December 2009
30 posts
Winter Break.
Off to Sapporo for 3 nights, then Tokyo. So don’t worry if I don’t update this for a week and a half. I’m still alive, just having the time of my life.
Xmas
Just to thank everyone at Home for sending presents, means a lot. Nice to get lots of useful little things (and lots of chocolate).
Meanwhile it has been one hell of a Christmas in Toya. Dressed up as Santa, performed Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, got an AWESOME camera, drank Guinness in a country OTHER than Ireland and received too much cake.
Really couldn’t have had it any better.
“All things considered, there are only two types of men in the world-those who...”
– Rudyard Kipling, The Honourable Visitors
Mochitsuki
Today Mochitsuki ceremony was in full effect at the nursery. It is the traditional mochi-pounding ceremony in Japan; Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of sticky rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year, commonly sold and eaten during that time. Its fairly tasteless so red bean paste or soya powder are usually...