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Question: Athentic Japanese Recipees?

Every year my history class has a "history ball". We are to write a paper on the country of our choice. At this ball, we have to dress and talk as someone would from our country. We also have to bring a dish.
I am going to be from Japan. I already have a kimono, and my grandpa speaks Japanese (how fortunate). I was wondering if someone could help me find the perfect Japanese dish. I would like it to be as Athentic as possible. I'm leaning more towards deserts, but main dishes are fine too. THANKS!!
I'm so sorry I meant to put we DID write a paper

Answer: Like some people already stay, it's going to be hard to keep it authentic and not worry about scaring people away.

But since you mention you need to write a paper, I will recomand you made Onigiri a simple Japanese rice ball we usually eat went we are traveling. Or you can go with Ochazuke usually green tea or fish broth over rice with choice of toppings such as Nori (sea vegetable) and Ume (pickled plum), a easy way to use leftover rice as a quick snack, it also use as a food to ask a overstayed guest to leave.

Origiri histary - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri
recipes - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Onigiri
Ochazuke histary - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochazuke
recipes - not much there just leftover rice, food and
tea / broth

I will stay away from dessert as much as possiable, caz' there not such thing as dessert in Japan. Unlike America to us dressert mean snack, we eat it througt out the day.
Japanese food histary - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_restaurant
if you do decide to make dressert, i'll recomond you made Dorayaki a kind of traditional Japanese cake with anko sweet azuki beans filling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorayaki, the cake is farmous because it also asocate with a is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio called Doraemon a cultural icon of Japan.

Dorayaki receipte - http://www.recipezaar.com/120221

just for a foot note - all the item I mention you can buy pre-made one in any Asian food market and some larger supermarket. Best of all they all have a piece of Japanese history to it, don't forget to teach your friend how to say itadakimasu ("I shall receive") before starting to eat a meal, and gochisōsama deshita, ごちそうさまでした ("That was a feast") to the host after the meal and the restaurant staff when leaving. Hope you goy a A out of it.

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Question: How much is an authentic kimono worth?

Hey Everyone, I have an authentic, vintage, kimono that was given to my mother when she was a little girl, so it's circa 50's or early 60's. It's gorgeous red with flowers and silk lined. I'm guessing it's child sized as she bought it for my mom way back then and it's on the small side, but not very small - probably about what a child of say 12 would wear. Since there's no tags, I don't know the actual size. This kimono is in pristine condition and it was given to me years ago. Now I'm wondering about how much it's worth. If anybody can give me your opinion, hopefully professional opinion on how much it may be worth, I'd love to know. Thanks
I believe this kimono was bought in Okinawa, Japan as that's where my great uncle was stationed back then.

Answer: The reason there is no tag telling you the size is because proper kimono don't come in sizes like Western clothes and therefore never have size tags.

It would really be helpful to see a picture, because there are lots of things that go into determining the value of a used kimono. That said, the going rate for most children's second-hand kimono that I have seen is under $100. A few wind up going for $100-$200. Very very few go for more than $200, and they would have to be very special -- for example, an antique kimono might go for well over the $200 mark.

Authentic Tsumami Kanzashi work by Atelier Kanawa Part.3