 | Here are the directions for the trash.
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 | Our first meal in our new home.
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 | Edamame (soy beans), fish nuggets, and some sort of seaweed-shrimp thing.
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 | We had no chopsticks or napkins yet, so fingers and tissues would have to do.
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 | We took pictures of the food and labels so we could buy them again if we liked it.
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 | Only 298 yen! ($2.50)
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 | This is the house of my supervisor, Nakano-sensei. She invited us over for a barbeque.
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 | She lives in Imadate, the smaller town that is right next to Takefu, closer to the mountains.
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 | We grilled potatoes, corn, fish, green peppers, tomatoes, onions, pumpkin, and noodles. It was all quite delicious.
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 | Here is Katie and Nakano-sensei's two daughters.
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 | The neighbors, Hata-san and his family came to eat as well. Hata-san is a photographer and spoke English very well.
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 | Two English teachers at Katie's, Mr. Saito and Mr. Hori, came over to our house in August to show us how to make party sushi. They also showed us around our local grocery stores.
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 | Mr. Hori is on the left and Mr. Saito is on the right.
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 | Katie making sushi.
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 | When dinner was done...
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 | Yasusaki is our local Japanese Wal-Mart.
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 | Serio Garden is the closest grocery store.
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 | The walking path between our apartment and the grocery store.
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 | This is our neihbor Matt. We pursuaded him to by the accordian.
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 | The view of North Takefu from Mt. Murakuni.
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 | Fall pictures.
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 | This is Katie in front of our new car, Jacque. It is a '94 Suzuki, L'epo.
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 | The car magazine cover photo.
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 | More fall pictures by our house.
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