# E5 - The First Drop
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***SIGN*** Kodama
***SIGN*** Shin-Osaka
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Hakata
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Hakata
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Nozomi
**[00:05] announcer**
* The train arriving at*
* track number 17 is Kodama 718.*
**[00:12] Ryu**
It's already so hot at this hour.
**[00:14] Miwa**
It is July already.
**[00:16] Ryu**
Ugh. I want to cool off
somewhere air conditioned.
**[00:21] Kyoko**
Good morning!
**[00:24] Yuri**
Hi.
**[00:25] Kyoko**
Thank you very much for inviting us!
**[00:28] Ryu**
Very much a morning person, I see.
**[00:30] Kyoko**
I've really been looking forward to this!
***SIGN*** A Commitment to Cask Aging
***SIGN*** Making the Various Pure Whiskies
***SIGN*** Distillation
**[00:32] Kyoko**
It's holy ground that any bartender
would want to see once.
**[00:35] Kyoko**
The Yamazaki Distillery!
**[00:38] Yuri**
I'm surprised you were
able to get reservations.
**[00:40] Yuri**
I hear it's really popular among tourists.
**[00:43] Ryu**
Let's just say I pulled some strings.
**[00:46] (Flashback) Taizo**
I've already made arrangements
with the people there.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Taizo**
It has great historical value, and you
can study their production process.
**[00:54] (Flashback) Taizo**
It's a must-see for bartenders
who want to expand their knowledge.
***SIGN*** Nozomi
***SIGN*** Shin-Osaka
***SIGN*** Reserved
**[01:00] Kyoko**
So, is it just the four of us going?
**[01:03] Ryu**
No, there's one more...
**[01:06] Ryu**
Oh. There he is.
**[01:07] Kyoko**
Huh?
**[01:08] Kyoko**
Check out that stud over there!
**[01:11] Kyoko**
Wait. I just can't.
**[01:12] Yuri**
Can't what?
**[01:13] Ryu**
Hey! Chen-kun!
***SIGN*** Glass of God
**[03:01] Kyoko**
I'm Kawakami Kyoko from Bar Minami!
**[03:05] Chen**
I'm Kelvin Chen. Bar K.
**[03:07] Yuri**
Oh? Kuzuhara-san's place.
**[03:10] Yuri**
I'm from Hell's arms. Kinjo Yur—
**[03:12] Kyoko**
So, Chen-san, have you been in Japan long?
**[03:16] Chen**
No.
**[03:17] Kyoko**
But your Japanese is super good!
**[03:21] Chen**
My mother is Japanese.
**[03:22] Kyoko**
Oh? Is this your first trip
to the Yamazaki Distillery?
**[03:26] Chen**
Yes.
**[03:27] Kyoko**
So you wanted to see the holy ground
of Japanese whisky once?
**[03:31] Chen**
Kuzuhara-sensei sent me.
**[03:34] Kyoko**
Ah. Sounds tough.
**[03:36] Yuri**
Is this your first trip to Kyoto?
**[03:39] Chen**
I've been once.
**[03:40] Kyoko**
Huh? On vacation?
**[03:44] Kyoko**
Hey! What is up with this guy?
**[03:46] Ryu**
What's going on?
**[03:47] Miwa**
Looks like we have a long trip ahead.
**[03:52] Miwa**
Ah! We made it!
***SIGN*** Taxi
Stand
**[03:52] Ryu**
Whew.
**[03:54] Kyoko**
Yeah!
**[03:55] Miwa**
Oh, I can see it!
**[03:57] Kyoko**
You're right!
***SIGN*** Designated Parking Lot for Buses and Wheelchairs
**[03:59] Kyoko**
Since 1923, huh?
**[04:01] Yuri**
A hundred years ago.
**[04:03] Ryu**
The Yamazaki Distillery is the oldest
distillery of malt whisky in Japan.
**[04:09] Kyoko**
Wow.
**[04:10] Ryu**
Why do you think they built it here?
**[04:13] Kyoko**
Huh? Why?
**[04:16] Kyoko**
Close to the station?
**[04:17] Yuri**
For the rent?
**[04:18] Chen**
For the rivers.
**[04:20] Chen**
The Uji River, the Kizu River,
and the Katsura River.
**[04:24] Chen**
Those three rivers converge here,
and the area often gets covered in fog.
