Mugs, tumblers and limited-edition Stanley cups with Hokkaido’s shimaenaga snow fairy as the star.

Initially we were stumped by the origin sources of our cosplays but the mystery was later revealed.

Stories in station of despair tag.

Stories in coin bank tag.

Stories in Nobuaki Fujiwara tag.

Stories in Umeno Bazooka tag.

Stories in marriage registration tag.

Stories in family registry tag.

More people spend the night in Otsuki than want to spend the night there.

We had to wait a third of the year for this New Year’s fukubukuro, and now it’s time to find out if our patience was rewarded.

Still serves up soy, but in a different way.