When I was a kid, I used to go to “Dagashi-ya” as soon as my parents gave me an allowance. Mostly I spent all there. Do you think I wasted money? Maybe I did, but the moments was precious to me. There were many attractions as well such as lotteries, card games, and more. The place was my playground.
Recently “Dagashi-ya” has been decreasing. There is no store around my house. It’s too sad. Maybe its business is not profitable and hard to manage. They sell not only snacks but also dreams. When I was a kid, I felt it, but “Dagashi-ya” is not wiped out of existence.
We can still visit the stores in other areas. Specially Kuramae of Ohedo-Line is famous in Tokyo. A few years ago Nishi-Nippori was the most famous place of “Dagashi-ya” in Tokyo, but stores were demolished by an urban-development project.
I wanna take my kids to “Dagashi-ya” although I don’t have any kids right now. I have some regrets in my life, but “Dagashi-ya” is my precious thing, and it will tell my kids the same feeling as mine.
