A new employee for the cafe!
It’s a bit funny the Japanese word for badger is “hole bear”, 穴熊.
The second chapter this week reminded me of this video:
I watched that a few years ago, and, after the reading this week, went back and watched it again. They dig up bamboo shoots and then cook some out in the forest. They actually make some of the food mentioned in the chapter (タケノコのさしみにホイルやき and タケノコごはん, and use the 木の芽 that Penguin mentions, though she calls it by the name of the plant, 山椒.)