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What's going on?

Isn't that the young mistress?

How could they let a woman participate in an important ceremony like this?

What is Kano-ya thinking?

Asa is one of the important members of Kano-ya.

So it's not strange for her to be sitting up there.

You're absolutely right, Mr. Godai.

And you look very beautiful today Young Mistress.

For a moment, I didn't recognize you.

Asa ga Kita

Week 10 "The Start of My Sister's Journey" Episode 57

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

Sobei Mayuyama: Tasuku EMOTO

Tomoatsu Godai: Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Bunchin TSURA

Satoshi: Keishi NAGATSUKA

Jirosaku: Ginnojo YAMAZAKI

Genkichi Miyabe: Zen KAJIHARA

Tomonobu Tamari: Tsurube SHOFUKUTEI

Eitatsu Mayuyama: Takuro TATSUMI

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

Shokichi Shirooka: Masaomi KONDO

Hatsu Mayuyama: Aoi MIYAZAKI

As the seventh generation Kyuzaemon Kanoya, I've

decided to turn the reins over to my third son, Eizaburo.

I hope the transition will go smoothly.

I'm the eighth generation....

Please continue to give us your support.

Eizaburo is only 18 years old.

So, I've designated my second son, Shinjiro who had been

sent to our branch family to be his guardian.

What we've been waiting for, the ladies' man.

Asa!

For the past 250 years, since the reign of the third shogun,

Iemitsu, Kano-ya has been a rice merchant and money changer...

As you all know, with the help of my daughter in-law, Asa,

we've gone into the coal mining business.

So please give her your support.

Kano-ya will continue to take on any good thing that

comes along, and we'll devote ourselves to the prosperity

of our business, so please give us your support.

Please give us your support.

Please give us your support.

Thank you.

Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule...

Congratulations.

Tenjiya... Don't forget to take this gift home.

Can we talk?

Thank you.

That was a great speech.

And I think It was a good idea to let Asa sit up

front as a representative of Kano-ya, too.

That's partly your fault.

Remember how upset you were when you said that

Osaka merchants are hardheaded?

Did I say that?

What? Sis told you that they're leaving Osaka three days from now?

She did. The whole family is moving to Wakayama.

That's so sudden.

I might be sudden, but it's been some time

since she got the land...

So it just means they're "striking while the iron's hot."

I know, but...

Ohatsu was so happy to see you at the presentation ceremony.

She wanted me to tell you that.

Asa!

Why don't you have Ohatsu spend the night here

before they leave Osaka?

Since we've finished handing over the reins to Eizaburo,

we're thinking of going to Nara from tomorrow.

Nara?

Thanks to the profits from the coal mine, we have

the means to pay back the money we borrowed from Mr. Tamari.

Mr. Tamari in Nara?

That's right.

It's been such a long time since I've seen him, so

after we've stopped to see him, we thought we'd

spend some time in Nara.

Is that right? That's a good idea.

How long has it been since the two of us

have taken a trip together?

So you don't have to worry about us.

While the two of us are gone, you can spend some time

together with your sister.

Father... Mother... Thank you so much.

Through the courtesy of Shokichi and Yono,

Asa invited Hatsu over to Kano-ya.

Is it really okay?

You should go... Once we start farming, you won't

have any time to rest, so you don't know when

you'll see her again.

Maybe it's because I saw Asa looking so magnificent at

that ceremony, I feel uncomfortable about

staying over at that house.

You idiot! Even if you may look inferior to her now,

you're better than that sister of yours in every other way.

You've always been the older sister she was proud of, haven't you?

Hold your head up high, and go over there.

Okay.

Meanwhile, at the coal mine in Kyushu...

Mistress... I have good news.

Maybe it was Boss Jirosaku's convincing that did it, but

Satoshi's group has finally started digging for coal.

Your spirit probably changed Satoshi's disposition.

Speaking of which, the miners and the women here are

asking when you re coming back here.

I'm so glad. Satoshi finally...

Who did what?

It's a letter from the coal mine.

How is Shinjiro doing?

Did I hear him wrong?

Did something happen at the coal mine?

No... He wrote that they want me to hurry back.

How nice that you're so popular there.

Popular...? Not as popular as you are.

Where are you going today?

I'm just going out with the men.

With the men? Are you going to party with the geisha?

I'll wear this "haori himo" (cord for a short formal kimono coat).

Lately more of the men have cropped haircuts.

Some of them even dress in western attire.

That's no good. I'll never cut off my topknot.

I can't imagine what you'd look like with a cropped head.

That's right.

But...

You might look better than I expect.

Don't be ridiculous!

You brought this with you, but I've never heard you play it once.

After hearing you play the shamisen, I can't let you

hear me play the koto.

But in the past, my sister and I used to play the koto together often.

Hatsu was always being praised while I got

scolded for being so bad at it.

When we bought the coal mine I sold most of my

trousseau but I just couldn't part with this.

I felt like I would be letting go of my memories of

my sister if I did that.

Is that right?

Is it okay for someone who's taken over the reins at

Kano-ya to be singing love songs at place like this?

I'm not the eighth generation.

It's an auspicious occasion for you, too... It's the

beginning of a new path for both of us.

Our paths are totally different now.

No one knows which path is better.

It's your path, of course.

You think so?

At the very least, you're a much better man

than you were as the young master...

It's none of your business.

I'll have another.

Me, too.

Thank you.

Today, while I was out peddling vegetables,

I went to see where our house used to be...

Nothing's been built there yet...

I thought how big it was.

That's true. I pass by there often, but in that big

rambling space, there's only the ruins of a well left there.

That well...?

Hatsu!

What are you doing?

I'm sorry.

Like the frog in the well...

I'm so glad.

I thought you were dead.

Did you fall into that well?

No, but it might have been me who was pulled out

of the darkness that time.

Never mind.

Here you go.

I didn't order that.

It's my treat.

I heard that the two of you are starting out on

an auspicious new path.

This is my favorite.

Thank you.

My second child will be born soon.

That's something to celebrate, isn't it?

It really is.

You'll have to take good care of your wife, parents

and your children.

I know.

But there's just one thing that I regret about leaving Osaka.

Maybe... you might be able to find it!

We'll be going now.

Have a safe trip.

We'll see you all later.

Shokichi and Yono headed off to Nara.

And the last day before Sobei and his family were leaving Osaka.

Asa!

Hatsu and Ainosuke came to spend the night at Kano-ya.

Welcome.

I'm glad you're here, too, Ainosuke.