Still on a quest to eat all the strange soft ice cream flavors in Japan. School owner and extensive reading enthusiast. Teach children CLIL lessons and love my work. Camping and shochu enthusiast. Still am never sure if I’m using emoji correctly. Read my memories at #japan90snostalgiamemory
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Well, minus the vegetables. 😅 npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley @nprofile…fzd6 Thank you! npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley @nprofile…949v @nprofile…lgkf My son told me a very funny story about being on a business dinner in Japan with Americans and trying to explain to them that “wagyu” just means “Japanese beef”; it’s not a special kind of Japanese beef. 😂 npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley @nprofile…c93k I’m glad that at least you feel comfortable enough to share all of this with us. It’s too much to keep inside. npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley @nprofile…949v @nprofile…u8zs Are you in Japan? 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He is a British man, born in Japan to British preachers. npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley Long ago, during the 80s, my husband worked as an occasional interpreter for GM when their executives came to Nagoya. They’d ask him, “Ito-san, what can we do to sell more cars in Japan?” npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley @nprofile…uhf2 Well, you’d better hop to it! :family_mart: :famichiki: npub1vuv30hyx3q3tc7qfxfpjyaxz53tf6gr34py6zlcphxj95ecpr3ysnuxagf softicecreamlesley OK, the “foreigners buy an akiya” trend has clearly gotten out of control.
