Chapter 5
War Starts
The celebrations are over and it’s back to work!
This was the slogan posted around town once the 2600th anniversary events had all finished.
But Mistress Tokiko was entirely unsuited to work. She was far more cut out for social activities like celebrations and festivities, going out and welcoming guests, that sort of thing, and was at her most attractive when having fun. She grimaced whenever she heard slogans like: ‘New year decorations outside every house is too much of a luxury!’ and: ‘Abolish the custom of posting New Year cards!’
Relatively affordable meisen silk was in fashion and widely advertised by department stores at the time, but the Mistress turned her nose up, saying, ‘Meisen kimonos made a long time ago are really good quality, so why should I have
