English Soup by Chikako Kobayashi

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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Apr 30, 2008 English Soup
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Deborah Cameron is the first woman to be appointed Japan correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, both Australian newspapers. She was previously a correspondent in New York and worked in Indonesia. She has reported on politics, courts, culture and entertainment, social change, royal tours, crime, sports and general news as well as written many profiles.