ダニエルの冒険

On Sunday the Nakajima family took me to see some of the extended family I met last time. We had a Japanese barbecue, which is a bit similar to your usual Irish barbecue except everyone has rice, and instead of burgers and sausages it’s just small cuts you put on and eat with the rice and some sauce. We played some ping-pong at the arcade where Ayumi’s brother works, went to karaoke together, and generally just hang out for the weekend. I really love the people up in Tochigi, and Daisuke, Ayumi’s younger cousin, stuck to me like glue. He’s a really fun kid and loves games and generally joking around. He taught me some “cool” Japanese that I have to try out before I leave

That is, 「ラーメン、つけ麺、僕イケメン」
(”Ramen, tsukemen, boku ikemen”, meaning “Chinese noodles, cold noodles, I’m good-looking”, but it rhymes so it’s funny… trust me)

I got the second-last train back and the family and neighbours brought me to the station. Kumi-chan, a 6 year old girl from down the street, wrote me a letter saying how she’s sad that I’m going and I have to come back so she won’t be sad, with some new colouring pencils she won at the local festival. I had the chance to stop by the festival and play some games and eat some かき氷 (kakigori: flavoured shaved ice), and watch some older people from the neighbourhood sing enka (traditional folk songs).

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