On Thanksgiving Day we invited my English students to the house for a traditional Southern Thanksgiving dinner. Most had never seen a turkey cooked whole...in fact, a few had never eaten turkey because it is very expensive here. They all grabbed their cell phones to take pictures as soon as they walked in. The turkey was huge. We bought a 26 lb.one because these people, to be so little, can really eat. This is a picture of my Thursday night class. (l to r) Hanayo,Seizu, Mikoko, Tomai, and Kaori.
For my Friday night class, we had 9 people show up. How did that happen when I only have 4 students? They brought friends and family which made our holiday away from our own family more special They brought friends and. These pictures are the Friday night group. (l to r) Mitsuyo, Seizu, Tetsukazu and his wife, Yoko, and Megumi.
Tomiko and Komiko are going back for seconds. I was really glad they liked the food. I warned them ahead of time we were only serving American and would be using forks and knives-no hashi (chopsticks). They thought that was funny.
Takashi and Tomomi are the newly weds. I was honored to be invited to their wedding and will post pictures of that wonderful event later. They are both very cute and sweet, and the wedding was amazing!
1 comment:
Hi Kathy,
This brings back such great memories for me. I worked as a Teacher/Guide for a short-term homestay company here in the Seattle area. No matter what time of year it was, we nearly always cooked a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to share with the students just to give them the experience.
You must have "American" ovens in your base housing, a 26 pound turkey would never fit in a traditional Japanese oven.
Thanks for sharing your adventures in the wonderful Japanese culture!
Hugs,
Kelly
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