This is Futaba, a popular mochi shop in Kyoto. This is what commerce looks like in Japan. Take a good look, ’cause this is what’s coming your way.
Mochi is a ‘rice cake’ (not really any resemblance to ‘cake’) made of sticky rice. Japanese cuisine, even snack terminology doesn’t translate very well.
Mochi is often eaten in association with celebrations. And, the Rockwave daredevil development team has lots to celebrate — the release of our domestic service. More news on this front in the coming days… This is gonna rock!
Anyway, I was out doing sales calls on my bicycle — looking for fantastic products for all you folks overseas to resell direct from Japan — and I thought I would grab a few pieces of mochi and chomp them down for lunch on the riverbank.
OMG… it looked like an hour wait in line! That is the most popular I have ever seen this shop. The cherry blossom season is upon us so lots of folks are out taking in the beauty. And, I was out working, so I just kept on riding on past…
On my way back in the evening, the line was a bit shorter and I had rounded up a few more incredible vendors for you all, so I stopped and got in line.
I only had to wait like 20 minutes. The mochi that I wanted to buy was all sold out, but I did get some mochi with beans and some green medicinal grass mochi, and two sticks of I’m not at all sure what to call it.
I got home, made some Morita-en tea and enjoyed my mochi. Yummy!
Another fine day building out a bit of aidrop/aiship.
Charlie Rockwave
Rockwave Development Team
This thing IS GONNA ROCK!
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