The customer pasted "Thank you" at the closed tofu store, Tokyo, May 3 7:07

Suddenly, the tofu store in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which was to be closed due to the new coronavirus, suddenly received a message from a customer saying "Thank you very much." The shopkeeper said, "I was happy when I saw it," while saying, "I've been trying hard not to turn off the lights in the city, but I'm sorry."

Mr. Masahiko Sakai, the owner of a tofu shop that has been going on for 79 years since the last generation, gradually received fewer orders from about 30 business partners such as Kappuya and hotels as the new coronavirus spread, and the delivery destination became “0”. I decided to stop making tofu.

Tofu didn't stop selling after the Lehman shock or the Great East Japan Earthquake, but the new coronavirus was a different one, and the shutter was released.

One day when I stopped making tofu, Mr. Sakai found a sticker on the shutter of the store.

"Thank you very much, I have been looking forward to buying tofu here on rainy and windy days. Thank you for your continued support in the neighborhood. From the actors by the side of the park."

According to Mr. Sakai, I wrote that it was a man who always came to buy 1,160 yen tofu or 170 yen deep-fried tofu in the evening, a man who does not know a name that seems to be a little blurry. I was happy when I saw it, and I was glad that I saw my parents' back and took over the mark. "

Mr. Sakai travels by car to wholesale because of accounting processing, but Kabukicho, one of Japan's leading downtown areas, and Nishi Shinjuku are also quiet, and about the current state of the city, `` Customers are really close Kabukicho is like a ghost town. "

When I returned to the store, there was a customer looking into the room through the half-open shutter, and he said, "It's lonely."

Mr. Sakai said, "I'm sorry I didn't turn off the lights in the city ..." while many people lamented that the store would close.

Just a year ago ...

I interviewed on May 1st, and I remembered that just a year ago, Sakai-san was making tofu in the same apron style as usual, in the festive mood that the era became Reiwa. It was

Looking at the pasting paper, I strongly hope that the scenery of the city and the modest everyday life made of tofu for 160 yen will not be robbed.