Fans-tastic
Last night I got home to Nachan’s and three of her friends – Panchan (Pan as in Panda since she wears lots of black and white), Natsuki and Krara. Now, Panchan and I have met before, and this time she gave me a gift – a fan. Now, I think of fans as decorative, but Panchan has taken fan dancing lessons for 12 years so really it was an activity.
![panchan](http://static.flickr.com/43/88411672_8b960865e9_m.jpg)
First we worked on opening the fan with one hand. I still can’t get that down. Then we worked on a special twirl. It’s awesome! Panchan gave me another 2 fans, and I can do a two haded twirl! They were very impressed – frankly so was i. Better pictures to follow.
![jenn is a geisha](http://static.flickr.com/40/88411636_708daed7eb_m.jpg)
We then feasted on Curry Rice with squid. Mmm.
And then, Panchan brought out more gifts — turns out she also studied Kendo. She brought me some head scarves and we all practiced putting them on since only panchan know. It’s a good look, eh?
![jenn and natsuki](http://static.flickr.com/29/88411694_2754b6fff9_m.jpg)
As if that wasn’t enough, Panchan and Krara brought me the BIGGEST bag EVER of candy. All sorts of things I’ve never tried like Nori Wasabi.
![a big bag o japanese candy](http://static.flickr.com/26/88411709_b0d301f697_m.jpg)
Oh, and Natsuki brought us donuts for breakfast.
Oishii (=delicious)
January 21st, 2006 at 11:01 am
How was the nori wasabi? I bought that stuff once thinking it was green licorice… yep.. quite the shock when I realized it was far from licorice.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:56 am
Jen,
I will always be your biggest “fan”…….don’t you ever forget it!
I am so impressed with your gutsiness in eating all these weird, wild and wacky things! I truly admire your courageousness!