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(I'm sorry for the watakushi, but I'm going back to the present ten years ...) <Photo from Yanone Sushi HP>
During my summer vacation in the second grade of elementary school, J, a junior high school student from the United States, came to my home for homestay. Unlike now, foreigners are still rare, and even if they become Americans, I think there was still a tendency to ask for signatures alone. When I walk with J, I feel like a tickle feeling that I can increase my value. “Yes, J is here from the United States.”

The summer vacation of that year made everything special to me. I moved from Saitama, looked up at the buildings in Tokyo, went to Kyoto and Tottori for the first time on the Shinkansen, drank a bottle of untasty green tea on the Shinkansen, and in the dunes it crossed the camels. I ate chewing gum, an American souvenir of sweetness not found in Japan, enjoyed the regret that balloon gum, which was said to be inflated by anyone, did not expand well, and in the memory that it was sunny every day, J I went to the pool with you until it became black I think I went. The dream-like summer vacation has come to an end, and it is time to send J-kun away with family and close friends. At the end of August, the night was a bit chilly. Combined with the sound of insects, there's a lot of sadness.

The last supper was a feast of hospitality. When my mother said, "I do not want to eat sushi today," I said, "I do not want sushi." In the child's heart, he thought, "What do you say for a treat?" And the feeling that "I'm not happy to eat sushi (I'm sad to say goodbye) is mixed, and the taste of sushi I don't know, I remember eating a meal that leaves a little tears.

Why do you remember such an event clearly? Why can it be clearly stated that this memory is a second grade elementary school student and not a third grade?

I read what critic Hiroki Higashi writes: “The adult world is full of repeatability. Everyone is living with the idea of another opportunity if not this time. If you can't take a vacation in the summer, you can take a vacation in the winter, and if you can't go to the sea this year, you can go next year. But the deception will be revealed to the child. The holidays for the third grade of elementary school and the fourth grade of elementary school are different. I can't recreate my childhood friends, and there's only one junior high school entrance ceremony..."

Yes, I thought. Life is short. And I can't get it back. However, I usually forget that for mental health and practice. When we grew up, we said, “When was that? I can’t even remember three or four years ago.”

However, it is. This changed completely in 2020. The world was covered by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a repetitive event. The points to be careful before and after 2020 are different. The way of life is different. Even adults are so, so how important is it for children?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been completely working from home, and we have refrained from eating out as much as possible. Under such circumstances, the Yanone Sushi Nihonbashi Honten located in Nihonbashimuromachi became a take-out, or an old delivery service (delivered by Mr. Itamamae).

Eat sushi on-site, perhaps since childhood (mostly eaten locally). In a sense, the delivery style, which was special for me, has changed at once to a daily style that is recommended over 2020. You don't need to be prepared to pass through the curtain if you are on-site.

Kuniko Mukaida said, "No matter how much you like, it will not be delicious unless your feelings are clear. On the other hand, even if you feel a little uncomfortable, the delicious food is still delicious. Either way, the taste of food and the taste of life have two tastes.”

The sushi of Yanone Sushi is usually good from the first volume of "Onion Toro" where I stretch my chopsticks first. I think it's good to eat at any time, even if you're busy or tends to feel busy, it's good to the end.