Japanese Class Year-End Party

Last night was our final Japanese class for this calendar year. Following the lesson, we received certificates of completion for those of us who attended the majority of classes. Woohoo! The teachers organized a meal for us at St. Valentine, the famous posh wedding chapel right outside of Shimonoseki Station.

Becky, me, and Mariette.

A delicious fish dish underneith mashed potatoes. Quite Western.

Small shrimp salad, potato salad, and some kind of potato thing.

Members from all four levels of class plus the many Japanese teachers.

Shinmura-sensai and classmates. She said this was her 15th year teaching Japanese to foreigners. I feel incredibly lucky to have her as a teacher. She is one of the kindest, most patient women I have met here.