Nanako Ito just finished her day's work a few minutes ago and returned to her home in Tokyo by car.
Since she took over the Ito family not long ago, Nanako Ito has been working overtime during this period so that she can adapt as soon as possible and be promoted to the role of the helm of the Ito family.
Under normal circumstances, she usually waits until after 9 p.m. to get home from get off work.
The main reason why she returned home after six o'clock today is because today is the fiftieth birthday of her father Takehiko Ito.
She left work early specifically to celebrate her father's birthday.
In the past, when Takehiko Ito celebrated his birthday, not only the entire Ito family members would come to congratulate him, but even the heads of many prominent families in Tokyo would come to congratulate him.
However, since Takehiko Ito's legs were amputated, he has been very resistant to crowded and lively occasions. Therefore, at this year's birthday dinner, he closed the door and thanked guests. He simply stayed at home with his daughter, sister, and loyal servant Tanaka Koichi.
When a person has a meal, it is considered to be a birthday celebration.
When Nanako Ito came in, her aunt Emi Ito had just brought her servants and prepared a sumptuous table of delicacies in the center of the main hall. She also specially prepared two bottles of the top 14th Generation Longsen sake for Takehiko Ito.
Seeing Nanako Ito come back, Emi Ito smiled and said: "Nanako, go to your father's room quickly and ask him to come out. The food has been prepared and you are back. You can start."
"Okay aunt." Nanako Ito nodded slightly, and then asked in a low voice: "Aunt, is your father in a good mood?"
"It's okay." Ito Emi smiled and said: "I was a little depressed at noon, but in the afternoon Tanaka came over to accompany him and fed the koi, and the two played pool. It seemed much better. I just said I was a little tired and wanted to go back.
Rest in the room for a while, and then call him after you arrive."
"Okay." Nanako Ito sighed softly and said, "Then I'll call him right now."
Ito Emi instructed: "Go and put on your kimono first. Don't forget your father's character. Everyone in the mansion has changed into Japanese clothes today."
Nanako Ito patted her forehead: "I almost forgot...I'm going to change clothes right now!"
The Japanese nation, in some respects, is a contradictory body where water and fire coexist.
In the whole of Asia, Japan is the most Westernized country. Office workers in this country wear suits and ties all year round, even in the hottest weather. However, they are also one of the countries that retain their traditional culture the most thoroughly.
Take Takehiko Ito, for example, almost always wears suits and leather shoes in public, and he even pays more attention to Western etiquette than the British. However, when he leaves the business world, he prefers to live in a traditional Japanese manor. On major holidays, he only wears clothes at home.
Patterned with feather woven hakama.
The haori hakama, like the kimono worn by Japanese women, is the highest status traditional clothing in Japan.
Whether Nanako used to go to school, compete, or work now, she would dress in a normal modern Western style most of the time. However, due to family tradition, she would also change into a kimono on major holidays to show her tradition.
Back in her room, Nanako chose a pure white kimono, and with the help of two maids, she put the kimono and matching decorations on neatly.
After all, Yamato Nadeshiko is known as the most beautiful woman in Japan. When Nanako puts on the traditional Japanese kimono, Yamato Nadeshiko's unparalleled beauty and quiet virginal temperament are more vividly highlighted.
The maid who was tying her waist couldn't help but exclaimed: "Miss, she looks so beautiful in a kimono. If she gets married in a kimono in the future, she will surely amaze the whole of Japan!"
Nanako Ito looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but said shyly: "Why do you have to wear a kimono to get married?"
The maid said in surprise: "My lord adheres to the tradition so much. If you don't wear a kimono to get married, he will definitely be very angry, right? Besides, I always think that we Japanese women look better in kimonos than in wedding dresses. After all, this is who we are."
The traditional clothing passed down from generation to generation is not only tailor-made for us, but also more in line with the temperament of us Japanese women."
Ito Nanako's pretty face blushed slightly and said, "Did you know that there is a kind of wedding dress in China called the dragon and phoenix gown, which is also very beautiful."