peach pickin' with grannychan

i couldn't pass up the opportunity to hang out with granny(hamachan from haruna) one more time before i left. she goes peach and plum pickin' everyday and she is 82 years old. lisa and i joined granny and tsugiko this morning for the pickin'. it was so beautiful in the orchard on the side of the mountain. we picked around 40 plums each. after taking our loads back to the car granny demanded we take 12 (delicious, big, perfect) peaches in addition to the 40 plums. i now have all the pickin's in my apartment. i leave for america in approximately five days. what do i do with all this fruit?!




last week justin and i had a goodbye party with granny, tsugiko, and sachiko. we made them their very first tacos. i don't know how she managed to do it, but granny ate tacos with her chopsticks. she is a true nihonjin (japanese person). we took a lot of sandwich/hug pictures. this is my favorite of granny and i. i was like, "ok granny, i guess we have to hug..."

justin, tsugiko, and i

the impressive taco spread...

justin, sachiko, and i