Japan Day 31: Furoshiki and the Soba Shop

Today, we learned the art of cloth-folding, furoshiki. I thought that the activity was really fun! We wrapped many things in cloth (like boxes, beer bottles, etc), and we also made handbags with some simple knots. At the end of the session, we were gifted a furoshiki cloth! (I got a yellow one– super cute!)

I also went back to the soba shop near the school that we have frequenting. In my broken Japanese, I was able to introduce myself, and I also found out the name of the woman who was serving us (and giving us free drinks)– Kikui-san! We spoke to her and her family, and said that we would bring more Americans to visit the soba shop!