[ That's... well, a very pragmatic explanation. Van Zieks has no counterargument to it. Festivities sell that is a simple fact of the world - and in a city that is so preoccupied with debauchery, what else is there to celebrate but exactly that? No amount of finding it distasteful is going to change the simple truth that is it profitable. ]

It is beyond me why anybody would wish to purchase food from a Tamamo source when doing so is a gamble every time. "So long as you don't get cherry" is not good enough when cross-contamination among food in the same stall is a possibility.