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Yoshiwara Higanbana is an otome visual novel set in Edo-period Yoshiwara, where Chihaya, the highest-ranked oiran at the long-established brothel Oukaya, entertains men while hoping to return to her parents in her homeland. Proud of her work and the small world she has made at Oukaya, she lives among its owner Shigure, her young attendant Yuzu and the other courtesans. Her life changes as she comes to understand love and faces an inescapable fate involving five men.

Story and characters

Chihaya is honest, good-natured and dignified, taking pride in her work. Though she knows the world of sex, she retains a pure heart and a faint love for her childhood friend.

The five men in her story are Souichirou Iseya, the calm, kind and outspoken young owner of a growing shipping agency; Sakuya, a skilled, quiet hairdresser newly hired by Oukaya who rarely smiles; Shinobu Ootsuki, a samurai who often visits the brothel drunk and jokes with the courtesans; Akito Kaguraya, a regular customer and ruthless rice broker who has been uneasy around Chihaya since they first met; and Shigure Oukaya, the brothel’s knowledgeable owner, strict at work but kind and attentive to others’ health.

Choices and endings

Your choices lead to different routes and endings. Completing an ending unlocks new episodes in the main story.

Added scenes

The game’s scenario follows the version used in Yoshiwara Higanbana: Kuon no Chigiri. New CGs replace character-and-background presentation in one main-story scene for each character. The Tatsukichi route from Kuon no Chigiri is not included.