She was adopted by a fancy Japanese-style restaurant Hananoya's lady owner Hana UCHIDA at her wish to succeed the place when she was seven and began all sorts of training in traditional arts that include shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese banjo), Japanese dancing, flower arrangement and so forth.
七歳のときに新橋の料亭｢浜の家｣の女将内田はな(花)の養女となり、跡を継ぐように望まれ、三味線、踊り、お茶、お花など、ありとあらゆる芸事を身につけたという。