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Our first houseguests were Matt and Dawn Brake from Sardis, Ohio. We learned from Matt (6'3" tall) that we had better warn any tall guests of our low doorways! It was fun to serve them a Japanese/American breakfast. (Japanese food is served in lots of little dishes!) Normally we don't have octopus for breakfast, but since they hadn't had any and they were leaving Japan that day, I thought we should let them taste this! They were good sports and tried it. (Personally I think it is tough, but you can see what you think when you visit us!) Remember--many of you Americans have been invited to come to Japan and be our guests too!
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Our next official guests were for supper--sukiyaki! Kan and Miyagawa came to receive our token of extreme gratitude for helping us move! We treated them to a little bit of Kobe beef! (Kobe beef is supposed to be the best beef--apparently the Japanese owners massage these cows! Akihiro has started mooing for a massage, too, after hearing that!) Anyway, it was delicious and we enjoyed their visit very much!