トッポキおばさんの涙

 

           A few days ago, there was an affair that illegal street vendors were moved compulsory in a local market in Korea. Actually all most street vendors do not pay taxes, their illegal occupation with their carts on the street always prevent citizen walking. Also they are not under the control of the goverment health department, so their foods on the vendors can not be sure to be right for buyer’s health. It might be the last choice of the city goverment after warning for the vendors in so many times.

           Although there might be so many proper reasons to move them, I felt strong anger from my heart deeply. As you know I like DDeokBoKi (トッポキ) so much among Korean foods. I almost have eaten  DDeokBoKi (トッポキ) everyday in Korea. DDeokBoKi (トッポキ) is very popular food and it is sold by gigantic stores of malls sometimes, but almost all it is done on the street by poor street vendors, DDeokBoKi AZumMa (トッポキ　おばさん).  The DDeokBoKi AZumMa (トッポキ　おばさん) are almost 50~60 aged old women and they are the head of their families, so wasted  DDeokBoKi (トッポキ) on the street by the goverment’s officers, was valuable property for living the day of her family’s.

            Always social justice is on the side of the haves in this world. The wasted pride of the DDeokBoKi AZumMa (トッポキ　おばさん) on the street and her tears from this cruel world made me cry all day long at the day.

            It were my first tears in Tokyo.