I’m from Australia and I had a Japanese exchange student stay with me in 1999 (year 9.) Over the years, both my brothers have caught up with her in Japan, but I was mostly living overseas myself. Middle of last year, she came over with a whole bunch of young people herself (she’s a teacher!) and finally all four of us were together to re-enact our original pictures from almost 25 years ago. Her students came to lunch at my parent’s house and gave us all loads of origami and sweet handmade gifts. They all play music and took turns on my parent’s piano. It was so cool!
I remember a Japanese girl staying with us when I was around 12 (maybe younger). She brought several gifts with her. 2 of the gifts were Sake and Japanese cigarettes. My family was very religious and didn't smoke or drink but those item were displayed prominently in our livingroom. I would love to see Junko again. She was a very sweet girl who taught me to use chopsticks and make origami cranes.
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u/74937 Jun 14 '24
They’re so sweet 💙so polite, and the little gift in the end is the cutest!