アルカンサからのお客様 The guest from Arkansas.

ブリ豚が日本でインターンシップをしていた時にお世話してくれたお友達がシアトルへ。うちに泊まってくれました。
高校卒業後からこっちに留学、今はアルカンサの大学に通っている彼。若いのに（おばちゃん発言）しっかり自分の意志をもっていて、しっかりしてるな〜と感心。しかも！彼も出身が長野だったり。いやいや、信濃の国」を歌える仲間に会うと嬉しくなるね〜



子供たちもすぐになついて、たくさん遊んでもらっちゃったしアルカンサからのおみやげもたくさんいただきました。ありがとう！

Last week, we had a guest from Arkansas. He was doing an internship at the same place as Brit in Japan, and he helped Brit a lots over there. He came here to see UW for his grad school next year, so he stayed at our place for two nights. In addition, he is from Nagano!!!! ,which is same as me!! It's a small world, isn't it? :o We could sing the prefecture's song together! ( Only Nagano people know thier prefecture's song in Japan, so the story is very famous among Japanese, and becoming a joke.) Anyway, He is really cool guy, we all like him, especially Yukine and Kanata was enjoyed playing with him, thank you so much for taking care of our kids! Hopefully, he will come back to Seattle again, and
see each other soon!!






←This is takoyaki maker, most of Kansai (Western Japan) people have it at lease one at home.

そして、夜はブリ豚の院の友達も呼んでたこ焼きパーティ。たこ焼き器を日本から友達に頼んで入手したの。いやいや、私も関西人？？？たこ焼き器がない生活は辛かった！笑

この上の写真は私が作った、長野名物「おやき」これは北信といって長野市のほうのやり方で皮が小麦粉、私たち南信は米粉を使うの。今度は米粉で作ってみよう。
中身はなすの油味噌と切干大根の煮物。
ひさびさに食べたらおいしかった＾＾

またぜひ遊びにも、UWにも来てね＾＾

So, we had a Takoyaki ( Octopus balls, which is a popular food in Kansai area.)party with him and Brit's UW friends :) It was so much fun! I was kinda busy to make food tho, I enjoyed the party.

The above picture is Oyaki which is Nagano's traditional local food, it's like gyoza (dumping) or Chinese buns, inside is eggplants instead of meat though. Brit loves it, I didn't know until this summer, he ate it when he was doing internship in Nagano city, so that was my first time to make it. It was good too and very easy to make :)