News Up 85-year-old Metropolitan Tokyo "the Peddler",

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Iwai is still bucolic Inzai. 3:30 prepare to wake up, spend an hour and a half from home comes from Otsuka. The line
vegetables from 7:00 until 10 o'clock. Once was through the day, but his health three years ago, now is twice a week on Wednesday and Friday. Vegetables such as komatsuna made by Iwai and taro and rice cake, is lining up in front of my place. Most are one 100 yen from 300 yen. From early morning teeming with patrons.
"Grandma, how much? 」。 "Delicious broccoli is 200 yen. This is bargain ". Also extra large root vegetable box in a shopping bag. Asked to sell, "always here. Me (Iwai call thus to himself) vegetables waiting for someone I thought. Really thanks I blow "and broad smile.
"really is but I blow". It was like Iwai's habit of saying.

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Raven squad called

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Tokyo reached its peak from 0/1945 30s. According to Chiba Prefecture counted 6,600 people peddling in the Prefecture to 0/1955. It is has been supporting the Tokyo food shortage behind increasing rural women's food demand. She boards the peddlers I only ride a bamboo basket covered in black
early in the morning, big kerchief private train was called with Crow troops.

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20-somethings peddling life

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Iwai began peddling at the Otsuka station said was 25 years old. It is peddling farmer who married at the age of 23, and brought to her mother-in-law. I still remembered that unload Otsuka station behind a large bamboo basket stuffed with vegetable vendors
for the first time, and at a loss. Visit door to door to houses and 売ri歩kou, but bought Iwai's newbie is likely few people would. Average and quit peddling companions patiently Garland, was leading the customer.
"really struggled for the first three years. But it is fortunate that after the Nice customer. I was to busy company work ladies take on Sunday and bought all "and was looking back at that time.

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Iwai's work philosophy

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Iwai, Iwai of bonding Ōtsuka station

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youth in more than 50 kg that is no longer. Help Fumiko Otsuka station luggage from this year.
visitors are different. Way to work has been transferred to the Tokyo office worker. "This is a somehow relieved me morning, looking at my grandma's smile."
20 years attending regular women. "Grandma's vegetable fresh taste is thick and delicious". A woman of Chinese to work in the food and beverage outlets near
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and porters to help the people who insert coffee and sweets to Iwai. Noticed that there are unique to our usual shopping to Iwai's morning looking at

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. It is a conversation. Shopping during casual conversation is always and invariably is. Looking at the
section and speak to me from Mr. Iwai, conversation is born. From a small concern to the tale. There were finished shopping, Indian almost 30 minutes old. He wanted to come from far away, now is helping to staff them. Iwai's face to each and every one to hear.
"to shop you know most don't talk about clerks and Word. It somehow, I'm lonely. I's like to talk to people from really is Yes! "and talk. And never say bad things about the conversation. Age 優shisa quite invisible. Iwai, look closely and see the kindness of the people. And who never wanted only fresh vegetables and rice cakes, shopping is that it is not so.

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Iwai started peddling 60 years. Changes the city, times changed. Make conversation while shopping almost itself will not, to deliver Internet orders only in the era. Little morning Grandma warm-hearted if in doing so at the usual time in place of the usual foot convey a warm atmosphere. 60 years, Iwai has been carrying alone never vegetables or rice cake is not.

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