Happy March 29th!

This morning, as I was leaving my apartment, I said hello and smiled to a stranger going up the stairs. He stopped me, handed me a small box with a painted-on ribbon, said "purezento", and continued ascending.

Upon opening the gift, I found an extraordiarily large toe-nail clipper, with the name of my town and something else written in Kanji.

Living abroad never ceases to puzzle...