tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post8704364519269534903..comments2017-02-20T10:59:55.790-08:00Comments on Surprising Breezes: Happy New Year 2011! Joya no Kane and other things...SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18398464142724088384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post-20070364215172463602011-01-10T08:36:49.886-08:002011-01-10T08:36:49.886-08:00Bueautiful photos and a great cultural guide. Loo...Bueautiful photos and a great cultural guide. Looks like you are having big fun. So you'll cook somehting cool for us when you get back?jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post-28298844149817031632011-01-05T05:38:53.564-08:002011-01-05T05:38:53.564-08:00You guys are going to have so many great memories!...You guys are going to have so many great memories! During my stay in Japan I came back home at Christmas to be with my family so I missed New Year's Eve and (just as important I<br />was told) New Year's Day. I only heard stories from my Japanese friends about these events; your blog has made it all the more real. Thanks!<br /><br />Mochi: Almost forgot about mochi. I remember two things about it: (1) I hate it and (2) A freind of mine got a glob of it caught in his throat on a drive up to an on-sen. It stayed with him all day long, even through our very fancy and formal tatame dinner at the on-sen. Half way through the meal, a member of our dinner party started hitting the mochi victim very hard on the back until the mochi came most suddenly and<br />loudly dislodged. Everyone in the restaurant stopped eating/talking, became extremely quiet and started at our table for about 10 seconds. Then, the meal resumed as if nothing had happened. Mochi memories.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717961257516003873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post-81120700003721695732011-01-03T14:19:48.356-08:002011-01-03T14:19:48.356-08:00That is the absolute coolest NYE I've ever hea...That is the absolute coolest NYE I've ever heard of.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541824528443852791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post-32313951868913053792011-01-03T08:20:41.378-08:002011-01-03T08:20:41.378-08:00To invite a prosperous new year, Koreans eat rice ...To invite a prosperous new year, Koreans eat rice cake soup (with small round rice cakes representing coins). Wonder if the Japanese eat mochi so that the good luck sticks with them all year? I loved that you got to ring the family bell. How beautiful (and memorable for the boys)! BTW, the sweet potato fries look SOOO good.<br /><br />Mira stayed up until midnight with her grandma which took much effort...wished grandma a quick "Happy New Year" and crashed. :PCathy Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830852482335679841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519665810235011041.post-55360078868848948352011-01-01T20:12:14.717-08:002011-01-01T20:12:14.717-08:00i am now living vicariously through your adventure...i am now living vicariously through your adventures.....margarethttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com