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This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises. – The New York Times

Naomi Hasegawa’s family sells toasted mochi out of a small, cedar-timbered shop next to a rambling old shrine in Kyoto. The family started the business to provide refreshments to weary travelers coming from across Japan to pray for pandemic relief — in the year 1000.