The Place Where the Sun Sits (太陽の坐る場所)

I have a favor to ask.

Could you lock me up?

You have the right to do it.

Do it.

I'll let you.

But you should know...

Getting locked up

and shutting yourself in are different.

I am different from those afraid of the dark.

No matter where she goes,

a Goddess will bring the daylight with her.

The sun...

burns bright wherever it is.

Hello, everyone! A new week has started!

It's time for Love and the Skies, brought to you by Takama Kyouko.

The first song I'm playing for you

is a request from someone nicknamed The Rain Lady.

The theme song for the film Amano Iwato.

"Kyouko Onee-san, I love listening to your show."

Thank you very much.

"I have a first date coming up this Sunday."

"I really want it to be sunny."

"I bought an outfit that suits the blue sky, after all."

"Of course, I made a Teru Teru Bouzu."

"But to be on the safe side, I would like to request the Amano Iwato theme song."

I see!

The Rain Lady thought this song might help get the sun to come out.

In the film Amano Iwato, the Sun goddess Amaterasu shuts herself into the Amano Iwato cave system

and causes the world to fall into night.

The film tells the story of Amaterasu's exit from the cave, as told in some of Japan's oldest records.

So, I will now play Amano Iwato's theme song. Please give it a listen.

I am...

different from those afraid of the dark.

After Amaterasu

disappeared into Amano Iwato

the world

lost its light and fell into night.

However...

when I was 18,

I believed that she, while inside those caves,

bathed in the light that those outside had lost.

The Place Where the Sun Sits

Hello?

Shimazu-kun?

It's been a long time.

How are you?

What?

This is about the class reunion... I thought I'd pass on the invite one more time.

I think everyone would be happy if you showed up.

Truth is, persuading people to come is getting harder.

So I'm asking because of that, too.

That day doesn't really work for me.

I'm sorry.

I was hoping you wouldn't say that.

I'm sorry.

I can't go.

Now then! Let's hear the weather report we've all been waiting for.

Takama-san!

The weather, please!

Hello, everyone! Good morning!

I'm Takama Kyouko of The Weather is Great!

Today we are broadcasting from Yamanashi Gakuin University.

I remember doing this myself 10 years ago, but today is the first day of the Center Test!

Very nervous-looking students have been coming in one-by-one for a while now.

I remember when I took the exam, all sorts of things went wrong

like trains stopping due to heavy snowfall and ending up coming in late!

Now then, the weather for our students today and tomorrow is:

cloudy in the mid-west--

And now for the lead actress, Kyouko-san!

The next one is being held in Tokyo, so I thought it would be convenient for you.

I'm sorry. I already have a schedule outlined for that day.

You're the face of our advertisements, and yet I still can't get you to come.

Give everyone my best wishes.

An invite to your class reunion?

The one managing it is a hard worker.

If it were me, I'd want to drag you there, too.

Oh?

Kyouko-chan! Good morning!

Good morning, Kayo.

- Good morning, Kyouko-chan! - Good morning.

Kyouko-chan!

Good morning!

Kyouko-chan! Good morning!

Good morning, Emi.

Good morning, Eiko.

- We're all in the same class, right? - Yeah!

That's pretty amazing!

Good morning.

: Good morning!

- Good morning, Kyouko-chan. - Good morning.

I'm Takama Kyouko.

Nice to meet you.

We have the same name.

How is yours written?

I am...

Suzuhara Kyouko.

Nice to meet you!

Suzuhara is a really cute surname.

It really suits you.

Does it?

Even reading "Suzu" as "Rin",

it still suits your refined aura.

Thank you.

Rin-chan.

Takama-san.

Call me Kyouko.

Okay, Rin-chan?

Okay.

Everyone, isn't "Rin-chan" a really cute name?

-It's nice! - Very cute!

Nice to meet you!

Rin-chan should have lunch with us!

Good idea!

Kyouko-chan.

I have something to talk to you about.

Hm?

Would you like to grab a drink this Saturday?

Oh, no problem!

It's unusual for the happily-married Kageyama-san to do this.

I just have something I'd like to discuss.

What is it?

How do you feel about leaving the job here and going to Tokyo?

Why do you ask?

I'll go over the details later,

but at the recent broadcasting awards,

Director Kasuga of Nippon TV mentioned to me

that he wants you to work for him.

He wants me?

At a press conference announcing the production of the film Their Equinox,

Kyouko-san, the lead actress, as well as many involved behind the scenes made appearances.

There is the idea that when a Goddess loses the veils that cover her

she loses what protects her... her "masks", so to speak, and this is reflected in my character.

- I feel that I need to express in my acting how this might feel to the character.

Rin-chan...

And then the title song, played by me, represents this important --

I'm sorry, Kageyama-san.

I've just remembered I have plans on Saturday.

We've only just begun filming, but--

Getting scouted by someone in Tokyo...

is normally unthinkable.

This is a chance for you.

Thank you very much. Could you tell us about the "hook" for this film?

Sure. The title speaks of a second person, so I'd like you to go into it wondering who or what that refers to.

Hey, Rin-chan.

Have you chosen a university?

I...

haven't decided yet.

How about Kayo?

I want to go to one in Tokyo,

but I was told I have to stay here.

My family is stubborn.

They sure are.

How about Kyouko-chan?

She will just go wherever Kiyose-kun goes.

She and Kiyose-kun suit each other so well.

- Do we? - Who else would suit Kiyose-kun?

- Yeah! - Seriously!

It would be nice to be on the same level as Kyouko-chan in love and academics.

You are!

Rin-chan.

This is how Kiyose-kun and co. mess around.

Kyouko is always just talking to Rin-chan!

- Let's go! - Let's go!

Good evening.

Long time no see.

I'm Takama.

I missed you all.

Thank you for coming!

I'm glad I called you.

Long time no see! How are you, Kyouko-chan?

I watch The Weather is Great! every day.

My mom is always boasting that I'm friends with you.

I'm so happy you came!

You're working in television, right?

I'd already left for Tokyo, and my parents told me recently.

It's the first I'd heard of that. That's amazing!

Thank you.

Long time no see, Yuki.

Counting you and Kyouko the actress, we have two famous people in our class!

It must be nice living such a bright life.

If you compare that to my industry, it's...

I heard you're working for that famous brand "Holly", though.

Did you design that outfit?

Yeah, pretty much.

I'm really busy with new designs for Tokyo Girls Festival.

Speaking of which...

the other Kyouko became the face of my company's advertisements this year.

I came up with the nerve to call both of them this time...

...and the Kyouko we didn't want ended up coming?

You set this up in Tokyo instead of our home town for Kyouko's sake, right?

I didn't really do it just for Kyouko.

I did feel that always having people travel from Tokyo was wrong.

I'm perfectly fine with this.

To be frank, having it here is far more comfortable.

Going home just for weddings and reunions makes me feel out of place.

What do you mean, Yuki?

You don't feel it at all, Satomi?

People who stayed behind have this inferiority complex when it comes to those of us who left for Tokyo.

They're really something.

All those single people in one place... it's bad for conversation.