Happy New Year!

To celebrate a New Year (it is tomorrow already in Japan), we had sukiyaki for dinner tonight. Sukiyaki on New Year's Eve is Kayo's family's long tradition. This year I learned to half-freeze the beef before slicing paper thin, and the trick really worked. The meal was accompanied by warm sake (thanks to Kozue for the perfect sake set) and Joe's newly acquired bottle of "sho-chu." Good stuff!! "Kampai!"
Our New Year's Eve dinner tasted very much like at home....