All language subtitles for Asa Ga Kita Week 13 Ep073 (848x480 x264)

Take care of this family.

Shokichi who had been the
anchor for the Kano-ya

people had talked about in
the past, passed away.

With this, Kano-ya will
fall to the wayside...

There's only that youngster
and that tomboy wife now.

MEETING ROOM

Then a most unexpected
offer came to Asa.

I want Asa...

...to come with
me to Tokyo.

To Tokyo?

You... want to take
me to Tokyo?

Asa ga Kita

Week 13
"Tokyo Story"
Episode 73

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

Tomoaki Godai:
Dean FUJIOKA

Kisuke:
Hiroki MIYAKE

Ume:
TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka:
Akito KIRIYAMA

Fuyu:
Kaya KIYOHARA

Yono Shirooka:
Jun FUBUKI

Tokyo?

I didn't know you
were here!

Come over here.

Why do you want to
take me to Tokyo?

Tokyo is trying to make
major changes right now.

It's the place in Japan where
civilization is about to blossom.

What kind of flower is
a "sibireigeisha" flower?

Idiot! You're not hearing it
right... It's not "shibireru

"geisha," it's "civilization."

You did a good job of
pronouncing that.

Civilization is...

It's what Yukichi Fukuzawa
refers to as "bunmei."

"Bunmei" (civilization)?

The flower of civilization?

For the sake of the progress of
the cultural enlightenment

that the government is trying to
set forth there's a pressing

need for industrial development
and for foreign trade to flourish.

However because Japan doesn't
have anyone representing

commerce and industry
who will speak up,

foreign countries wouldn't
even listen to us.

In Tokyo, there will soon be our
country's first Chamber of

Commerce where members of
commerce and industry

can gather, the Tokyo
Chamber of Commerce.

Tokyo "shohoukaigihyo"?

"Kaigihyo"?

I'm going to Tokyo right away
to check out the Tokyo

Chamber of Commerce that
was just completed.

And I want you to
come with me.

What a surprise! Going to that
"toko shohyo kaigihyo."

This time you didn't
even say Tokyo.

You said "toko."

You don't have to
tell me, I know!

But you looked
so serious.

Don't laugh at me.

It's like a tongue twister,
so it's hard.

Why does Mr. Godai have to
talk to this idiot couple?

Pardon me... The words were
a little too difficult for me,

but there were just two things
that I really understood.

You understood?

First was the name,
Yukichi Fukuzawa.

Remember? I read his book.

That's right. You really
liked it, didn't you?

I've always thought that
Mr. Fukuzawa's ideas were really new.

That's why the "bunmei"
that you mentioned

is something important.

Anyone would know
Mr. Fukuzawa's name.

Are you sure about
a woman like this?

You really are a bad judge
of character, aren't you?

And the other thing
I understood was...

That we need to hurry,
and make one of those

chamber of commerce
things here in Osaka.

One of those whatever you
call them meeting rooms?

If they only have one in
Tokyo, then in the

future, all the politicians
and economists will

only gather in Tokyo.

Lately, the people who are
buying the coal mines in

Kyushu are all from Tokyo.

In order for Japan to gain
power, it should be

important to nurture the
various towns in Japan

so that it's not just
Tokyo that will grow.

Is that how it is?

That's why we have to hurry
and start one of those

"sho... shohou kaigisho"
here in Osaka, too.

Make the flower of our
civilization bloom and

get Osaka businesses to
flourish even more.

You have great insight!

Just what I'd expect
from you, Asa.

What are you doing
with my wife?

Pardon me.

It's called "shake hands."

It's a symbol of friendship.
Please forgive me.

Just as you said, Asa...

We need to make one of
those here in Osaka

as soon as possible.

That's the reason I'm going
to inspect the one in Tokyo.

Eventually, I want to borrow
riot only Kano-ya's abilities

but all of the Osaka
merchants abilities.

I see... In order to do that
you want Asa to study it?

Yes. That's right.

Is that right?

At that moment, the first
thing that came to mind

was Chiyo who's still
so young.

I'm grateful for your offer,
but I can't go.

Of course... I'll help you
to make that Chamber

of Commerce, but going to
Tokyo is way beyond me.

