Dai Tokyo Binbo Seikatsu Manuaru 95

P.1
[]: When the spring equinox comes round, there’s one thing I have to have.
Shopkeeper: Hoh, it’s the messenger of spring!
Woman: Just like a robin.
Shopkeeper: Heheheh!

P.2
Kosuke: The usual please.
Shopkeeper: Sure.
Sign: Sakura Mochi [mochi wrapped in cherry blossom leaves]
Shopkeeper: For here, right?
Kosuke: Yes.
Shopkeeper: Extra Uguisu mochi. [a sweet green mochi. Uguisu is a Japanese bush warbler]
[]: This shop gives you an extra mochi with your order.
Kosuke: Afternoon
Mochi maker: Hey.
Kosuke: A fresh batch?
Mochi maker: I’m just now putting in the sweet bean paste.

P.3
Kosuke: The smell of spring.
Kosuke: Is this the real thing?
Shopkeeper: Pickled in last years salt.
Kosuke: Preserving the flavor of last year’s spring huh? Salty!
Shopkeeper: Want another?
Kosuke: No thank you.
Customer: Hello!
Kosuke: Thanks very much!
Shopkeeper: Sure.
Shopkeeper: If you would...

P.4
Translator’s Note: Jizo is a deity of travelers.
[]: On the way home I make an offering to a Jizo statue. In this way, my spring begins.