Afterword

First, I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks to the following locations for allowing me to use them in this book:

CACAO MARKET (MarieBelle Japan K.K.)

Yoshida-Sanso Inn (traditional Japanese restaurant and inn, former second home of Higashi-Fushimi no Miya)

When I visited Angel Library, the lovely, dreamlike cafe under Cacao Market in Gion, I thought, “I have to bring Kiyotaka and Aoi here!”

Yoshida-Sanso Inn on Mount Yoshida is brimming with romanticism, and when I visited Shinkokan, I was fascinated by its magnificence. I trembled with awe as I thought, “I want to write a story that takes place here!”

Kyoto has so many of these wonderful places, and this series has reached the fourth book full of the emotions they contain.

Once again, allow me to express my heartfelt gratitude to the city of Kyoto, the shrines and temples I visited, all of my readers, and everyone and everything surrounding me and this book.

Thank you so much.

Mai Mochizuki