My wife and I decided to walk to the 'home center' to buy a few things for the kitchen. It was a superb day with an extremely clear sky. The TV weather program said that in some places the visibility was 30 kilometers.
The home center has a large display of plants and seeds. There are both flowers and vegetables.
Inside I found something that was a bit congruent and made me laugh. The brown objects in the upper middle shelf are Shinto altars for the home but below them is a large display of plastic pipe fittings. There must be something very symbolic about this but it escapes me at the moment. The Shinto altars are present in many (most) homes. They are placed on a high shelf in the corner of the living room. Charms and other objects from shrines will be placed in front of it and some people will place plant cuttings in little vases on either side.
We started home and for the first time I noticed this little building. It is a
yakitori shop. Yakitori is little pieces of chicken on a stick that are cooked over an open fire, charcoal being best. People will stop at the shop and eat chicken and drink beer or sake. The customers are usually very talkative and a few hours in a yakitori shop is always a pleasure.
According to my wife, this is the home of a very famous brand of Japanese sweets. They established the company out here away from the city because the water is very good.
We stopped at a bread shop and bought some things for the next day's breakfast. We also ate a little for our lunch. I had a bacon and egg on toast plus a free cup of very strong coffee. While we were eating at an outside table around the back of the store, we noticed this building on the other side of a large parking lot. It appeared to be selling fruits and vegetables so we went over to investigate.
Inside was a large display area full of delicious looking fruits and vegetables. We bought some things and made a mental note to come back again.
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