In less than a week I will be leaving this country to spend 50 days in Japan learning Japanese and about Japanese culture. For my last week in America before I leave, I have decided to throw a week of mini celebrations coupled with the copious amounts of pre-Japan studying I've procrastinated on, and no celebration is complete without food. So, yesterday when I went to Jungle Jim's International Market I picked up some Japanese food items that I knew I would enjoy and some I had not tried before, most notably natto.