The effects of rising prices are also being felt at summer festivals. Prices of festival essentials, such as shaved ice and goldfish scooping, are skyrocketing across the board. ◇ An exciting summer tradition. A summer festival with a series of stalls selling takoyaki and shooting games. The Ueno Summer Festival, held in Ueno Park, Tokyo, was packed with people. With the scorching heat continuing day after day this year, shaved ice is especially appealing, but…
▽People who came to the festival “It’s expensive” “It’s a bit expensive” The wave of rising prices is hitting the festival hard, too. When I talked to the shaved ice shop, last year… ▽ Shaved ice shop Toshie Seya “(Last year) we were selling it for 300 yen, but now it’s 400 yen. We have no choice but to raise the price.” This year we raised the price by 100 yen. The reason is… Seya Toshie of the Republished Shaved Ice Shop “There’s a lot of demand and production can’t keep up. The place where I used to buy ice is charging high prices, so I can’t buy anymore.” Demand has increased sharply due to the extreme heat, and the price of ice that I had been buying from before has increased by about 40%. In addition, goldfish scooping shops have increased the price by 200 yen from the previous 300 yen to 500 yen this year. The reason for the increase in purchase price is… ▽ Goldfish scooping shop Takahashi Rikiya “The most important thing is goldfish” The number of people raising goldfish in Japan is decreasing, and purchase prices are increasing. In addition, the “poi” used to scoop up goldfish… ▽ Goldfish scooping shop Takahashi Rikiya “The prices of these plastic items are also going up,” Mothers with children cry out in despair as prices rise one after another. The kids are crazy about scooping balls, but…
▽Mother “It’s fun to watch (the kids playing), but it’s hard on the wallet.”
▽Child “I want to play this one!” When I asked how much they’d spent so far…
▽Mother “So you’re playing (the game) twice for 1000 yen each? So, it’s 2000 yen. I also bought some meat rolls so I spent just under 5,000 yen! Why do you make me think about it?!” In an instant, nearly 5,000 yen had disappeared from his wallet. After that, we headed to a free park. Continue reading below
In the past, I could give them about 2,000 yen in pocket money and have dinner at a festival, but now I can’t do that. If I want to eat something but my friend is drawing a lottery, then I’ll join him in the lottery and my pocket money will be gone.
People will complain that it’s expensive, but they’ll still buy it if they’ve gone out of their way to get it. No matter how much it goes up, it will still sell, so the prices will continue to go up.
The quality of the food at festival stalls is so low that you’d think it would be expensive. I guess it can’t be helped if there are kids around, even though it tastes so bad.
Just submit the necessary documents to the health center and get a business license \(^o^)/ If you sell shaved ice🍧 for 100 yen, you can build a house lol.
When I go to festivals, I end up using cash and my wallet is empty in no time. I barely have any cash on me lol. I naturally find myself drawn to places that accept electronic payments.
A mask costs about 1500 yen? Fried noodles 500 yen Cotton candy 500 yen Shaved ice 500 yen Goldfish scooping 500 yen Water balloon fishing 500 yen 4000 yen Lottery was prohibited in our house.
But the cost of shaved ice is only 15 yen? The market price of ice hasn’t even gone up by 5 yen per cup. Just be honest and say you’ve raised the price to jump on the bandwagon, you idiots.
Summer festivals and food stalls are places to make fun memories that lonely old men like you could never understand, so you shouldn’t make rude comments about the price, the taste, the crowds, or getting bitten by insects.
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