カフェで使う果物と調理に使う日本酒が切れたので、お昼前から雨になるとの天気予報ながら、まだ大丈夫との判断で午前９時開店の一番近いスーパーに出かけました。着いたのが開店１５分前。店内はまだ暗く駐車場には車はありません。少し雨がパラついていたので軒のあるところに自転車を止めて開店を待っていると、やがて店内の電気が付き、９時きっかりに係りの人がドアのロックを外して私は中へ。目指す棚に直行するも目的の物は品切れ。日本酒だけ買って、その先のスーパーへ行ってみると、そこは９時半が開店時間。２０分も時間待ちしなければならず、道を挟んだ向かい側のドラッグストアが開いていたので、文房具を買いに行って戻るとちょうど９時半で中へ入ることができました。
開店早々ながら、惣菜売り場に年配の人が集まっていたのは驚きでした。ある意味、朝のスーパーの顔。そして、私が期待したものは、ああ、ここでも見当たらず、さすがにこれ以上先へ進むことは諦めて家へ帰ることにしました。
買いたかったものは何かって？それは白玉あんみつの上にアクセントで乗せる枝付きのさくらんぼ。帰ってからネットで調べるも送料が高いので購入は諦めました。さくらんぼがなくても、多賀あさひやの白玉あんみつは美味しいですよ！
Since I had run out of the fruit used for care and Japanese sake for cooking, I headed to the nearest supermarket which opens at 9:00 although the weather forecast predicted rain starting before noon. I arrived there fifteen minutes before opening time. The inside of the shop was still dark and there were no cars in the parking lot. It was drizzling a little, so I parked my bicycle on an overhang and waited for the shop to open. After a while, the lights inside the shop turned on, and a staff member unlocked the door exactly at 9:00 and I could step inside. I headed straight for the target shelf but the item I was looking for was out of stock. I was very disappointed but after I bought Sake, I decided to go to another supermarket which is a little farther. It was 9:10 when I arrived at the next store, but 9:30 was the opening time and I had to wait another 20 minutes at the door. I didn't want to waste time, so I went to the drug store which was across the street to buy some stationery items. When I came back to the supermarket again, it was just 9:30, so I could get in.
I was surprised to see elderly people gathering at the prepared food section. It was just after the store opened. I felt like I saw the reality of elderly people's lives. And what I was wanting for ----ah, it was not on the shelf either. I was so disappointed and decided to give up on going any further and returned home.
Do you want to know what I wanted to buy? It was a can of cherries with its stem attached, placed on top of Shratama Anmitsu as an accent. I looked it up online after I got home, but decided not to buy it because of high shipping costs. Even without the cherry, the Shiratama Anmitsu we serve is delicious!