**[04:29] Chen**
Mild temperatures and a humid climate are
said to be ideal conditions for aging whisky.
**[04:35] Miwa**
You sure know a lot about it.
**[04:36] Ryu**
Good on you for studying up beforehand!
**[04:39] Chen**
I wouldn't want to reflect
poorly on the Bar K name.
**[04:43] Kyoko**
Then that would mean I'm...
**[04:45] Yuri**
...dragging the Bar Minami
name through the mud.
**[04:48] Kyoko**
Well, you're no better!
**[04:50] Miwa**
Come on, now. We're all here to learn.
**[04:53] Guide**
We shall now begin the educational tour.
**[04:57] Ryu**
The main ingredient
in malt whisky is barley.
**[05:01] Ryu**
They use barley and water to make wort...
**[05:05] Ryu**
and then add yeast to ferment it.
**[05:11] Ryu**
They then take that unrefined liquid and
distill it to make what's called a new pot.
**[05:16] Miwa**
It's clear, even though it's whisky?
**[05:19] Ryu**
After it's aged, it takes on a golden color.
**[05:23] Miwa & Kyoko**
Wow!
**[05:27] Ryu**
In the whisky world,
**[05:28] Ryu**
it takes five or ten years for the flavor
you've created to be appreciated.
**[05:33] Ryu**
You can't make excuses for failures
to drinkers in the future.
**[05:38] Ryu**
So makers put their heart and soul
into crafting each batch.
**[05:44] Kyoko**
Look at this cask! It's from 1924!
**[05:48] Miwa**
Huh.
**[05:49] Yuri**
So it's 100 years old.
**[05:51] Kyoko**
I wonder what it tastes like.
**[05:54] Chen**
I'm sure the contents
have all evaporated by now.
**[05:57] Kyoko**
Obviously. You don't need to tell us.
**[06:00] Yuri**
Oh. That cask is as old as me.
**[06:02] Kyoko**
Huh? I wonder if there's one
from the year I was born.
**[06:05] Miwa**
Yeah. I want to look too.
**[06:25] Guide**
And that concludes our
pure whisky tasting.
***SIGN*** Yamazaki
***SIGN*** Wine Cask
Pure Whisky
***SIGN*** Mongolian Oak
Cask Pure Whisky
***SIGN*** Spanish Oak
Cask Pure
Whisky
***SIGN*** White Oak
Cask Pure
Whisky
***SIGN*** Thank You Very Much Today
**[06:30] Guide**
In a normal program, we always ask guests
to make Highballs at the end,
**[06:36] Guide**
but in this case, I'd love to learn from
professionals how to make a delicious drink.
**[06:43] Ryu**
Well, then.
**[06:45] Ryu**
Chen-kun, would you do the honors?
**[06:48] Chen**
Very well.
**[07:16] Chen**
One Highball.
**[07:17] Kyoko**
"One Highball"?
**[07:20] Kyoko**
She said she wanted to learn. Don't you have
some techniques or tricks you can share?
**[07:24] Guide**
Thank you very much.
**[07:26] Kyoko**
Look, you're putting our guide on the spot.
**[07:28] Guide**
No, that was very helpful.
**[07:31] Ryu**
All right, why don't we go try a new pot?
**[07:34] Miwa**
What? You can drink it?
**[07:36] Kyoko**
Wait. What about this Highball?
**[07:37] Kyoko**
How could we leave it without drinking it?!
**[07:43] Miwa**
Wow, it tastes like barley shochu.
**[07:46] Kyoko**
And this eventually turns into that flavor?
**[07:48] Yuri**
I can't imagine that at all.
**[07:51] Ryu**
You're right.
**[07:52] Kyoko**
The aging process must be really important.
**[07:55] Ryu**
Chen-kun, don't you want some?
**[07:58] Chen**
I'm fine.
**[08:00] Chen**
I would never serve this to guests anyway.
**[08:03] Yuri**
So that's why you didn't try
the pure whisky either.
**[08:06] Kyoko**
Won't you get in trouble if Kuzuhara-san
asks you what you thought?
**[08:15] Ryu**
Well?
**[08:16] Chen**
It's quite harsh.
**[08:18] Ryu**
Even if you won't serve it, there's no harm
in learning what it tastes like, right?
**[08:22] Chen**
No, I still think it's rather meaningless.
