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Jan 05 2011 4 Comments

More New Year food and its makers

Despite many Japanese households being full of New Year food (osechi) for the first of the month, and indeed the foreseeable future, it doesn’t mean that when making a traditional visit to the shrine, overindulgence needs to stop. In fact, quite the opposite is true, as there’s often more than enough fare there than one could ever wish to waddle over to.

However, as good as such Japanese street food is, those actually making it are arguably more interesting, with this fella being my previous, and still ever-present, local shrine favourite.

Japanese street food

But this year, with his towel.

Japanese street food

And attentiveness.

Japanese street food

This man took the title.

Categorized: Culture, Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. BryT says

    1/5/2011 at 4:11 pm

    Hahaha! He sure is relaxed the way he wears that towel!!

    btw, what was he selling?

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    • Lee says

      1/5/2011 at 6:31 pm

      I’m pretty sure it was ジャガバタ (potatoes and butter) if I remember rightly. Great providing it’s possible to keep the volume of butter included down to a mere mountain-like amount!

      Reply
  2. Lizzy says

    1/6/2011 at 3:14 am

    The gentleman with the towel bears and eerie resemblance to my father-in-law . . . . although if it is him, he’s wearing a wig so I’m pretty sure it’s not.

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    • Lee says

      1/6/2011 at 10:42 am

      That’d be quite a double life wouldn’t it? Working in Tokyo, wearing a wig and dishing and butter and potatoes!

      Reply

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