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Word: kakinuma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2010-2010
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...soup and tofu for pets. With wooden carts stacked high with turquoise crates, and a signature two-note trumpet call, the sellers stand out. Many of them moonlight as artists, and they are encouraged to develop their own vending persona. "Customers want to talk to a real person," says Kakinuma Daisuke, a Table-Mono financial officer. "At supermarkets, you are pushed through a queue and then must deal with the cash register; no one has time to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Tokyo: The Street Vendors are Back! | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

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