I had to pinch myself when I got a call from NHK in Tokyo telling me that they want to air a programme on my return trip to Japan.
In my last blog post I talked about my return trip to Japan through JET called "satogaeri":
http://fionasjapanesecooking.blogspot.ie/2015/10/my-return-to-my-japanese-hometown-via.html
As part of NHK's feature programme on me
and my Japanese food journey they wanted to get some footage of my family, home
and work here in Ireland. So they came along to my Japanese Cooking
Demonstration & Craft Beer Pairing with O'Hara's Brewery at Savour Kilkenny
Food Festival. NHK's team said they were more than happy with the footage they captured for the programme. The sun was shining in Kilkenny, the atmosphere of the
festival was amazing and with with the scenic view of Kilkenny Castle behind the
demo tent everything was on our side for filming.
After the demonstration we headed back to our home for more filming. They
wanted to get footage of our family preparing a typical dinner and eating
it. Our 4 year old slept through the whole thing but our baby was full of
energy and managed to eat all his rice and miso soup!!
In 4 days I'll fly to Japan and return to my Japanese hometown in Niigata called Nishiyama. NHK will follow my journey and then air a programme on NHK Niigata in Japanese and NHK World in English (channel 507 on the sky box).The airing date hasn't been confirmed yet but I'll let you know as soon
as I find out!
I'll also be keeping you updated on my foodie journey online through FB, twitter and instragram so stay tuned!!
Just watched the interview online, it was brilliant! As a fellow ex-JET, I thought you represented us magnificently :)
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Colin thanks so much for your messsage. It was great to be back in Japan and filming with NHK was such an experience!
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