豆腐自転車の伯父さんIt was akin to finding a spotted owl deep in a virgin forest.
We are no ornithologists, but experienced a frisson when we heard the plaintive bleat of the tofu seller coming unseen from the next block over.
We finally caught up with him as he was pedaling slowly in front of Jofukuji Temple, in the Nishijin area of Kyoto.
In the past, vendors plied the streets on big sturdy bikes selling, among other items, tofu, potatoes, fish, vegetables, laundry poles, and more. With the exception of the fall yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato) sellers, many of them are now no more.
This old boy did not seem in much of a hurry, slowly moving forward with his cart full of tofu behind him.
In his right hand is a tin horn he blows to alert the neighbors that he is close by.
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