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Yes.
Ah, yes.
I transferred from the Tokyo main office.
My name is Yamada.
Yes.
Yes, sure.
I'll try my best to write good articles.
I'm looking forward to working with you starting tomorrow.
Um, I wanted to ask something about the new business cards I received.
Well, it says Yamakawa instead of Yamada.
Uh, well, you should already know, but my name is Yamada.
Uh, I-I mean please change kawa to da.
Hello?
Excuse me, the reception...
It seems the reception is bad over here.
Ah, excuse me.
Hello?
It's disconnected...
[Fire Safety]
I visited this place, 500 kilometers away from Tokyo,
on a school trip in middle school,
that was 10 years ago. Starting today, right here.
I'm so sorry!
Excuse me... Ah!
I moved in next door. My name is Yamada.
I was cleaning outside my door and must have walked over your side by accident
Are you a student?
Uh, no... I moved here from Tokyo because of my work.
Tokyo?
Uh, I write articles for a magazine and
I'm in charge of the town magazine here now.
So you're a writer?
Oh, no. It's not that special.
You even made it so clean here.
You were so nice to do this troublesome chore for me.
A new life is about to begin.
Right here, in Kyoto.
So this is the famous Gion district?
[TOBACCO]
Perhaps... I'm already adapting to Kyoto?
- Excuse me? - Yes?
We're looking for hotel.
We're from France.
It's okay. You can leave anything Kyoto-related to me.
This way.
I can't tell them, that all the houses and streets look the same and
I don't even know myself where I'm walking anymore.
How would I even say that in French?
Hi, excuse me.
Which brand?
No, uhm, I got lost.
Could you help me, please?
[What's the trend of this year's Osechi?] (Osechi: Japanese traditional dishes eaten on New Year's Day)
Please excuse me.
- She's cute! - Yes. (T/N: French)
Did you come from France? (T/N: French)
Great! You speak french. (T/N: French)
What did you just say?
Huh?
- The map. - Yes, sure.
Go straight and that'll be on your right. (T/N: French)
Very well. Thank you for your help. (T/N: French)
And after we've dropped off our luggage, we're going to the Kiyomizu temple. (T/N: French)
You can use my bikes. (T/N: French)
Really? Thank you! (T/N: French)
That was our first meeting.
To the people living in Kyoto, I was still an outsider.
This woman, who runs a tobacco shop in downtown Kyoto,
glares at men when they look at her and doesn't talk in Kyoto dialect.
I didn't know yet why she did that, though.
[A Sharply Graceful Girl]
Newbies shouldn't tell foreigners the way.
I just couldn't help it.
That's amazing, that you speak French. Did you study abroad?
I just remembered how to tell the way.
I see...
I just went to Yasaka Shrine.
The scenery seems different when you go there as an adult.
I also saw a Maiko in Gion District! (T/N: Maiko means Geisha.)
She's so pretty! It's my first time seeing one myself.
Do you like Maiko's?
This is a fake one.
The real ones only go out at night.
The ones walking around during the day are tourists who want to experience being a Maiko for a day.
But she even smiled and gave me a nod.
Well, isn't that because she was happy you thought she was a real one?
This is a real one.
The way they stand or behave is totally different.
I can't tell the difference... No, I really can't.
Look at the shoes.
The real ones wear lacquered wooden clogs that are hard to walk in
because they are so high, so they lower them for the tourists.
Clogs?
The wooden Geta.
There's even more. The real ones apply lipstick differently.
Lipstick?
Those who have only been a Maiko for less than a year only apply lipstick on their lower lip.
When they apply the lipstick on their upper lip, they become real Maikos.
Such regulations really exist, huh...
All right. If you've got it, then leave. If we talk any more it'll affect my sales.
What?
Could I get one?
You've told them the way for me, and I didn't do anything in return.
Huh? You don't even smoke, right? I can tell.
I'm sorry.
But I want to do something in return.
Well, then clean up outside the shop.
I'm not forcing you to, though.
No,...
but does it make people happy when someone else cleans for them in Kyoto?
My neighbor said that it was nice of me to do this troublesome chore for her.
Did you perhaps clean in front of her door as well?
Yes.
You received a baptism.
It's called "kadobakki." In Kyoto, there is an unspoken rule if you clean outside your house.
For real... follow me.
For example... from this point on...
this is your space.
And this'll be your neighbor's space.
It's correct to go a bit out of boundary.
Cleaning only in front of your door is not good.
But if you go all the way to your neighbor's door
it's like saying that they pushed a unnecessary favor on you.
Really?
Yori-chan, whatcha doing?
Shunsuke! Are you back from school?
Happy as always.
Who's that?
Uhm...
Yori-chan!
Oh, Junko!
You know him?
Oh, I'm sorry.
No, please don't apologize so much.
