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Last week, the paperwork for my father's move to a nursing home was completed, and although it was said to be a joint effort, my wife, who had been shouldering a considerable caregiving burden, felt relieved to be released from it. A nursing home with caregiving services allows for round-the-clock care by caregivers, providing a level of care that would not have been possible at home, making it a good choice for my father, and in that sense, it was a win-win situation. On the other hand, there is a movie released this fall that focuses on Takeda Shingen's father, Takeda Shingen, called "Shingen" (starring: Nao Terada). This movie is currently being shown. For those familiar with the Warring States period, there is no need for further explanation, but Takeda Shingen is the guardian of Kai Province, who was banished from Kai by his own son, Shingen (at that time, Harunobu). In other words, after returning triumphantly from Shinano with Harunobu, he went to Suruga Province to meet his son-in-law, Imagawa Yoshimoto, but Harunobu blocked the border between Kai and Suruga and forced Shingen into retirement. It's kind of a coup d'état. Personally, I had the strongest feelings for the portrayal of Shingen by Tatsuya Nakadai, and his expression upon learning that he had been betrayed by his own son is indescribable. The timing of my father's move to the nursing home and the release of this movie happened to overlap, so there are some resonances there, but I guess that's just fate. In any case, I felt a sense of relief as I wrapped things up on the private front. Now, on this day, it was a work day, so I went out for lunch. I visited this restaurant that opened in May 2021 in a corner of Kanda Nishiki-cho, just a stone's throw from the office. This store, KOHINOOR, has its main store in Marunouchi (Royal Indian restaurant wine&bar KOHINOOR), and branches in Toranomon (Thai & Indian Kohinoor), Shinagawa (Kohinoor Shinagawa store), Meidaimae (Kohinoor and Kohinoor Meidaimae 2nd store), and Asagaya (Kohinoor Asianana Asagaya store), and is a chain operated by HIRA Co., Ltd. However, based on the HIRA website, only the main store is listed as an operating store, so the other stores, including this one, are likely to be operated as franchises or similar business models. HIRA was established in January 2014 and has been expanding its Indian curry specialty stores under the HIRA brand in Tachikawa, Ginza, Daimon, and other locations. Since then, the company has expanded its Asian dining business to include Thai cuisine and other dishes in addition to Indian curry, and in recent years, it has opened new brand stores such as "TOKYO DREAM Meguro Station" in Meguro, the Marunouchi main store of KOHINOOR, "SAWAN Ginza store" in Ginza, and "SUNRISE Kiba store" in Kiba. Currently, there are only 7 directly operated stores, but as mentioned earlier, there are also franchises, and in March 2019, the company established a subsidiary, HEAVEN Co., Ltd., to operate some of the stores, so it seems to have a fairly wide business expansion. This restaurant is located on the north side of Kanda Square in Kanda Nishiki-cho. Previously, there was a "Hotto Motto Kanda Nishiki-cho store" operating in this location. On this day, it started raining in the late morning, and the temperature did not reach 6 degrees, making it a winter-like day, but I decided to go out for lunch without being discouraged and arrived at the restaurant around 11:50 a.m. It's a pretty stylish-looking restaurant, and the interior is bright and sophisticated, exuding a sense of cleanliness. There are about five Nepalese employees visible, which seems a bit more than the size of the restaurant. It seems that the employees also play a role as a catch-all for the restaurant. Despite the time of day, there were quite a few customers, but there were also quite a few empty seats, and I was seated at a table near the entrance. The lunch menu was placed on the table, divided into Indian curry and Thai cuisine menus. The Indian curry menu consists of...