Beef from Kansas on sale at Daiei grocery store, Osaka.
Gifts are traditionally given twice a year to those who have helped you.
They are usually consumables such as food, sake, fine cooking oils, and the like.

Vocabulary Items Beef, import, Kansas, gifts, buying, giving, sending.

Topics Mid-year and end of year gift-giving seasons, food, Japanese diet.

Grammar Points Giving and receiving expressions (humble, neutral, polite.)