The Kaze,Kaoru.:Nurses' starting salaries were 10 yen. This brings to mind the exorbitant wages of the Japanese crested ibis in the TV show "Bakebake." Viewers commented, "That was an unbelievable amount," and "It really was amazing."

The 62nd episode of the NHK morning drama series " Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka, aired on June 23rd. In the episode, Rin (Asadora ) and Naomi (Uesaka), who have started working as nurses, received their first paychecks, and the amount attracted the attention of viewers.

It was payday. Rin, Naomi, Tae (Erika Ikuta), and Tome (Rin Harashima) gathered in the courtyard and opened their pay envelopes all at once. Counting the bills, their monthly salary was 10 yen. The four, who had heard that it was 30 yen in America, looked a little disappointed, but Tome said, "This is Tokyo, Japan. 10 yen is enough for me. In Aomori, there aren't any jobs where a woman can get paid 10 yen."

Rin agrees, saying, "That's true. Even 10 yen is a good salary for a woman," but Tae grumbles dissatisfiedly, "But I'm also a nursing teacher..." Then she vows to "get promoted and improve the working conditions for nurses," which delights the other three.

When Rin and Naomi returned home, Mitsu (Mizuno Miki) was waiting for them with a lavish meal. When Rin told her, "I'm sorry, but the pay was less than I expected...", Mitsu encouraged her by saying, "Hold your head high. We have the upper hand in this battle! We just need to win the final battle."

It is said that one yen at that time is equivalent to about 30,000 to 40,000 yen in modern currency, so Rin and the others' salaries are thought to have been around 300,000 to 400,000 yen. In the previous Asadora"Bakebake," the main character Toki (Akari Takaishi) was paid 20 yen when she worked as a maid for Heaven (Tommy Bastow). This shows just how high the wages were.

Since "Kaze,Kaoru" and "Bakebake" both depict the Meiji era, comments on social media included: "That was an unbelievable amount of money after all," "Half of Otoki's monthly salary," "Otoki's '20 yen a month' was really amazing, wasn't it?", "Nurses get 3 yen, so it was a bargain if you think about it," "10 yen is too little for someone who works as both a nurse and a lecturer," "10 yen is a little when you expect to get 30 yen, but isn't it still a pretty good wage?", and "Thanks to ' Bakebake,' we can understand that 10 yen in the mid-Meiji era was a good wage for a woman."