One day, 'I' happened to stop in front of a fruit store on Teramachi-dori Street that 'I' frequented (the store was 'Yao' in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, which went out of business in January 25, 2009).
そんな折り、普段から気に入っていた寺町通の果物屋（京都市中京区「八百卯」・2009年1月25日閉店）の前で「私」はふと足を止める。