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Beyond the murmur
At dusk, a path of crows forms in the Suzuka sky.
Countless crows cross the same area one after another, from the sea in Shiroko to Kameyama.
There is no line in the sky, not even a single crow in charge of traffic control, but I am impressed by their accuracy, as if they are equipped with GPS.
The aerial "Crow Road" stands out against the background of the Suzuka peaks, which are covered in white due to a cold wave that is said to be once in a few years.
The end of the year is a time for making "osechi" ( a Japanese New Year's traditional dish ).
This year, we received orders for 360 sets from all over the world.
The community's family business, the "mother's lunch box," will be in full swing from the 28th, with young and old alike rushing in.
The members in charge of this year's lunchboxes began planning, prototyping, and tasting when the sound of cicadas began to fade. Putting our hearts into it...
I think it was around the time of the beginning of December when people were talking about the festive season, that Miyuki, who was looking at the food section of the community, murmured something to us.
“I wish I could deliver lunch boxes every day during the busy year-end season.”
The sale of bento boxes usually ends on December 26th or 27th, and the whole community, including all the bento shops, goes into full-scale preparation of the festive season. The kitchen and serving room are all transformed into a "festive" kitchen.
A regular customer who has been taking bento for a long time comes to the store and says, "Oh, I see, I'm sorry to hear about your bento”.
When I saw her disappointed, I thought that she must want a bento box for the year-end cleaning and New Year's preparation.
I had no choice but to say,
"I'll be preparing the osechi on the 31st. Please enjoy it.
It was after the 20th.
"I wish I could manage to make the year-end bento that Miyuki-san mentioned."
Out of nowhere, Mr. Nakai or Mr. Izumida started to say.
"Let's make it happen next year." Before I knew it, it had turned into,
"Can't we do something about it now?
Then everywhere in the bento company they murmured,
“We can do this, we can do that, we can do it," and so on.
It all came together in no time at all.
Today, the 31st, we decided to prepare not only the daily bento, but also New Year's Eve soba.
"I only can make osechi at the end of the year so that I can't even prepare the daily bento "
It was only in my mind that I had decided that.
Speaking of "murmur"...
On the 20th, Mommy Yoshiko of the community space JOY said,
"The refrigerator at JOY has been working for a long time, but it looks like it's about to run out of steam. ＜It would be nice if we could get a new one.>”
Every time it breaks down, Ichikawa-san, who is in charge of electricity, fixes it. Recently, Yoshiko-san emptied the showcase every day and used a hair dryer to melt the frost inside, saying that the defrosting function had stopped working.
Every day, Yoshiko emptied the showcase and melted the frost inside with a hair dryer, saying,
"Even though I defrost the showcase every day, it's getting harder and harder to keep it cool. I'd like to get a new one, but when I hear that they cost hundreds of thousands of yen, I think I'll let this one work a little harder."
Yoshiko continued・・・.
"But thanks to the showcase, we hardly use the refrigerator at home."
"I can just bring eggs from there to eat the next day."
"If I were to buy a hundred thousand yen refrigerator for myself, I would hesitate, but it's a refrigerator for a hundred people."
"Yeah, if you divide it by 100, it's only several thousand yen per person."
"・・・・"
"..."
On the 27th, a new baby arrived from Sendai in Tohoku.
Why do crows caw?
Because in the mountains,
there are seven cute little ones
"Kawaii, Kawaii"
The crows caw.
"Kawaii, Kawaii"
They caw
Let’s go to the old nest in the mountains and see.
Look at their round eyes.
They're pretty ones.
These are the words to the song "Seven Children," which is said to have been written by Ujo Noguchi.
I wonder how he looked at the crows.
And I wonder if he really went to visit crows' "old nests in the mountains"...
It was an inexplicable "relaxed view" that was very different from the images, videos, and information that we were chasing and processing in a flash.
.
"What about that?
When you wonder with your pure curiosities
It's like you want to stop and listen to what you're looking at.
It's the feeling of closeness that makes you want to stop and listen.
Our heartfelt festivities have been packed in boxes since yesterday.
and shipped all over Japan on the "osechi road" with the help of a delivery company.
And this morning, they are lined up at a bento store for people to come and pick them up.
Along with the daily bento and New Year's Eve bukkake soba.
A line from Mr. Izumida calling out, "Hurry up or We'll finish wrapping the festive boxes!