I still have my hands full with
rebuilding the coal mine.

Tokyo is closer than
northern Kyushu.

If you go to Tokyo, you could
gain even more than you've

gained in Kyushu...

Mr. Godai is too reckless.

I just got back
from Kyushu...

And he's suggesting
I go to Tokyo.

I don't have time to go
sightseeing in Tokyo.

Besides, I have to go back
to Kyushu soon to get

things straightened
out over there.

Even if I don't go to Tokyo,
there are a lot of new

things here in Osaka
to see, too.

Like the Osaka Station, the
Kawaguchi settlement and

the cherry blossoms at
the Mint Bureau...

Asa!

If you say you want to go
for the sake of the family,

I'll tell you not to go now
since you have to think

about Chiyo, too.

But if you say you want to
go for your own sake...

then I won't stop you.

I'll convince Mom
and Eizaburo.

Why?

You've always loved
to study, and you'll

be able to learn about
business in our capital.

I know you'd be happy
to do that.

And besides, you'll be going
there with Mr. Godai, the mining king.

I'm sure there'll he lots of
things you can't learn

by just reading books.

My husband...

Why? Why did you tell her
it was okay for her to go?

You're right. But I realized
that she wants to go.

She's undecided because
of Chiyo and the family.

But she looked as if she
wanted to go so badly.

The young mistress
loves anything new.

I know, but even though
it can't be helped that

she goes to Kyushu
because it's business,

but for a woman to go to
Tokyo on a pleasure trip.

My mom used to go to Kyoto
and Arima on pleasure trips

when she was young.

Those are two different things.

That's right.

And on top of that, maybe
if she was going with a

middle-aged man with
a paunch, but she'll

be going with a man
in his prime.

Head Clerk!

What are you saying?

I told him what
I really thought.

But Mr. Godai should
have invited me

since I'm the eighth generation
head of Kano-ya.

Asa went through a lot
to learn on her own,

and she knows more about
business than we all think.

Mr. Godai can't be fooled.

Is that right?

Still, Asa really was
admirable earlier.

She said that we have to
get Osaka businesses

to flourish even more.

I'll have to admit that when
the young mistress is

working, her looks really
look manly.

Doesn't she? Once in a
while when she's

sewing or cooking,
she looks like this...

With her mouth all puckered
up, making her look ugly.

She does! She really does.

She looks like this.

Stop it!

I'm sorry.

Stop it!

I see... Does she
look like this?

You don't have
to copy them.

Even if you'll let her go,
I'm sure the mistress

won't be happy about it.

That's true.

Who won't look
happy about it?

What are you talking about?

I'm Toshizo Hijikata, the vice
commander of Shinsengumi.

Chiyo... don't you like
puppets like this?

I used to like this
when I was little.

Lately, Chiyo likes the cat
that the mistress made...

Don't you, Chiyo?

This is nice, isn't it? Unlike me,
you're more feminine.

Did you make that, Oasa?

When I went to the coal
mine, I made these from

things I found oft ground
on the mountain, but it

started to fall apart on
the long journey.

Will you throw
these away?

But it seems like
such a waste.

Come to think of it, the
other day, Chiyo was

saying "babababa..."

The mistress said Chiyo
was calling her, and

she was so happy.

Not seeing you for just
a little while, you just

keep getting bigger and
bigger all the time.

Oasa. The mistress
wants to see you...

About Tokyo.

I don't understand...

I don't care how great he is,
how could he invite a woman

who's married with a child
to go on a trip with him?

It's not just an ordinary
pleasure trip...

Excuse me.

I heard about it, Asa.

You're making an unreasonable
demand about going to Tokyo.

No... Mother...

I want to go to Tokyo.

Oasa!

I won't make excuses.

I just want to go.

I want to go to Tokyo where
civilization is blooming and

the town is trying to become a
place recognized by the world.

I want to see it with
my own eyes.

I'm appalled.

But I don't want to
leave Chiyo...

I want to wait until she's
a little older and spend

more time with her, and
be her mother...

I want to be a
better mother.

That's why I...

Asa...

There's something I have
to make clear to you right now.

As a woman with more
experience than you.

Listen to me...

You're being greedy.