Kimura Supermarket...It's not all Bad

One thing I picked up yesterday at the Kimura supermarket I visited was a package of FG-1E fuses for the neon light in my "washiki" room (Japanese style room with tatami flooring). I had originally thought it was the tube which was burned out but after replacing it and finding the new one didn't light either then I knew the problem was the fuse. I was going to hike up to Yamada Denki or somewhere else equally distant but I'm happy I found the required fuse at a store within walking distance.

One other thing about shopping here: often produce is labelled with the name of prefecture where the produce was grown. Thus I chose not to buy the daikon (giant radish) which was grown in Tochigi and Ibaragi. Those two prefectures are in the Kanto region south of Fukushima. A co-worker was going on about a report from an international team of investigators who said that there shouldn't be any produce from Fukushima being sold due to radioactive contamination. They found a hotspot down in a field in Chiba last month and the aforementioned two prefectures are north of Chiba but south of Fukushima. Just being safe...