Saturday, July 5, 2014

Fourth of July

This is what happens when you live overseas too long: you forget how to celebrate it.

It's been 8 years since I last came back to Fourth of July. Of course I know it's the birthday celebration for my dear country but what exactly do you do? I ask this because for traditional holidays in Japan there's usually some sort of seasonal tradition or custom involved. 

After verifying with about a dozen of my coworkers I was finally reassured that its mostly a day of  barbecue, booze, and fireworks. Silly as this may sound I was doubting myself that other customs were involved but I think I got confused with Thanksgiving. Talk about being displaced for years! 

Well now that I know, that's just what my family did :) 



Happy Fourth of July everyone!

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