Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving may be the "turkey" among holidays here in Japan but we've done a pretty good job of "stuffing" it into our schedules. Since most people cannot afford to go home for Thanksgiving (Canucks and Yanks), we are forced to celebrate one of our most endeared holidays in Japan. However, it has proven to be quite fun in the past two years and this year was no different.

We do not only invite Canadians and Americans though. Plenty of Japanese and Limeys have turned up as well and, being a potluck, the food has lacked interestingness. However, we have still managed to retain the staples; turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie and a few others.

With forty people, the location can be very important so with the help of fellow Japanese, we have been able to use a mountainside cabin for two years now. It has an indoor bath, a lake, a park, and bears.

Here's a video from us Nyuzen folk at the 3rd annual Thanksgiving celebration in our town. It was enjoyed.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=566908626765349016&pr=goog-sl Happy

Here are some photos of the day in retrospect.

Thank you to Sumiyoshisan for reserving the house for us two years in a row. Thank you Josh for organizing the event. Thank you Matt for not bringing crackers. No thank you to everyone who took all the pie home and didn't leave any for me. Just for that, I won't be cooking the turkey next year;)

Happy Thanksgiving!