As usual, he is visiting his wife's family home in Matsumoto, Shinshu.
On the way back from shopping, I take a break at a cafe near my parents' house.
There are only a few hours left in this year. Thank you to everyone for your support.
Looking back on the past year, I started an online shop at the beginning of the year,

To accommodate inbound tourists, we have updated our menu book with the help of our customers in translation.
For the first time, we held an in-store event mainly featuring Usagi and me,
I was invited to an external event for the first time in five years, so I participated.
In conjunction with the event, we also tried out new products such as coffee jelly, pudding, and coin chocolates, and this year we tried out more new things than usual.
I think I was able to somehow give shape to the vague image I had of "Usagi and Me." I also felt like I was able to broaden the scope of the store.
It will be a fruitful year, typical of the Year of the Rooster.
Personally, I've started investing this year with an eye on my retirement, and I'm at the age where I'm starting to feel my age, with my weight increasing and my width getting wider, and my hair falling out more and my part getting wider.
In addition, the power of the bad luck was fully exerted, with the computer he had bought a year suddenly crashing, the store's emails being hacked, his credit card being used fraudulently, him getting sick from eating oysters, his wife vomiting on his birthday, and his grandmother being hospitalized.
It's been a year of expansion in many ways. So I think the kanji for this year is "expansion" (kaku).
The couple reflected on this experience together.
I look forward to working with you again next year. I hope to make it a good year that doesn't succumb to the bad luck that follows.
I wish you all a happy new year.











