Recap - Massan Week 10, Ep 59

Massan

Week 10: "It is darkest under the lamp post"

Episode 59 (12/5/2014)

Massan and Mr. Kamoi are making progress with their whisky plans and Ellie finishes her renovations around the house. 

RECAP:  

Massan and Ellie are in awe at the beautiful misty scenery before them. They had no idea such a place could exist in Yamazaki. 

At the same time, Mr. Kamoi has completed his arrangement of the different buildings for the new distillery. 

The next day, Massan is telling Mr. Kamoi about the place he visited yesterday and how it's conditions might actually be alright to make whisky but Mr. Kamoi didn't choose Yamazaki for its conditions, he chose it because it was near the railways. Massan thinks he understands what Mr. Kamoi means: By being close to a train station, they can save a lot on the transportation of materials. This isn't the reason Mr. Kamoi was thinking though. His reason for wanting to be near the train station is for advertisement purposes. Many people will pass by the distillery and they can even allow people to come inside and see the whisky making process. That is why it is important that they have the passageway run along the "heart" of the whisky process, the potstills. 

That night when Massan returns home he is still amazed by Mr. Kamoi's idea and tells Ellie about it and says that Mr. Kamoi is a Martian. Ellie tells him that with Massan's skills to make whisky and Mr. Kamoi's skills to sell, they make a perfect combination. 

The next day, Massan leaves for Yamazaki to do some more tests and tells Ellie he will be gone for 4 - 5 days. While he is gone, Ellie begins construction on her renovations.

Massan is walking through the mountain area doing various tests in Yamazaki and, meanwhile, in Hiroshima, Massan's father shows Toshio a letter to him, which is written completely in English. 

A few days later, the renovations are all complete at Massan and Ellie's home. Ellie and her friends are preparing to test out the new gas stove they had installed and they all cheer once it lights up successfully. 

Just then, Massan returns home and notices all the changes, including Ellie's new hairstyle. As he walks around and sees all the changes that have been made, he finally notices the chandelier in the dining room. Catherine tells him it was her dream to have a chandelier in her own home and since he left everything to Ellie to take care of she decided to help out and chose the chandelier. Massan is upset, however, at the unnecessary spending on the chandelier. 

Once everyone leaves and Ellie is alone with Massan she hugs him and says, "hisashiburi" (long time no see). Someone then comes to the front door and it turns out to be Toshio. Massan is surprised and asks what he is doing here, and Toshio explains that he was asked to come here. Ellie invites him into the house and once he sees the kitchen, he is amazed. She was the one who wrote the letter to him.