Whakarāpopototanga
E rua nga kotiro e hiahia ana kia noho hei whakapakoko, ka uru ki roto i ta raua kura moemoea roa—Kiraboshi-juku—Kiraboshi Nadeshiko me tona hoa tata a Mangetsu Sakurako. He tino tata te tokorua nei, ahakoa he kotiro raua, he maha nga wa ka whakatauritea raua ki te tokorua kua marenatia e te hunga e noho tata ana ki a raua.
Na ka timata to ratau oranga i roto i te whare noho hei hoa noho. Heoi, i to ratou po tuatahi, ka pa mai tetahi hikaka rerekee ki a Nadeshiko…