**[08:27] Ryu**
Rather meaningless, huh.
**[08:33] Ryu**
I see. So you're competing
in the Cocktail Award.
**[08:36] Yuri**
After that time you came,
Kyoko came back to the bar alone.
**[08:40] Yuri**
She said, "I'm going to compete too!"
She just wanted to toot her own horn.
**[08:43] Kyoko**
So we've decided to go visit a bunch
of different bars later to study.
**[08:49] Ryu**
Huh. Now that's dedication.
**[08:52] Ryu**
What happened to Chen-kun?
**[08:54] Miwa**
He said he had something to do
and wanted to go off on his own.
**[08:57] Kyoko**
Hey, what is up with Chen-kun anyway?
He's really unfriendly and stubborn.
**[09:03] Kyoko**
Since his mentor is Mister Perfect,
does the disciple have to be Mister Robot?
**[09:07] Kyoko**
What a waste of his good looks.
**[09:09] Miwa**
I wonder if he's like that
with guests at the bar too.
**[09:13] Kyoko**
If he treats customers like that,
they're gonna leave!
**[09:17] Ryu**
Mm-hmm. That's why
I brought him on the tour.
**[09:22] Ryu**
To spend time with other bartenders.
**[09:24] Ryu**
I hope the trip helps him
figure something out.
**[09:40] Passerby**
Ah, if you mean the Takeyas,
they quit a long time ago.
**[09:45] Passerby**
Somebody else bought the property
and left the place as it is, though.
**[09:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Are we really gonna go?
**[10:03] Chen**
Chitose...
***SIGN*** Glass of God
***SIGN*** Minase Shrine
**[10:11] Miwa**
Are you all right?
**[10:14] Ryu**
We were out pretty late yesterday.
**[10:16] Miwa**
What time did you get back to the hotel?
**[10:19] Ryu**
Let's see...
**[10:21] Ryu**
We went to K6, right?
**[10:23] Ryu**
Then Calvador,
**[10:26] Ryu**
Gion Samboa,
**[10:27] Ryu**
Kiyamachi Samboa,
**[10:30] Ryu**
El Tesoro,
**[10:32] Ryu**
Talisker,
**[10:34] Ryu**
and Finlandia.
**[10:36] Ryu**
Then Rocking Chair.
**[10:38] Ryu**
I have no idea what time it was.
**[10:42] Miwa**
Chen-san, did you sleep well?
**[10:46] Chen**
Oh.
**[10:48] Ryu**
Let's go. There's something
I want to show you.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 75 0 75 45 0 45
***SIGN*** Nadamiya Water
Please bring your
own clean container
from home to draw water.
**[10:54] Chen**
Is this what you wanted to show me?
**[10:56] Ryu**
Yeah.
**[10:57] Ryu**
This is a source of famous spring water.
It was even mentioned in the Manyoshu.
**[11:01] Ryu**
They say Sen no Rikyu liked this water so much
that he decided to set up a tea room.
**[11:07] Ryu**
The distillery uses this water, too.
**[11:11] Ryu**
Water is the lifeblood of whisky, after all.
**[11:15] Ryu**
It all begins with one drop.
**[11:17] Ryu**
The droplets slowly trickle downward,
**[11:21] Ryu**
eventually into a creek,
which irrigates the trees.
**[11:26] Ryu**
After dozens or hundreds of years,
that becomes a river
**[11:31] Ryu**
which nurtures abundant life.
**[11:35] Ryu**
Each glass of whisky contains memories
of a very, very long history.
**[11:42] Ryu**
Don't you think that, rather than
serving customers drinks unknowingly,
**[11:45] Ryu**
it's better to know what
that glass represents
**[11:49] Ryu**
so you can convey something to them
with the drink that transcends mere flavor?
**[11:53] Miwa**
Thanks for waiting.
**[11:55] Miwa**
My grandpa asked me
to get some water for him.
**[11:59] Ryu**
Well then, since we're here...
**[12:03] Ryu**
Here. It's a good luck charm.
**[12:05] Ryu**
Minase Shrine's charms are
said to help improve skills.
**[12:11] Chen**
A charm...
**[12:12] Chen**
Um, is this also a good luck charm?
***SIGN*** Hosho Yama Amulet
**[12:19] Miwa**
It does have "amulet" written on it.
**[12:22] Chen**
Amulet?
