Thanksgiving Dinner

As Thanksgiving is not a holiday in Japan, we both had to work. Turkey isn’t really obtainable here, so having a big Thanksgiving dinner takes a lot of coordination with a lot of fellow party goers. I’ve been to a couple of good Japanese Thanksgiving parties in the past, but this year we didn’t hear of any or plan one ourselves.

After getting off of work, I suddenly decided that it felt wrong to not do anything special for Thanksgiving. I had just been told the day before about a really good yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) restaurant near our house, so I decided bite-sized pieces of grilled meat would be an appropriate alternative to turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, et al.

So we threw on some casual clothes, and went to the restaurant, and it turned out to be a fantastic place. It seemed a little bit more expensive than the other chain yakiniku restaurant near our house, but everything was way higher quality. We filled ourselves with delicious wagyu beef. And for dessert? A tiny cup of fruit. It was kind of a pleasant alternative to the pie comma we experienced every Thanksgiving prior.