Tachigui Soba

This is a Soba shop. (Soba is Japanese noodle)
But it is not a traditional soba shop.
We call such a Soba shop "Tachigui soba".
"Tachigui" means eat something standing.
Usually It is in railway station , and near railway station.


Usually we buy a ticket in vending machine in the shop. and give it over the counter.
Soon we get Soba dish. Because Soba is already boiled in such shop.

Soba in photo above is 320yen. ( around 3 US$ )


In these days, there are usually stools in "Tachigui soba shop".
So we can sit and eat. But we still call it "Tachigui soba".
Such soba shop is popular among the people who want to have quick bite, especially business man who don't have enough time to take a lunch.
But I think it is not popular among women.
I rarelly see a young girle in "Tachigui soba" shop.

Bamboo grass

This is a kind of bamboo.
It is also called "Sasa bamboo" in English.
We call such low bamboo which has leaf tip is sharp, "Sasa".

Today is july 7.
In traditional custom, we write wishes on small pices of paper.
And hang it on bamboo grass.

Garigari Kun

"Garigari Kun is most popular ice candy in Japan.
It has been put on market since 1981 by Akagi nugyo.
Usually there are two type of Garigari Kun. soda tast and cola taste.
But more than 50kind of taste of Garigari Kun was sold as a limited term.
Grape, Kyoho grape, Fuji apple, grapefruit, mango, yogurt taste, and so on.

After eat it. If the word "当り" (it means "hit") is written on the stick of the ice, we can get another free for charge.

By the way, the caracter of the ice candy is so funny and lovely!!.
His name is "Garigari".

the photo below is soda taste and sand pear taste.

Stroll road along Ebigawa at central funabashi

Ebigawa (ebi-river) is a narrow river flows in Funabashi city.
Both side of the river are stroll road.
It is a my favorite walking course.
In spring, the cherry blossoms along the river are beautiful.

Izakaya at road side

" Izakaya" is a Japanese pub.
Usually Izakaya are in central of the town.
But sometime, I see such a Izakaya at road side far from central of the town.
I suppose that almost guest of such Izakaya are neighbors.

Keisei Funabashi station

This is Funabashi station of Keisei-line which is maneged by Keisei Electric Railway.
This station is connected with JR Funabashi station by pedestrian deck.

We can go to Asakusa in Tokyo from there without transfer.

No sign on the cigarette vending machine

Taspo Card system has already been running in some region.
But today cigarette vending machines all over Japan has started to ask the card.
We have to put the card on the panel on the vending machine to buy cigarette in the vending machine.

I hear that the diffusion of the card is around 25 percent.
I think many of smoker will buy cigarette in the shop.

Telling about me, I have alredy quit smoking.
Because I don't want to have such card.

Thanks Taspo Card for helping me to quit smoking.