Friendship Day at the American Embassy

On Saturday, August 27th, we attended Friendship Day at the Mitsui Compound at the American Embassy. Maya's friend Hana's mom invited us to join them, and it turned out to be a wonderful Saturday. Typically, it is ridiculously humid and hot in Tokyo at this time. However, for about a week, we had clouds, and though humid, we weren't beaten down by blazing sun..this continued Saturday, so it was quite an enjoyable day. Friendship day is a celebration of friendship between the U.S. and all foreigners. Over 4000 tickets were sold and it was very busy. They had food booths set up with all different types of food (including regular American style hot dogs and hamburgers, which the girls loved), kids games, clowns, tattoos, music and other performances and a parade. The best part for Scott and I was that the price of a ticket included all free drinks, even beer (which they had Miller and Budweiser, and you can't find either of those here very often!). The best part for the girls was getting to see a lot of their ASIJ friends, but more importantly, the fish they won!

These fish lasted 1 night and were no longer alive in the morning. We had to give them a proper toilet bowl fish burial. The girls were NOT happy...Scott and I were NOT sad! :)

Girls near Main Street U.S.A.

Scott and the girls by the American Flag