On November 17th, the interns threw an international cooking party for the DCE students, where each of us introduced food and other interesting things from or cultures. Here’s just a taste of what we did that evening.
International Food Party!
Going to Hitachi Seaside Park
When I learned that Ibaraki Prefecture has been ranked the least attractive Prefecture for five years in a row, I wondered how this could be. I thought, we have mountains and beaches, the Fukuroda waterfall, the amazing Tsuchiura Fireworks Festival, and we’re not too far from Tokyo. It only began to make sense to me when I learned that Ibaraki is well known for its natto, the smelly fermented soybeans that Japanese people, but very few others, love to eat. If natto is Ibaraki’s claim to fame, perhaps the prefecture does not have much else to offer. Continue reading “Going to Hitachi Seaside Park”