*gooble, gobble*
Thanksgiving is always a fun time of the year to join with friends and family and enjoy a spectacular meal followed by hours of football, food comas, and the potential outing for a movie. That is if you can haul yourself out of the recliner and head for the show on time but...
...if you live in Japan Thanksgiving is a little different. Since Thanksgiving is an American holiday it is celebrated in America NOT Thanksgiving. It is hilarious to me when friends and family back home ask me if I have Thanksgiving and Christmas off. It is sad and somewhat humorous to say that I don't. It makes since Japan does not celebrate giving thanks for the harvest season nor is it a Christan country both of these resulting in the 4th Thursday of November and the 25th of December as official work days.
I however took the afternoon of the 26th off to spend with my new and awesome guy, Josh :) We had a wonderful evening set up in Tokyo. We got dressed up and enjoyed a fantastic meal over looking Tokyo at a Hawaiian restaurant called Roy's. Roy's is on the 5th Floor in the West Walk of Roppongi Hills. We were filled with happiness over the food and wine selection. We feasted on vegetables, bread, mashed potatoes, and turkey as we gave thanks for our friends, family, and our new relationship. We had fun and did a wine pairing with our meal. We drank four different wines. We started the night with bubbly intermixed with red and white and ended one sweet note with a delicious deep port wine accompanied with a pumpkin pie and a chocolate torte.
The evening was incredible. Tokyo was illuminated for Christmas which made the evening even more magical. It certainly was a Thanksgiving never to forget. I am sad I was unable to be with friends and family from home but know that we gave a toast to you on Thanksgiving night!
Cheers, I miss you all!!
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