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Koza CP Church Fall Festival
31 October 2004
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October 31st was Halloween, of course -- but the
"youth" of Japan Presbytery had a sort of "fall
festival" at Koza Church. They had several
"stations" set up for different activities -- for
instance, the photo above shows the bread-makin' peeps.
(I never asked if they
brought their own aprons -- or if they just had a huge stash of
aprons that belonged to the church. But suddenly, looking at
the photo, I'm curious to know)...
One thing I ought to clarify,
by the way -- in Japan, when they say "youth" they
ALWAYS mean people who are OLDER than high school -- basically
any people between maybe 18 and 40 years old. This was a
source of considerable confusion for me until we figured out
we were using the word "youth" in entirely different
ways (Americans ALWAYS mean high school or even junior high
kids when we say "youth", by the way).
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Okay, the first photo was the bread-makin' peeps, and THESE
are the "straw-on-head madness" peeps. The girl on
the left is an art teacher, so she set up all the
"arts" stuff. In addition to making insane bird
nests on our heads, we also all tried making ornaments and
other "crafty" things -- it was quite fun, though my
own original creation looked like something a 2-year-old would
reject if he made it (you notice I do NOT post a photo of
THAT)...
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This photo shows a box of special, rare Japanese
mushrooms. I never was able to figure out how to remember the
name -- but I guess Japanese people will all know them.
Anyway, one of the brothers
has a "connection" to get these very special
mushrooms. This box was part of a shipment that was going to
the Emperor. Seriously, dude -- the Emperor. But we got them
for dinner!
Now -- please sit down.
Because these mushrooms cost $100 each. That's not a typo,
they are $100 (U.S.) for every one. This box held 15
mushrooms. YOU do the math.
And if you are wondering,
they actually WERE totally amazing.
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I love these photos a lot. The man is Mr. Suzuki, one of the
brothers at Koza Church. It's just beautiful how happy and
kind he is
in the FIRST photo, with the heart design on his apron and all; and
then in the NEXT one he's up to his wrist in blood and
guts. So great.
So I already told you about
the special mushrooms we had -- well, we also had this
FANTASTIC fish for sushi. They said it cost about $70 (U.S.)
-- and please, I'm not telling the cost of these things for
any reason other than that I KNOW you would want to know that
kind of thing. It gives you an idea of how expensive stuff is
here.
Anyway, for some reason I
never knew sushi could be so bloody, but there you go. And
again, let me say this was some GREAT sushi.
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Pastor Oi (left) and Shinji pick a grilled fish clean --
and I'll end this page by saying THAT fish was the best thing
I ate all day! Smokey and fresh -- you don't get stuff like
that everyday, dude. |
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