Original subtitles

Excuse me, Father.

I need to talk to you about something.

I thought you'd be coming to me...

It's about the bank, isn't it?

That's right.

What a surprise.

Meanwhile in Kyoto...

Asa and Hatsu's family home was about to leave the

town that was filled with memories.

Asa ga Kita

Week 8 "Kyoto, Final Parting Gift" Episode 48

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Rie Imai: Shinobu TERAJIMA

Tadaoki Imai: Takeshi MASU

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Kiku Mayuyama: Hisako MANDA

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

Your tokoroten is ready.

Am I interrupting?

No... We're just about finished.

I'll think about it.

Thank you.

I'm sorry to interrupt you when you're so busy.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to me.

What were you talking about?

How old is Eizaburo now?

This year it'll be eight years since Shotaro passed away.

So Eizaburo will soon be 16.

Has it been that long?

It's delicious.

Do you object to the coal mine?

Of course! I'm the head clerk of a money changer.

I have no idea what kind of work they do in a coal mine.

If that what it is, then I'll teach you

A coal mine is...

There's this really, really big mountain, and there's a

hole this big in it, and there are...

There are men wearing just a loincloth, carrying this

thing called a pickaxe who go into the hole and they

swing the pickaxe like this... Digging out the coal...

Like this?

I didn't do that.

Not like that... It's like this.

I see... They do this...

Not like that.

How am I supposed to know what that is?

That's not it.

That's not what I meant.

I don't really want to picture it...

I'm saying I just can't imagine doing work

that I don't understand.

I see.

You should have said so. I just wasted my time...

Besides, Kano-ya is a pure-bred money changer that can be

considered the top in Osaka.

Why should an illustrious family like that have to

get into something that has nothing to do with money-changing?

You really have a lot of pride in this store, don't you, Gansuke?

Of course I do. I've been in charge of this store

as the chief clerk, so why shouldn't I be proud?

With the changing times, even if it goes off track

a little bit once we overcame that, Kano-ya would have

been able to go on just as we always have.

And yet...

I don't mean to say bad things about the young mistress...

But that's my true feelings.

No wonder he was in such a bad mood lately.

Don't let it bother you.

He's just jealous.

The master finds the young mistress very useful...

Is that right?

If the Kano Mining Company goes well, then the main

business is stable again, there'll be talk of

Gansuke opening a branch of Kano-ya again.

Then you'll be the chief clerk.

Me? A chief clerk! Don't say that! Saying such

a good thing... If that happens, I'll have to find me a cute wife.

There's another cropped haircut.

There's been a lot more people doing it lately.

You're right... Come to think of it, just recently, the

Emperor cut his top-knot off.

Could that be...?

MEETING ROOM

Last year the National Bank Ordinance was enacted.

This ordinance is an ordinance put together by a bank

in America and instead of using their own money to lend, the

merchants with ambition will raise the money for their

business and lend that money to make a profit.

That's a form of the new money changing business.

Is he still at it?

I'm surprised you don't get bored listening to someone for such a long time...

Besides, you came with me today, too.

That's an adorable thing to say.

It's the truth.

When you're listening together with me, strangely enough,

it gives me strength.

I'm not listening at all.

Oasa!

Ume?

What's wrong?

And you've brought two strange men with you...

What a surprise!

We're heading for Tokyo now.

You are? Thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule.

Asa... Your mouth is hanging open.

But how should I put this...?

You look really good like that. It really is a surprise.

That was unnecessary.

I'm not quite sure about you, Kyutaro.

That really was unnecessary.

My name changed.

From now, I'm Tadatsugu Imai.

Tadatsugu! Such an important sounding name... That doesn't suit you either.

Oasa!

I'm sorry.

Tadatsugu will be leaving for America a month from now.

He is? Kyutaro... Be sure to take care of yourself.

I heard that foreigners eat different things, so you'd

better watch what you eat

Of course I'll watch what I eat.

What's that?

But it's a new start of a journey for Dad and Kyutaro, isn't it?

That's true.

Shinjiro... This haircut is lighter and easier

to deal with than I thought.

You should do it, too.

No! I don't really like the cropped haircut.

Mr. Imai... Are you ready to leave?

Mr. Godai. Yes. We're on our way.

Asa...

Tell Hatsu that her pickled vegetables were delicious.

I will. I'll tell her.

Everyone in the Imai family set off on their journey to Tokyo...

I see... So Imai-ya went to Edo.

It's not Edo. It's Tokyo.

They're going to start a new business, and

set off on their journey.

It's something to celebrate.

Ainosuke... Don't pick up the food that fell down.

That's right, Ainosuke.

If times had not changed, you would have been the eldest

son of Sanouji-ya, the Number One merchant in Naniwa.

So you mustn't do vulgar things.

There you go again.

Thanks for the meal. I'll be going.

My husband...

I didn't know when to tell you this, but...

What's wrong, Ohatsu?

I know! A baby! You're pregnant again.

Is that right?

That's something to celebrate.

Ainosuke... You're going to be a big brother.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Really? I'd better go then.

Hatsu couldn't come out and tell the family that

she wanted them to move to Wakayama.

Meanwhile...

...in Kyushu.

Satoshi! Your group has only mined a small amount of

coal again today. What's wrong?

As long as you're doing your best.

That's strange...

This has never happened with your group before...

Why is it that you can't dig now?

I'm sorry... I really don't like people from Osaka,

so I don't really feel like working for the new owners.

But we'll work hard from tomorrow.

Meanwhile Asa was...

You don't want to open a bank?

No... I'm not saying we can't without reason...

If I do that, Mr. Godai will say that Osaka merchants

are so hard-headed again.

It's just that finding the right time to do something is

intuitive and very important to an Osaka merchant.

In other words, right now isn't the right time?

That's right. I'm sorry it's just based on my intuition

but when I heard about the coal mine, it just came to me.

But it just wasn't there when I heard about the bank.

So unlike your father who was quite successful in Tokyo

after the restoration, we may have different ways of finding

the right time to do things.

You're right. Now that you mention it, you're so right.

We just started the coal mining business, and

here I am going off again...

I'm sorry. Once I think of something, I always rush headlong into it...

That's okay.

It's okay for you.

I'm really glad I talked it over with you.

It would be great if there's someone who you can

talk things over with once I'm gone...

Master! Your guest is here.

He is? He's here.

This is the first beer sold by a Japanese.

Beer?

Is this what Mr. Shibutani from Dojima made?

Is this it?

A western sake? I wonder how it tastes.

Asa...

It exploded.

This is terrible.

Put it down.

This is a time when the Japanese were heading for a new era...

This is beer.

Asa's adventure has just started.