☆パ～チィ～☆ / ☆Par~ty~☆

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Everyone,





Good morning!




We're having a rainy day today, huh...



And




last night, Rakuten hosted this little party,
[note: Rakuten (楽天) is a huge online shopping company (now diversified into several other internet and other areas as well); apparently the "party" was a promotional sort of get-together, as all the food served can be bought through Rakuten]





and, having been invited, I attended~~






And I was able to get a picture of me and Mikitani-san, the president of Rakuten












Thank you so much!





And Ogawa Makoto-chan was there last night too~
[note: Mako posts about this event here]












Mako's so cute!!




I really love her





And it seems that she reads Non Piece everyday, even!





I was so happy to hear that




Thanks!





And we all took a picture together~~













Umamiya Anna-san was also there~~
[note: and Umamiya-san posts (including another group photo) about it here; also, one of the other attendees, Ochi Chieko, posts with a photo of her and Tsuji]




She's a mom too, with many years more experience than me




She's so beautiful and sweet and I really admire her a lot





And we enjoyed a very delicious dinner last night





First was...





TA-DA!












and then,



TA-DA!











TA-DA!











This meat...




was so tender it practically melted the moment it touched your tongue



It was crazy delicious~





And you can buy it online, from Rakuken~!





Along with all kinds of other stuff




You guys should definitely check them out~





And for dessert, we had this incredible dish~~












Isn't it cute?




This dessert is made with red wine





I gobbled it right up, and actually ended up getting a bit tipsy...





It was my first time experiencing the taste of red wine, but I found it quite delicious~~





Thank you so very much for inviting me to such a truly incredible event





I appreciate everything that the people of Rakuten have done, and will undoubtedly continue to do, for the Sugiura family,




and I look forward to our continued relationship~~
[note: much of this post, and these two preceding lines in particular, involve certain somewhat standardized respectful phrases appropriate for this sort of occasion (these tend to be a bit harder to render in English, but I've tried to do my best)]





Thank you!!