Abstract

Chikuwa, hanpen, ganmodoki... Tonight, the food cart is bustling once again!

Shizuka runs "Kaicchan, "an oden cart nestled in a corner of the Itake Ginza Shopping Street.
After quitting her job at a major trading company in Tokyo, she returned to her hometown of Itake to help out at her mother's shop, "Arino Fishcakes."
Taking a leap of faith, she applied for a local town-revitalization project and launched her own oden cart.

While managing the business is a constant tightrope walk, tonight her cart is packed with quirky regulars harboring their own deep worries—and maybe even her high school first love?!

Author’s Information

Born in Tokyo in 1966. Graduated from Chuo University. After working at an editorial production company, among other roles, he made his debut in 2003 with Warau Manekineko (The Laughing Beckoning Cat), which won the 16th Shosetsu Subaru Prize for New Writers. He is widely acclaimed for his witty humor filled with warmth. His numerous works include Aru Hi, Ahiru Bus (One Day, the Duck Bus), which was adapted into a TV drama series, as well as Dekoboko Days, Geisha de GO!, Tenchō ga Ippai (A Flock of Managers), Dare ga Tame ni Kane o Narasu (For Whom the Bell Tolls), Futarimichi, Appare Ahiru Bus (Bravo, Duck Bus!), Ningyō-hime (The Doll Princess), Hanaya-san ga Iu Koto ni wa (What the Florist Says), Shain Shokudō ni Mitsuboshi o (Three Stars for the Staff Cafeteria), Atashi to Mama no Faito na Nichijō (The Feisty Days of Me and Mom), and Hanaya-san ga Yumemiru Koto ni wa (What the Florist Dreams of).