Stephanie after eating a whole fish!

Poor Stephanie! She is Casey's friend who is visiting Japan for a few weeks and we convinced her that a little dried fish was really tasty and that she just HAD TO eat it. Before putting it in her mouth she asked whether the guts had been removed, and so we all lied and said "yes"! It wasn't until the fish had clearly been swallowed when we decided to tell her that not only did she just eat the guts, but the eyeballs, brain, etc. too! Hahah! Welcome to Japan!

The Tradition of Rice Planting

May 28th 2006
Yesterday I had a very cultural day in Japan. We went to a small town somewhere close to either Miyoshi, Midori, or Takamiya (not really sure where we were) to plant rice the traditional way. Although rice fields are now planted by machine in Japan, the traditional method is still used for one field per town. The tradtitional way of planting rice in Japan is by hand, with females planting to ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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