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I have been i n Osaka t h ree , y e a r s . Time h a s a way o f f l y i n g . I h a v e n o tb e e n f o r g o t t e n a s so o f t e n happens when one i s f a r away f rom home. On t h ec o n t r a r y p I have been wel l - rem6m.b0red i n many v/ays . I w a n t t o t a k e t h i so p p o r t u n i t y t o t hank m^^ many f r i e n d s f o r th e B ir th da y and Chr i s tmas g r e e ti n g s and g i f t s . I am happy, t o o . t h a t more o f you a r e making good u se o ft h e p o s t a g e by i n c l u d i n g a n o t e vf i th y o u r g r e e t i n g c a r d . A l s o , we apprec i a t e t h e food boxes v/e have r e c e i v e d . iVe have p l e n t y o f f o o d , b u t t h e yadd variety. They always c on ta in t hi ng s that we can^ t get here or tha te r e so e x p e n s i v e t h a t t h e y r: 'V;^::yystcpd3hcd b y ,

VJhen we had o ur ca l enda r s mode up, we asked f o r a r e a l Japanese c a l e n d a rs o you cou ld see th e c h a r a c t e r s f o r th e months and davs . Some have askedabout th e red marks . They are Japaneee ho l idays . For example, January 15i s A d u l t s - Da:/, i s t h e day t h e young p e o p l e wh o have r e a c h e d a d u l thood c e l e b r a t e . A p r i l S9 i s th e Smperor*s 'b i r thday / , November S3 i sThanksgiving Day, I wish we might have had Kikkawa San ' s p i c t u r e i n c o l o r .Her Kimono i s r ea l l y p r e tt y . The S c r i p t u r e X had i n both l anguages f o r th eb e n e f i t o f o u r J a p a n e s e f r i e n d s . Also I wanted you t o see what i t l o o k sl i k e i n Japanesec Can vou g u e s s •. \^y we have t o work so ha rd t o l e a r n al i t t l e ? . ^

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