**[12:23] Miwa**
Yeah. Um...
**[12:26] Miwa**
Hosho Yama is one of the decorative
floats used in the Gion Festival.
**[12:32] Chen**
The Gion Festival?
**[12:33] Miwa**
That amulet is one you can buy
after dark at the festival.
**[12:37] Ryu**
So they only sell it during the festival?
**[12:41] Miwa**
It's named after a story about
the fulfillment of true love.
**[12:45] Ryu**
Huh.
**[13:05] Chen**
*It was 12 years ago.*
**[13:18] (Flashback) Driver**
Right about now is when they
start putting the floats together.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Driver**
Did you come to see the Gion Festival?
**[13:27] (Flashback) Lee**
Kelvin.
**[13:29] (Flashback) Lee**
We aren't here to sightsee.
**[13:31] (Flashback) Lee**
Try to keep your excitement to yourself.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Lee**
You are my heir, after all.
***SIGN*** Takeya
**[13:40] (Flashback) Mistress**
Hello there! Thanks for coming.
**[13:42] (Flashback) Lee**
Thank you for having us.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Mistress**
You must be all tired out.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Mistress**
I'll show you to your room right away.
**[13:52] (Flashback) Chitose**
I'm sorry!
**[13:54] (Flashback) Chitose**
Hello there. Thanks for coming.
**[13:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Uh... "Welcome"?
**[13:59] (Flashback) Chen**
Japanese is fine.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Chitose**
That's a relief!
**[14:04] (Flashback) Mistress**
Please excuse her. This way, then.
**[14:12] (Flashback) Chitose**
Oh. You can leave your footwear there.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Chen**
It's all right.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Lee**
We're heading out as soon
as we put our luggage away.
**[14:19] (Flashback) Lee**
Don't drag your feet.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Chen**
All right.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Mistress**
We'll prepare your meals.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Lee**
Oh? How clever of you to notice
that my son is left-handed.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Chitose**
I watched when he put his shoes away.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Mistress**
This is my daughter, Chitose.
**[14:46] (Flashback) Mistress**
She'll eventually be my successor.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Lee**
Is that right?
**[14:50] (Flashback) Lee**
I'm also thinking of leaving
my hotel in Singapore to my son.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Mistress**
Oh, to the boy?
**[14:57] (Flashback) Lee**
His name is Kelvin.
**[14:58] (Flashback) Mistress**
He looks like a fine young man.
***SIGN*** Kyoto - Gion Festival
***SIGN*** The Floats Appear
***SIGN*** Takeya
***SIGN*** Boys and Girls
Literature Collection
**[16:22] (Flashback) Chitose**
Stop saying that!
**[16:24] (Flashback) Chitose**
You decided all by yourself that
I have to follow in your footsteps!
**[16:27] (Flashback) Mistress**
Chitose!
**[16:35] (Flashback) Chitose**
It pisses me off so much!
**[16:38] (Flashback) Chitose**
I want to decide what to do with my life!
**[16:42] (Flashback) Chen**
Chitose-san.
**[16:43] (Flashback) Chitose**
Just call me Chitose.
**[16:46] (Flashback) Chen**
Chitose, do you want to become a dancer?
**[16:48] (Flashback) Chitose**
Huh? How'd you know?
**[16:51] (Flashback) Chen**
I saw you practicing.
**[16:53] (Flashback) Chitose**
What?
**[16:54] (Flashback) Chitose**
Oh no! That's so embarrassing!
**[16:56] (Flashback) Chitose**
Well, that is my dream. Just a dream.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Chen**
That's so cool. You have
something to aim for.
**[17:04] (Flashback) Chitose**
It won't happen, though.
**[17:06] (Flashback) Chitose**
I'm the only child.
**[17:10] (Flashback) Chitose**
If I don't take over,
it'll make my mom really sad.
**[17:15] (Flashback) Chen**
So you're just gonna do what you're told?
**[17:18] (Flashback) Chitose**
Chen-kun too, right?
You follow your dad's orders every day.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Chen**
But I don't want to
just follow orders forever.
**[17:27] (Flashback) Chen**
I'm going to destroy the tracks
that my parents put down for me.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay, wanna destroy them?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Chen**
Huh?
