Convenience and Clumsy Endearment

It's already July, a season when you might start hearing the sounds of festival music from somewhere soon.

It's strange how just feeling that unique heat and the scent of food stalls makes me feel so excited, even as an adult.
When it comes to festivals, isn't the most exciting sight seeing someone holding a bright red candy apple as big as their face on a single wooden chopstick, just going 'Ta-da!'?

That feeling of nibbling on it little by little, wondering, 'Where should I take the first bite?'
Times are moving forward, and everything is becoming more convenient and smart.

That's wonderful and something to be grateful for, right?
But precisely because of that, I feel like I want to hold onto the 'things that don't change' and the 'goodness that remains the same' within myself, no matter how much the times change.

A little clumsy, time-consuming, and unrefined.
I want to keep cherishing the heart that finds those old-fashioned 'festival scenes' endearing.

What do you all buy when you go to a festival?

My top recommendation is, without a doubt, the 'beef skewer'! This is one thing I absolutely cannot skip.

To be honest, the meat you eat at a regular, air-conditioned restaurant might be more tender.

But the beef skewer you buy at a festival stall, lured by the billowing smoke and the delicious scent of burning sauce, while digging coins out of your wallet, is the ultimate luxury.
That moment when you take a big bite of the slightly tough meat outside, blowing on it to cool it down—doesn't it taste like the best thing in the world?

It's truly the magic of the 'atmosphere included.'

Just being in that space makes all five senses make it taste delicious.

The sound of yakisoba sauce sizzling, the cool chime of the marble in a ramune bottle, people passing by in yukata. Including all of that, I really think festivals are places where a special kind of time flows, no matter how old you get.
What is that one nostalgic festival food that you 'absolutely have to buy'?

🌟Today's Lucky Item🌟
　　　　'Coin Purse'
A mini wallet that jingles with the sound of coins.
It might attract a nostalgic sense of excitement and lead to some delicious encounters!?

See you later🍡