So this week, we had the following, record-breaking stack of boxes in our tea room:
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Omiyage
Last week was Golden Week, so a lot of staff and students went on vacation. Accordingly, in the last week, there has been an ever-increasing pile of omiyage (souvenir gifts) in our office, courtesy of many generous people. ^_^
So this week, we had the following, record-breaking stack of boxes in our tea room:
chili chocolates from South Korea
wafers from Nagoya
coconut cookies from the Maldives
chocolate macadamias from the Maldives (different person)
chocolate macadamia Merlions from Singapore
coconut chocolate from the Maldives
chocolate coins from the Maldives
assorted chocolates from Brazil
sesame chocolate from somewhere
fish-shaped sable cookies from somewhere
chocolate mochi from Osaka
dango from Mie prefecture
So this week, we had the following, record-breaking stack of boxes in our tea room:
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I'm pretty sure a lot of that foreign 'omiyage' is packaged and produced for the Japanese market! I saw a catalogue in the bus station for different kinds of 'hong kong omiyage' you could buy.
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