Walking Day

Last weekend we had Walking/ Jogging day, an annual event in Nagata where lots of locals from around the island get together, walk or jog between 4 and 5 kilometers then come back to the school campus to eat Udon noodles. It was a lot of fun despite the cold wind and rain. One farmer let us pick his oranges while we were passing his orchard.

While we were eating my friend asked me how to say okura in English. I told her okra, it was an English word. She said "oh, do you eat it often in America?"
"Well, I think mostly in middle America, like Oklahoma."
"Okrahoma?"
I was cracking up but had a hell of a time trying to explain why that was so funny to me.