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Help Takeshi restart a flower stall in Kawasaki after a long illness and repossession

Takeshi lost display cabinets and a cooler to a long illness and repossession and needs $2,600 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.

🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan2,314 views
Takeshi Ono
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Kawasaki
For nine years I have run a flower stall in Kawasaki. In March, a long illness and repossession took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 weeks. This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment. Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $2,600 goes: • Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,150 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $610 • Shop repairs and licensing: $200 • Working capital for the first month: $640 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
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  • Masud Sajib Chatterjee

    Small businesses are the heart of Kawasaki. Hope you're open again soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

    • Citra Gita PrasetyoQuestionPhoto verified

      is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Takeshi.

      • Takeshi OnoOwnerAnswerAddress verified

        Sure. The biggest one is replacing display cabinets and a cooler, $1,150. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Ask me anything else.

    • Esra Cansu CanPhoto verified

      Your post was clear and honest. After 9 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings

      • Étienne Adam Maillard

        Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Riverside

        • Henry R. Burns

          I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Chicago this morning. Greetings from Chicago

          • Pankaj G. Kushwaha

            Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Kawasaki.

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