ehomaki

Yesterday was Setsubun, so it was the day to eat ehomaki

We bought our ehomaki from Hamazushi, just like last year.

The price went up 100 yen and still had the same items inside.

The only thing was how p.i.t.a. it was to purchase.

I walked in before noon, and there was no one in the lobby, just the cashier

I asked if I could buy ehomaki without a reservation

And she said, "go to the machine" and put in your order...

So I punched in my order and was told to wait 30 minutes for it...

In the meantime, the paper that I needed to claim my order refused to come out of the machine

So the store manager came out, and said he would check to make sure that my order had gone through...

Then another guy came out, and said, your order says you'll pick it up at 12:30, but we have some right now (in a box next to the cashier!), would you like to purchase it now?!

um, yeah!

so it turned out I didn't need to wait but had to go through all the hoops to get it...grr
 

anyway, the lucky direction was south-south-east

even though we've already started the year with sniffles, icky phlegm and coughing, we hope the rest of the year with be a healthy one!