Holmes of Kyoto — Season 1

In Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjo area, Mashiro Aoi attempts to sell her grandfather's hanging scrolls in the antique shop Kura. There she meets Yagashira Kiyotaka, a man with penetrating observation skills known as the Holmes of Kyoto.

Miyashita Saori, who is to serve in the starring role at the Aoi Festival, receives two threatening letters. She, her mother, and her little sister Kaori come to Kura to see if Kiyotaka can find out who sent them. But Kiyotaka's investigation leads to a surprising culprit.

Kiyotaka's father asks him and Aoi to visit the mountain villa of the Kajiwara family. The family patriarch left three hanging scrolls to his three sons when he died, but they have now all been mysteriously burned. What secrets did those hanging scrolls hide?

Kiyotaka's ex-girlfriend shows up at Kura, asking him to appraise a tea bowl she made. Meanwhile, Aoi's friends from Saitama are coming to Kyoto for the Gion Festival... and bringing her own ex along!

Kiyotaka is called to the Nanzenji Temple to solve a mystery. He goes there, accompanied by Akihito. While investigating the case of a missing dragon, the master appraiser crosses paths with a master counterfeiter...

Aoi gets dressed up and attends Yagashira Seiji's sumptuous, star-studded 77th birthday party. But when the family's precious Celadon vase is targeted, it turns out there's more than money on the line.

Kiyotaka and Aoi attend the birthday party of a famous appraiser. As part of the entertainment, their host asks Kiyotaka to identify a painting. But the "game" comes with a secret message...

Kiyotaka and Rikyu are recruited for a job at Ueno's new cafe for Christmas. While they're preparing, Kiyotaka's old girlfriend Izumi appears, and asks for his aid. Her request: to break her new fiance's alibi!

Seiji is holding a treasure hunt for New Year's, and of course, Aoi and Kiyotaka are attending. But while the rest of the guests struggle to decipher the clues, a sudden party-crasher arrives...

For the new year, the staff of Kura all show up to work in kimono. Kiyotaka takes Aoi out to a temple, and they make a promise to visit a cafe together later. But while they're out, an unexpected reunion will change Kiyotaka and Aoi's relationship.

On Valentine's Day, popular mystery author Aigasa Kurisu invites Kiyotaka and Aoi to the Shinkokan at the Yoshida-Sanso. But instead of an innocent book reading, they find a group of suspects and a mystery to be solved.

It's been almost a year since Aoi first came to Kura. Rikyu's grandfather has invited his three sons to his mansion to identify his successor. But they'll need the help of an appraiser to prove their true worth to the family.