English Soup by Chikako Kobayashi

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Tying an International Knot Part 3 国際結婚　パート3

Justin and Nicole attend their first Japanese Shinto wedding.

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(Continued)　

Nicole: Here are the pictures I took at the wedding. (Takes out her digital camera) That's the bride.

Samantha: Wow.

Justin: I couldn't help but think a huge Pac Man was trying to eat her.

Owen: What's Pac Man?

S: Some retro videogame character, I think.

J: ...

N: Anyway, that's wataboshi, traditionally for shielding the bride's face from everyone but the groom.And here's the groom.

O: That's him?!

J: Yep. He's American.

S: (Pointing at a photo) Who's this?

N: That's the groom's sister wearing a kimono. She had to change out of it during the reception because it got too tight.

(A week later)

J: (Taking out a catalog) Here's something you two might be interested in.

O: What is it?

J: In return for the gift we gave at the wedding, the couple apparently gives us a thank‐you gift. And we get to choose what we want.

O: (Flipping the pages) Meat!

S:(Grabbing the catalog) Let me see!

J: Uh‐oh.

N: Here we go ...

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