Nana is now running towards the bento shop.
The year 2021 is drawing to a close.
Countless crows cross the same area one after another, from the sea in Shiroko to Kameyama.
There is no line in the sky, not even a single crow in charge of traffic control, but I am impressed by their accuracy, as if they are equipped with GPS.
The aerial "Crow Road" stands out against the background of the Suzuka peaks, which are covered in white due to a cold wave that is said to be once in a few years.
The end of the year is a time for making "osechi" ( a Japanese New Year's traditional dish ).
This year, we received orders for 360 sets from all over the world.
The community's family business, the "mother's lunch box," will be in full swing from the 28th, with young and old alike rushing in.
The members in charge of this year's lunchboxes began planning, prototyping, and tasting when the sound of cicadas began to fade. Putting our hearts into it...
I think it was around the time of the beginning of December when people were talking about the festive season, that Miyuki, who was looking at the food section of the community, murmured something to us.
“I wish I could deliver lunch boxes every day during the busy year-end season.”
The sale of bento boxes usually ends on December 26th or 27th, and the whole community, including all the bento shops, goes into full-scale preparation of the festive season. The kitchen and serving room are all transformed into a "festive" kitchen.
A regular customer who has been taking bento for a long time comes to the store and says, "Oh, I see, I'm sorry to hear about your bento”.
When I saw her disappointed, I thought that she must want a bento box for the year-end cleaning and New Year's preparation.
I had no choice but to say,
"I'll be preparing the osechi on the 31st. Please enjoy it.
It was after the 20th.
"I wish I could manage to make the year-end bento that Miyuki-san mentioned."
Out of nowhere, Mr. Nakai or Mr. Izumida started to say.
"Let's make it happen next year." Before I knew it, it had turned into,
"Can't we do something about it now?
Then everywhere in the bento company they murmured,
“We can do this, we can do that, we can do it," and so on.
It all came together in no time at all.
Today, the 31st, we decided to prepare not only the daily bento, but also New Year's Eve soba.
"I only can make osechi at the end of the year so that I can't even prepare the daily bento "
It was only in my mind that I had decided that.
Speaking of "murmur"...
On the 20th, Mommy Yoshiko of the community space JOY said,
"The refrigerator at JOY has been working for a long time, but it looks like it's about to run out of steam. ＜It would be nice if we could get a new one.>”
Every time it breaks down, Ichikawa-san, who is in charge of electricity, fixes it. Recently, Yoshiko-san emptied the showcase every day and used a hair dryer to melt the frost inside, saying that the defrosting function had stopped working.
Every day, Yoshiko emptied the showcase and melted the frost inside with a hair dryer, saying,
"Even though I defrost the showcase every day, it's getting harder and harder to keep it cool. I'd like to get a new one, but when I hear that they cost hundreds of thousands of yen, I think I'll let this one work a little harder."
Yoshiko continued・・・.
"But thanks to the showcase, we hardly use the refrigerator at home."
"I can just bring eggs from there to eat the next day."
"If I were to buy a hundred thousand yen refrigerator for myself, I would hesitate, but it's a refrigerator for a hundred people."
"Yeah, if you divide it by 100, it's only several thousand yen per person."
"・・・・"
"..."
On the 27th, a new baby
Why do crows caw?
Because in the mountains,
there are seven cute little ones
"Kawaii, Kawaii"
The crows caw.
"Kawaii, Kawaii"
They caw
Let’s go to the old nest in the mountains and see.
Look at their round eyes.
They're pretty ones.
These are the words to the song "Seven Children," which is said to have been written by Ujo Noguchi.
I wonder how he looked at the crows.
And I wonder if he really went to visit crows' "old nests in the mountains"...
It was an inexplicable "relaxed view" that was very different from the images, videos, and information that we were chasing and processing in a flash.
.
"What about that?
When you wonder with your pure curiosities
It's like you want to stop and listen to what you're looking at.
It's the feeling of closeness that makes you want to stop and listen.
Our heartfelt festivities have been packed in boxes since yesterday.
and shipped all over Japan on the "osechi road" with the help of a delivery company.
And this morning, they are lined up at a bento store for people to come and pick them up.
Along with the daily bento and New Year's Eve bukkake soba.
A line from Mr. Izumida calling out, "Hurry up or We'll finish wrapping the festive boxes!
Nana is now running towards the bento shop.
The year 2021 is drawing to a close.
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