My grand mother and my family
From 13th to 15th August, Japan has a cultural / religious ceremony, called OBON.
During this period of a year, we believe our ancestors who passed away, come back to our home from the heaven. So we prapere a special dishes, and many family members get gather .
This year, I visited my grandmother, who will turn to 90 yea's old soon, but are still energetic and smart.
She always prepared traditional sweets called ANKO-MOCHI for our family. I know many foreigners do not like it bt I love it.
It is made of rice cakes with ANKO that are made of sweetened black beans.
Whenever I came back to Japan, I eat this and feel I am at home.
The more I experienced working outside country, I sometimes find it difficult to level the conversation topics with my family. but I can still talk with the my 90's grand ma about whatever I experienced outside, my works and my life.
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My Grandmother and my Family
From the 13th to the 15th of August, Japan has a cultural / religious ceremony, called OBON.During this period of a {the year} [1], we believe our ancestors who passed away, come back to our home from the heavens.[2] So we prepare a special dishes, [3] and many family members get together. {or: family members gather together}
This year, I visited my grandmother, who will turn to 90 years old soon, but are is still energetic and smart.
She always prepares traditional sweets called ANKO-MOCHI for our family. I know many foreigners do not like it but I love it.
It is made of rice cakes with ANKO that are made of sweetened black beans.
Whenever I came back to Japan, I eat this and feel I am at home.
The more I experienced working outside the country, the more [4] I sometimes find it difficult sometimes [5] to level the maintain a conversation topics [6] with my family, but I can still talk with the my 90's 90-ish grandma about whatever I experienced outside, my works and my life.
[1] {} Not really needed.
[2] "From the heavens" or "from Heaven" (capital 'H').
[3] Or: prepare special dishes.
[4] The construction is: the more {or other comparative} [Situation 1], the more {or other comparative} [Situation 2]. Ex: The more I watch TV, the less productive I am in the evenings.
[5] Not incorrect, but it sounds more natural here, after "difficult."
[6] "Conversational topics" is a little difficult to fit here without changing the sentence completely. You could say: "...I find it difficult sometimes to find suitable/enough (conversational) topics that I can have a conversation with my family about...."
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