Here in Nagoya, we speak Japanese. However, most people do not know that each region in Japan has its own dialect. This is similar to America, where we say things diffrently, or with accents, based on the state in which we live. Nagoya has two Nagoya dialects, Owari and Mikawa. Owari is used in western Nagoya and Mikawa is used in eastern Nagoya. At my school, I get to hear both versions along with standard Japanese.
Japan uses yen as its currency. We use 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen coins. We also have 1000 yen, 2,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills. Think of the yen as pennies. 100 yen is equivalent to $1. 500 yen is equivalent to $5. 10,000 yen is equivalent to $100.
In Japan, water usally costs about 100 yen, or about 75 cents in American dollars.
This week, I got to have a traditional style meal. This meal came with a Korean style spicy chicken on top of rice, pickled veggies, miso soup and two わらびもち (warabi mochi) for desert. Warabi mochi is a clear jelly- like dessert here in Japan and the middle is filled with diffrent fillings. Mine were filled with strawberry and matcha. The jelly tasted and felt like I was eating a green grape. It was super yummy.
