Kappa and apple

The other day, when I came home on a snowy night, I tore off my raincoat, warmed my fingertips with boiling water, and to make sure my phone was safe, I pulled it out of my soaked pocket and pressed the button. .
I received an email from a friend.
”Turn on the TV.”
At that time, I had so many things to do, such as hanging my miserably scattered raincoats on a hanger, wringing out my blistered gauntlet gloves, and brushing the snow off my helmet, that I couldn't even watch TV. However, since I was going to the trouble of sending a message, I thought it would be better to take a look at it, so I turned it on again.
I see, this is what it's about.
What was shown on the TV screen was an elderly man wearing a cap talking passionately about something while holding an apple in one hand.
The TV program is a variety show that takes up various contradictory things in the world and makes those contradictions clear by direct confrontation. On the other hand, can you drill a hole with the most powerful drill manufactured by a drill manufacturer? The people who developed these things, or those who have mastered those techniques, compete with each other to bring their ``things'' or ``skills'' to a settlement. It is configured as follows.
The theme of the night was a true apple craftsman who was born and raised in an apple farm and now runs an apple farm.The sample craftsman is particularly good at making food samples so elaborate that they can be mistaken for the real thing. Can you tell it apart just by looking at it next to an apple? That's what I said.
The man with the apple in his cap was an apple craftsman who was about to face this confrontation, and he flatly declared, ``I'll see through it, absolutely.''
I was intrigued, but I thought, ``I guess there's a limit to how much you can fool the human eye with fake things.'' Even before the story started, I had decided that my position was closer to that of an apple maker, so I lit a cigarette and squeezed it with my gauntlet. I started. After all, these are the eyes of someone who has probably lived a life devoted to apples.
However, my easy predictions were dismissed, and the fake apple was able to deceive me.
I was quite shocked by the results, but when I thought about it, the people who made the fake apples were actually craftsmen.Professionals who make a living making samples had insight with their own eyes and referred to apples that were made with their own hands as fake apples. I consoled myself for having missed my expectations by saying things like, ``This is not a fake apple, but rather an apple that is not a food,'' to the program producer who expressed this somewhat lacking in delicacy. However, on the TV screen, the sample craftsman himself said that the apple was a fake apple, so in the end, I was the only one who lost this battle because I was fooled by the word fake.
In any case, I wasn't particularly interested in apples or food samples, but it gave me goosebumps to learn that Japanese manufacturing techniques are used in a variety of situations.
Then, it was introduced on the program that the maker of the sample apples had a direct sales store in Kappabashi Dougu Street, Asakusa, so I decided to take a walk there for the first time in a while.
The entrance to Kappabashi Dougu Street, one of Asakusa's specialties, is located a stone's throw from the Kadoya headquarters, where our head factory is located, and a two-minute walk away.
The tool town itself is mainly shops that sell food, kitchen-related equipment, and tools, so there is almost no contact with leather jacket shops, but even so, it's a waste of time to search for tools that can be used. I used to repeat this frequently, so I don't often walk around within walking distance anymore, but if you go a little further, there are clothing-related wholesalers, so if you want to do custom-made or custom repair work, you can do it. , I often ride my bike around Kappabashi to get buckles and buttons that match the customer's image.
It is truly a town of tools, where you can find all the supplies you need for daily life in the Kappabashi area, and a town full of craftsmen.
For those of you who are visiting Kadoya's main store, why not take a moment to take a walk around the tool town while you wait for the hem of your leather pants to be finished?

[Ichijima]