A few stations away in Kokubunji (although most definitely not unique to this location), on the main floor of the shopping complex, is an area so lush with delicious-looking, beautiful food, it makes the eyes spin, and the mind reel. (I no longer correct my students when they use "gorgeous" as a food adjective.)
After snapping this pic, I was politely scolded by the counter woman. "No photos," she said. Thankfully, she didn't asked that I delete the photo, nor have my camera confiscated. Here is the evidence of the existence of these divine treats. I might have bought one had my hand not been slapped (metaphorically of course.)
This photo is actually from quite a few months ago, but it got lost in the digital piles of Kamakura and Ueno and Nikko pictures.
Be sure to visit my Flickr page and look at the highest resolution version of this photo. You could eat it!!
These snowballs were part of a gift from a departing student. They were damn good! A delicious substitute to the snowballs I missed this past Christmas. They were so good, that I'm going to have to find the shop where they were purchased, and get some more. Needless to say, they did not compare with my Mom's snowballs, which will always be at the top of the snowball heap.
