The Art of Japanese Caligraphy

I think we did a great job!

Our instructor explaining to us the art and preparation of caligraphy

Only practicing at this point.  I am drawing the sign for spring.

What a spread!  We were also taught how to make seaweed sushi rolls. Delicious!

This is my dessert staring at you-

Well its getting to be that time of the year when all I have time for are weekly blog updates.  The weather here in Japan is changing.  The colors of the leaves are beautiful this time of year.  Today was a gorgeous day as I ventured out with my culture group to Hajiochi to meet our Japanese friends.  It was my first experience in a Japanese home.  Japanese homes are very small, but nicely organized.  This particular neighborhood was moderately upscale.  We were picked up at the train station and then off to Yuhko's house we went.  She had a very nice home.  After drinking tea, we were quickly taken upstairs for a lesson in caligraphy.  I soon discovered it was going to be hard to master the art of writing caligraphy.  After several times and much patience from my instructor, I ended up doing a fairly good job.  We were all given a personal signature stamp as a gift, then treated to a very nice sushi spread.