It was sold at that time, but it wasn't Corona ... A tofu store closed April 24, 6:43
With the spread of the new coronavirus, we decided to close the tofu store in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The owner said, "Tofu didn't stop selling after the Lehman shock or the Great East Japan Earthquake, but this time it was different," he said of the impact.
The one who decided to close the shop was a tofu shop run by Masahiko Sakai in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, and decided to stop making tofu for 79 years from the previous generation.
When I was young when I started helping with the family business, I can't forget the deliciousness of the cotton tofu I had eaten in Kyoto, and the taste of cotton tofu using a coagulant with a unique softness called "sushi powder" rather than "nigari" I continued to stick to.
Sakai said, "I had a grandfather in my neighborhood who came to buy only one tofu every day. I didn't say anything, but I was afraid that I noticed the change in taste, so I thought it would be a betrayal." Talking about memories.
There were about 30 stores such as Kappu and hotels, but since the restaurant was closed, the number of orders decreased daily. By mid-April, the tofu we delivered was "0", and the tofu we had made 500 times a day was about one-third for selling at the store.
Sakai says, "Tofu did not stop selling after the Lehman shock or the Great East Japan Earthquake, but this time it was different. It would affect the tofu shop at the end."
He also said, "I have a loan system, but it's a debt, and I couldn't help ignoring how long the new coronavirus could affect me." The soba shop I knew also said, "I'll close the shop first, sorry. "There was a phone call.
Mr. Sakai said, "In the shopping district, people gather because there is face-to-face contact. The conversation and contact are gone due to the influence of the new corona. I feel uneasy as the world disappears and it becomes cold." It was.