One of our friends is living in a Japanese home and his "house parents" invited my sister and I over for dinner. We were told we were going to have "left-overs" but the kitchen table was overflowing with dishes filled with exotic and delicious looking Japanese food. At the end of the evening we took this photo:
As we were leaving, Okaasan gave us a memo pad “so we can record all of our notes” and some fruit and sweets.
I think we have new Japanese Grandma and Grandpa!
Last weekend some of the Japanese girls living in our dorms invited Leah and I to a flea market in Osaka. It was so much fun! Most people selling stuff were very congenial. They allowed us to practice our Japanese, gave us free stuff and wanted to get their photos with us!
In general, I have found Japanese people to be very friendly, hospitable and happy!
3 comments:
Our topic this week is "Japanese People," or more specifically how we as anthropologists go about representing a group of people. I like how you attempt to use your experiences to describe Japanese people. But You might want to have a more specific focus rather than trying to generalize about all Japanese. I am glad you are meeting fabulous people here - how can you use these experiences to provide more anthropological observations?
Would it be better if I had introduced the post by saying, "Almost of the Japanese people that I have met..."
I'm not exactly sure of what you are looking for when you ask for more anthropological observations.
Perhaps such a statement would be helpful. Describing your position here in Japan and where and how you are meeting Japanese people - that is providing context - would be a better approach that trying to generalize about all Japanese people.
As for anthropological observations, what information or data can you get from dinners and meeting people at flea markets? You want to develop a main point or thesis for each post and then use your experiences to illustrate it.
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