I'm at fault for not knowing the customs.
Please excuse me.
Yori-chan is my childhood friend, so...
She is like a substitute for his father and has always played with him.
Be careful not to get too close to Yuri-chan.
- Shunsuke... Let's get going. - What?
- Yuri-chan. - Hm? - If you are lonely, you are welcome to come to our house and live.
- Thanks, I'll think about it. - Okay.
Let's go.
- Bye. - Bye.
He's cute.
Shunsuke.
Speaking of, shouldn't you have walked together?
Oh, no, I still have to clean outside the shop.
No, it's fine.
No, I'll be done in a minute.
I'm sorry. I ended up not knowing the way after all.
I'm just walking you home while I get dinner for myself.
Yeah, sure.
What do you write about?
I plan to write about this city.
I thought I was fitting in already, but
I was totally wrong.
It seems like it's going to take a while.
You've only been here for a day, that's the same as not knowing anything at all.
What's wrong?
I dropped my hair band.
It fell into this...
I guess I won't see that again. The coat.
Ah, sure.
The neighbourhood where you and Junko live is right there if you walk straight and then turn left. Bye then.
Are you sure?
[Ramen menu]
- There you go. - Thank you.
Miss Yoriko.
Here.
How?
When I looked closer, I saw it had only fallen on the ground.
I moved here to Kyoto from Tokyo.
Have you ever been to Tokyo?
Tokyo...?
Speaking of, you never speak in Kyoto dialect.
Let's not talk about me.
Excuse me.
So?
I think the company wanted me to quit.
They sent me to the place I'm not used to in order to discourage me.
I'm no good at all.
I'm not useful at all.
No matter how much I write, it all gets rejected.
I'm not suited for this work.
But you didn't quit, right?
You're here now.
Isn't it more important
how we live the life we chose, and not which one we chose?
That was not by me, though.
Oh?
That's what some famous foreign actress, who was alive a long time ago, said.
I'll go now.
Uhm, about today...
Could I write an article about that?
About the Maikos, and the cleaning customs.
Can I write an article
about the things you told me today?
Do whatever you want.
[I met a writer who moved to this town. He doesn't look reliable,]
[UFO-X: Do I want to believe?]
I'd like to buy this, please.
Oh no, no- ah, it's fine. I'm sorry.
[Tobacco]
Junko.
What about that guy?
Do you mean Mr. Yamada perhaps?
Was that his name?
He hasn't been here since that time, has he?
Well, it's got nothing to do with me though.
Do you want me to bring Mr. Yamada?
More importantly, you'll be late for work.
Oops.
See you later.
- Is it this one? - Yeah, this one!
- Yes, it's here. - It's this shop.
[Kyoto branch office]
Yes, hello?
They are reprinting?
[Kyoto Trip: Kyoto's information desk] [Miss Yoriko at the Tobacco shop]
You, the guy who writes incorrect stuff! This is not an information desk!
I never thought it would turn out to this...
Come in through the front door over there and help me.
Of course!
Excuse me...
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Quick, come help me!
Yes.
That's amazing, that you speak French. Did you study abroad?
I just remembered how to tell the way.
Is that so?
[French Conversation]
Does this mean...
Isn't it more important
how we live the life we chose, and not which life we chose?
That's what some famous foreign actress, who was alive a long time ago, said.
Miss Yoriko... this person is still alive...
Don't just stand there, come help me!
Ah, yes!
That was the first time I heard you speak in Kyoto dialect.
Idiot. ♬ Between a crush and love ♬
The conversations with Miss Yoriko, ♬ How much distance is there? ♬
who I first met at this Tobacco shop in downtown Kyoto, ♬ Right away ♬
have only just started. ♬ I want to start running ♬
[Kyoto Trip: Kyoto's information desk] [Miss Yoriko at the Tobacco shop] ♬ and see it ♬
♬ We were always ♬
♬ Looking for the answer desperately ♬
♬ For sure, there is the process that's more important ♬
♬ But we don't know that ♬
She'll come back when she's hungry. ♬ The smile you show me is sweet and sour ♬
You are being too optimistic. ♬ I thought you were just curt ♬
Would you like a cup of tea? ♬ Today the rain is pouring ♬
Chika! ♬ But it will be sunny tomorrow ♬
Chika! ♬ The relationship like that weather ♬
I have no emotional attachment to Kyoto, where the streets are all the same. ♬ You and me across the universe ♬
It's like seeing my old self. ♬ Take off from the globe ♬
You will find out eventually, so ♬ I want to be myself that can always say "I love you" ♬
I guess it's okay to tell you. ♬ I can enjoy ♬
Yoriko-san, you are too skeptical of people. ♬ the town that has nothing ♬
Mom. ♬ The reason for my living became you ♬
♬ Let's go to meet the mysterious destination ♬