The 52nd episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired on Getsuku, and viewers' attention was drawn to the "ice packs" from the Meiji era.
In the 51st episode (aired June 8th), an article written by Shimaken (Masaya Sano) was published in the newspaper. It was about Setsu (Honoka Murakami), a prostitute patient under the care of Rin (Mikami) and Naomi (Uesaka). Although the name Yuunagi was changed to Yuugao, anyone who read the article would recognize it as Setsu. Rin expressed her anger, worried about the difficult situation Setsu was in.
In episode 52, contrary to Rin's concerns, many readers sympathized with Setsu after reading the newspaper article written by Shimaken. Encouraging gifts began arriving one after another at Setsu's hospital room. Sakata (Yuta Kanai), an associate professor of internal medicine, was also moved by the article and gave Setsu permission to use expensive ice. The first-year students showed interest in the unusual ice.
Meanwhile, Tae (Erika Ikuta) picks up an ice pack and says, "This bag is an ice pack," gazing at it intently, and murmuring, "It's made from a cow's bladder..." with admiration.
On social media, comments included: "Are ice packs from that era made from cow bladders!?", "Cow bladders, that's surprising", "Human ingenuity is amazing", "They didn't have rubber yet", "Rubber wasn't the main material back then", "Interesting trivia", and "It's unimaginable in modern times".
