The En-Eat editorial department previously conducted a project called " Let's find the secret character of 'Curl'! and succeeded in finding a snowman Carl.

However, another project was secretly underway behind the scenes. That is the "Find the Wish Pinot! ".


Finding the secret character of Karl's was actually quite easy. The editorial team purchased 30 bags of curls for the research, which are not perishable and can be stored in a Ziploc bag to prevent them from wilting.

Pinot, however, is a tough nut to crack. 30 of them would fill up the freezer. And if you don't eat them as soon as you open the box, they will melt. Pinot is delicious, but you can't eat several boxes in a day. No matter how hard we try, we can only make progress on one box every two or three days, which makes the Pinot survey a daunting task.

However, the investigation came to a surprisingly quick conclusion. In the Carl's survey, it took 30 bags of Carl's to find the secret character, but in the Pinot survey, the wished-for Pinot showed up earlier than expected.

Now, let's wish him to appear. This is Mr. "Wishful Pinot".


If you ask me, it certainly looks star-shaped. But it also looks like the shape of a puching pudding.

Since I had found it, I took a commemorative photo with the skyscrapers of Shinjuku in the background.


...... might not have made much sense.

This wishing pinot is said to make your wish come true if you chant your wish three times while holding it up to the sky. We are not sure if it works on photos, but we would like readers to try it.

Now, I will hold it up.


If tomorrow morning President Obama picks you up in his Cadillac, that means your wish has come true. With President Obama as your chauffeur, you'll be on your way to work, as always!

Okay, so how many boxes of Pinot did it take to find the Pinot of your wish?

Here is the correct answer!


In all, it was 7 boxes. That means a total of 42 pinots were settled in our stomachs during the survey period. I don't know if this is standard or if I just happened to find them quickly. But when I asked my Pinot-loving friends, they said that's just the way it is. That's what he said. My friend once bought a box that contained two wishful Pinot in one box.

The cost of this survey was 735 yen. If this is what it takes to make the world grovel, it's a small price to pay.

I would have liked to conduct a follow-up survey to improve the accuracy of the research, but my wife was furious with me, saying, "I can't cook a decent meal with a freezer full of Pinot!" My wife was furious with me, so that was the end of the Pinot survey. It seems that even if the world bows down, my wife will never bow down.

See you in the next installment of "How many boxes of chocolate balls do you need before you get a toy kanzume?" See you there!