As the distinguished Tashiro Family of medical heritage, although their influence unavoidably declined after the rise of Western modern medicine, they remained part of Japan's upper society, especially as recent years saw increasing buzz around health and wellness. The Tashiro Family, which had conducted extensive research in Traditional Chinese Medicine and health preservation, seemed to have found a second spring.
Not only did the family itself garner attention from many high-ranking officials, becoming esteemed guests among the elite, but even the family's Chinese medicine factory, which was once languishing, quickly thrived by shifting to produce health supplements. In some sense, the Tashiro Family had successfully transformed and restored its former glory.
However, like all ancient families, although the Tashiro Family did well in adapting to changes, embracing the trends of the times, they remained frightfully conservative in certain respects.