**[17:35] (Flashback) Chitose**
If your ice cream stick has "winner" on it,
**[17:40] (Flashback) Chitose**
then you have to boycott the plans
you were given for tomorrow.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Chen**
Okay, then if yours is a winner,
you have to boycott your chores at the inn.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Chitose**
It's a deal.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Chitose**
Then if we both get winners...
**[17:57] (Flashback) Chitose**
Let's go see the festival!
**[17:59] (Flashback) Chitose**
The Gion Festival!
**[18:03] (Flashback) Chen**
Fine with me.
**[18:05] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay!
***SIGN*** Winner
***SIGN*** Winner
**[18:08] (Flashback) Chitose**
Wow, a winner!
**[18:09] (Flashback) Chen**
Both of them? You're kidding me!
**[18:12] (Flashback) Chitose**
No kidding!
**[18:14] (Flashback) Chitose**
Okay.
**[18:17] (Flashback) Chitose**
Are we really gonna go?
**[18:21] (Flashback) Chen**
Yeah, let's go.
**[18:23] (Flashback) Chitose**
Yes! It'll be fun!
**[18:25] (Flashback) Chen**
Yeah.
**[18:36] Chen**
But...
**[18:38] Chen**
I didn't go after all.
**[18:41] Chen**
I couldn't defy my father.
**[18:45] Chen**
But I've always wondered about it.
**[18:48] Chen**
If she went to the Gion Festival
or if she didn't.
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
***SIGN*** Come back and
visit sometime.
***SIGN*** Chitose
**[18:58] Miwa**
If she told you she had gone, maybe
she thought it would hurt your feelings.
**[19:03] Miwa**
So maybe she put her feelings
into this amulet instead.
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
**[19:11] Chen**
I don't know what Chitose is doing now.
**[19:16] Chen**
The inn she was at went out of business.
**[19:20] Chen**
I have no way to apologize anymore.
**[19:24] Chen**
I broke my promise to Chitose.
I hurt her feelings.
**[19:30] Chen**
I'm a terrible person.
**[19:36] Chen**
What's this?
**[19:39] Ryu**
Yamazaki 12 Year.
**[19:41] Ryu**
And in it...
**[19:43] Ryu**
a little water.
**[19:50] Ryu**
Have a sip.
**[20:06] Chen**
Just by adding water,
the flavor really opens up.
**[20:11] Ryu**
It's the flavor of twelve years passing.
**[20:16] Ryu**
Even that harsh new pot whisky
**[20:20] Ryu**
matures into this kind of flavor
after twelve years.
**[20:25] Chen**
The flavor of time.
**[20:28] Ryu**
You're the same way, Chen-kun.
**[20:31] Ryu**
Most people don't hold
on to their regrets for twelve years.
**[20:37] Ryu**
But I think that people who hold
on to difficult memories and regrets,
**[20:42] Ryu**
and let those feelings mature over time,
***SIGN*** Hosho
Yama
Amulet
**[20:47] Ryu**
are the only ones able to grow into adults.
**[20:56] Chen**
I'm sorry, Chitose.
**[21:02] Miwa**
Thank you for allowing us
to use your bar on such short notice.
**[21:05] Manager**
Not at all! Please send
Chairman Kurushima my regards.
**[21:09] Miwa**
Sure.
**[21:11] Miwa**
Now, we just need to get
Kyoko-san and Yuri-san.
**[21:14] Ryu**
Where did they go, anyway?
**[21:16] Kyoko**
Ooh! This is so good!
**[21:20] Yuri**
Tastes good. Looks good.
No complaints!
**[21:23] Miwa**
They aren't picking up.
***SIGN*** Tokaido, Sanyo Shinkansen Platforms
**[21:29] Chen**
Thank you very much. Really.
**[21:32] Chen**
I think I finally understand what
kind of work bartending actually is.
**[21:38] Ryu**
Aren't you glad you tried it? The new pot.
**[21:42] Chen**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Tap Here
**[21:49] Chen**
It's Chen. I'm headed to the bar now.
**[21:54] Kyoko**
Ooh! It's so good!
**[21:57] Yuri**
Tastes good. Looks good.
No complaints!
**[22:01] Bartender**
Miss, are you planning
on staying in town tonight?
**[22:04] Kyoko**
Nah, we're goin' back. On the Shinkansen.
**[22:10] Kyoko**
Wait, what time is it?
**[22:12] Bartender**
There aren't any more trains today.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The True Face