A surprise from Japan
Photo of Osaka at night. The mystery package An unexpected parcel arrived at my house yesterday. Very exciting as it was marked Japan post and was festooned with labels for the customs and postal services. I spotted that the sender's name was Aiko and the city of origin was Osaka . Aiko was a student of mine when she lived in Wales and I taught her English. This was some 5 years ago. I used to travel to her home on the eastern edge of Cardiff most weeks and give her an English lesson. We have kept in touch since she returned to Osaka and last year she met my second Japanese student , Mari in Tokyo. The two had not met before. A few of the towels The parcel contained five. small face cloth size towels. Each is about 8 inches square. They are beautifully hand made with illustrations of animals in lovely pastel colours - pink , lemon, green, dark green and orange, lilac , photo above, and cream. The maker's name is embroidered on each one....