Field Diary
Measuring Morioka's 'Madonna' by a Tokyo Yardstick — Testing the True Strength of a Regional Married-Woman Delivery Health
A Morioka married-woman delivery health (deriheru) that bills itself as 'the highest level in the prefecture.' Regional shops tend to get graded on a curve versus Tokyo, but I deliberately measure it by the Tokyo yardstick anyway. I tested whether a veteran of a decade-plus in a brutal market lives up to its sign.