手,但一次意外中,他的妻子因为烟花的爆炸而失去了听力,心中充满了自责的泷本决定再也不碰烟花了。之后,一位名叫长濑香夏子(竹内结子 饰)的女孩找到了泷本,希望他能够重拾手艺,为花火大会制作独一无二的“爱的烟花”,泷本发现,这位名叫香夏子的少女竟然拥有和妻子极为相像的面容。KENTA (Tetsuji Tamayama), a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named YAMAKI (Yoshio Harada). He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books. Yamaki appears once again, and tells him that this is Heaven's Book Service and Kenta is going to start working a short-term part-time job here. In addition to selling books, this bookstore, owned by Yamaki, provides a service of reading aloud to customers. Although he is unsure of his new surroundings, Kenta follows their actions and starts to work in his new part-time job.