Hiromi Usagi!

Harper and I have been married for about 4 months, but we haven’t lived together yet.  When I say, “my husband is coming to Japan!,”  people get confused and ask me where he is NOW.  I usually start telling them about my visa and job matters, and they symphasize me..ahhh…

During the first half of his stay in Japn until the 29th, I am working, so Harper will wonder around Tokyo by himself and have lunch with me!  I wonder what kind of adventure he would get.  My office is in the middle of the most busy area in Tokyo, called Shinjuku, and there are so many stores and people everywhere.  I am sure that he would enjoy this chaotic district.

Since my direct boss took off for 3 week-long vacation, I have been busy… There are so many sick people at my work and small problems (thank god, not big problems) and I have to run around all day long, but it’s ok because I will have a lot of fun with Harper soon!!

It is very kind of Harper’s parents and family that they give up spending Christmas with him and sending him to Japan!  Thank you so much!!  Harper and I will go to my hometown for the new year’s.  The new year is the biggest holiday in Japan, just like Christmas in the U.S.  Harper will meet my relatives and we will have dinner together at a restaurant “to inform them our marriage”.  There are so many rules, but I think we have skipped most of them like an official engagement ceremony and so on.
We will stay at my maternal grandparents house where nobody lives now.  It is an old farm house located on a montain in a super rural area.  If it snows a lot, we might not be able to come down to the town where my parents live.  It is an isolated village with a lot of nature and a few people.  My grandparents used to have a goat and I liked playing with a baby goat when I was little.  They had silk worms too.  I was able to hear silk worms eating mulberry leaves when I was in a bed in the night.  It sounded so subtle but soothing somehow.  When I was little, I did not like going to my grandparents’ house, because there was no kid to play with, and the bathroom was old-styled with no water flush and located outside in a separate house and so scary.  My parents had a new bathroom built inside of the house, so now it’s ok… Don’t worry, Harper..
My gradma has alzheimer’s disease, so my parents take care of her at their house.  My grandpa is hospitalized, so that is why no one lives there.  My grandpa on my dad’s side passed away during the war, and my grandma on my dad’s side passed away several years ago.  Visiting both sides of my family was the main event in the new year’s holiday in my childhood.  I liked it but did not like getting so much attention from my relatives..ahhh.. funny me.  I have a lot of stories to tell Harper while we are staying at the house.

I cannot believe that Harper is coming in 2 days!  I wonder what to make for our Christmas dinner!

Happy Holidays!