Vol.102 Things That are Handed Down

In the cold of her 20th winter in Ohara, Kyoto, Venetia plants bulbs and flowers for the spring. At her English school, she thanks the staff for the year's work. She then visits the Reizei family of the renowned "waka" poetry tradition. Stepping inside the last of the residence of the court nobility and trying the shell-matching game, once popular among Heian aristocrats, she appreciates the importance of passing down traditional culture. Guests at her New Year's party are treated to her original vegetarian dishes.