雪だ! 雪! きゃあああああ～！

First Snow in Japan!

Omg, it's snowing!  This really isn't much of a post since it's really spur of the moment, but I really wanted to commemorate my first time seeing snow in Japan.  It's not even supposed to snow here!

As a matter of fact, where I live in America, it doesn't snow either!  I have to go all the way to Lake Tahoe to experience snow like I got here!  *high pitched screech*  I'm so happy~!!!

So, to commemorate this day, I've decided to post our night time activities of what we did in the snow.

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Word of the post-

雪　(yuki) - snow!  I think the reason should be really flipping obvious!

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Osaka

~Exploring Osaka~

During our Winter Break, Elise and I decided to do a bit of traveling.  We decided to spend three days in Osaka.  We decided to go for three days and two nights.

Happy New Year

Happy New Years!

From Japan

Fire, fire!  Hahahahahahaha!  (They're all drunk)

In Japan, New Years is considered a more important day than Christmas.  It's pretty strange to do more for New Years than for Christmas, trust me.  Especially if you grew up in a western society.

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Word of the Post:

忘 年会 (Bounenkai) - New years is important in Japan for a reason.  To end a year means to forget the mistakes and the sad times of the year and to start over.  For that reason, Japanese often have a party called the "bounenkai".  It means a party to forget.

新年会 (Shinnenkai) - On the other hand, the Japanese also party at the start of the year.  This is to celebrate the beginning of the year and to hope for a good one.

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