Today I’d like to follow up on my last little contest. If you recall, I posed some quiz questions about this site and pledged to send a “surprise package” from Japan to the three winners.
The winners—Alisa in France, Jane in Germany, and Vladimir in Serbia—were kind enough to respond after the packages arrived, offering a few photos and describing their family’s reaction to the treasures they found inside. With their blessing, I thought it would be fun to share these results on my blog.
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Photos and reactions
Now, those photos and reactions from the “surprise package” winners!
From France…
I’m very impressed by Japan’s super speedy postal service—the package arrived yesterday! I’m attaching a few pictures of the boys with their treasures—and one of them finding Japan on the map. Noah particularly likes the fan, and Benjamin couldn’t wait to try to do some origami (he was relieved to hear that there were instructions inside). They weren’t big fans of what I’m guessing is dried kelp, but the candy went over well.
Benjamin said, “It was really nice of those people to send us all of this!” and Noah was surprised to learn that your kids spoke English and Japanese instead of English and French.
Thanks again!
Alisa
From Germany (see the photo above, too)…
Just wanted to let you know that your package has arrived! Thanks so much—the kids were intrigued and thrilled to get post from Japan and they love all the stuff you put together.
My son took the Japanese fan to school the other day—while his classmates were fanning themselves with folded paper fans or exercise books, he whipped out his “authentic Japanese fan, sent from Japan.”
All the best,
Jane
From Serbia…
The package that your kids sent to Ivan and Mila is so cool! They had great fun opening up the package and all the presents—including the origami, the picture, the little Japanese tidbits, the fan and the Japanese coin and little banknotes. Thanks for including the postcards with images from Hiroshima!
A big hug to the Beck family!
Vladimir
