| | It's always good to have something to remark the "year" at the end of the year, and it's even better if we could do it all together. Typically, Japanese call it "Bo-nen Kai (year-end party)" when colleagues, friends or class mates get together poking and picking Yosenabe or other kind of Nabemono, mixed veggies & meat cooked in pot with broth which flavors and ingredients usually vary depending on where you live. Well, that is the ideal Bo-nen Kai when the group is smaller. Since we got 25 members came to our year-end Chit-chat Luncheon today, we couldn't afford to cook Nabemono for all of us but thankfully Atsuko-san of our corporate member, Kitchen Atsuko, offered to make her special Shiwasu-bento to whomever desired.
While everyone was eating, talking and laughing, there was a Mini-Market selling Japanese snacks, dried goods and veggies. On the other side of the room, a projector was showing photos of our past events with music playing in the back. Thanks to Miyake-san who worked very hard to make it work properly. So, this was how we closed our activity in 2015.
It's been a good year for us as we were given many opportunities to try something new and fun, and it seems our name is known in our community more and more. I would like to thank all of you, members, for your support and to whom donated fund or items, and especially to whom dedicated precious time and energy as volunteers. Honestly, I never knew about our own Japanese culture as much as now. Indeed, it's never be too late to learn... Thank you, everyone, and I wish you ALL a Merry Christmas !!!
Midori Shinye
Chair 2015 | | 12月5日年末ﾁｯﾄﾁｬｯﾄ会
やはり年末というのは何か特別なことをして一年の締めくくりをしたいものです。特に皆といっしょにやるというところに意味があります。普通日本人は仕事仲間・友人・学友とか集まって、それぞれの地域で違った鍋物を囲みながら忘年会を楽しみます。しかし人数が少ない時にはそれも理想的ではありますが、何しろ今日は25名集まったのでさすがにそれは無理でしたが、有難いことにｺｰﾎﾟﾚｰﾄﾒﾝﾊﾞｰ "キッチン篤子" の篤子さんが希望者にｽﾍﾟｼｬﾙ師走弁当を作ってくださいました。
皆が食べて、しゃべって、笑っている間ミニマーケットで日本独特の菓子類・乾燥物・野菜類が売られ、部屋の反対側では音楽をﾊﾞｯｸｸﾞﾗｳﾝﾄﾞに今までのイベントの写真が映写機で写されていました。いろいろ努力をしてうまく作動するよう頑張って頂いた三宅さんに感謝です。これで今年一年の行事の締めくくりとしました。
今年は新しいことや楽しいｲﾍﾞﾝﾄの機会が沢山あって良い年でした。それから今まで以上に会の名前が知られて来たように感じます。これもﾒﾝﾊﾞｰの皆さんのご協力のおかげです。またいろいろな形で寄付をして頂いた方々、特に貴重な時間と労力を使ってﾎﾞﾗﾝﾃｨｱをして頂いた方々に心から感謝致します。正直に言いまして、自分の国日本の文化のことがこんなに分かったのは初めてです。成る程｢学ぶことに年齢は関係ない｣ということですね。皆さん本当に有難うございました。メリークリスマス！
新江 緑
2015年度会長 | |
