Sunday bake shop Hatsudai, who said Japanese are workaholics

it is often said that japanese are workaholics, and it is often very true. even i sometimes work like stereotypical japanese do. and i believe there are millions of people who are working not to betray the expectation of non-japanese images how japanese should work. millions of people are working day and night, weekdays and weekends.

today while i was wondering around the area i live, i found a shop exemplifying the antithesis of the formula. it is Sunday Bake Shop, an bakery opens only on sundays... a day a week, 4days a month, 50days a year!! what a beautiful way of living!!

if you know me personally, it might be easy to imagine that i went in without the slightest hesitation just like water down the drain. as i was checking what i should buy, friendly shop keepers explained what they had. actually, when i discovered the shop, i became very jealous of the way they worked but when i was surrounded with the wonderful smell of baking, my ugly sense of jealous vanished and what i felt was why i didnt come here earlier time of the day. they only had berry muffins that looked too healthy to be good cakes. but how could i fight against cakes in a bakery? i gave in in an instant and got one with a huge smile on my face.

needless to say, the muffin was heavenly.