The Japanese treated their U.S. counterparts to a series of events to share aspects of their culture.

日本人邀請美國同行參加一系列活動，分享他們文化的各個方面。

Producer Sergeant 1st Class Jeffrey Hilton takes us along on a home visit.

製片人一級軍士長傑弗裡-希爾頓帶我們一起去家訪。

[shouting in Japanese] Pull up. Pull up.

[用日語喊]拉起來。拉起來。

We're preparing to go meet with a Japanese family and enjoy some of the culture and lifestyles of the Japanese.

我們準備去見一個日本家庭，領略一下日本人的文化和生活方式。

So my expectations are that we're going to actually have the opportunity to meet, sit down, perhaps eat dinner with, and exchange gifts with a Japanese family and learn a little bit about their culture and lifestyle.

所以我的期望是，我們能真正有機會和日本家庭見面、坐下來，也許會和他們一起吃飯，交換禮物，瞭解一下他們的文化和生活方式。

I got to take part in a Japanese family home visit.

我參加了一個日本家庭的家訪。

It was a really neat experience.

這是一次非常整潔的體驗。

We went to a family in Chitose.

我們去了千歲的一戶人家。

They had prepared a big meal for us.

他們為我們準備了一頓大餐。

It was absolutely incredible.

這絕對是不可思議的。

It was a farm owner and his wife.

那是一個農場主和他的妻子。

We went out to their garage, and there was a barbecue pit in the middle of the garage.

我們去了他們的車庫，車庫中間有一個燒烤坑。

We cooked all the food on there and ate.

我們把上面的食物都煮了吃。

When we went to the Japanese family's home, we were escorted by an interpreter.

我們去日本人家裡時，有翻譯陪同。

It was a great experience having him there because it helped with that language barrier.

有他在那裡是一次很好的經歷，因為它有助於解決語言障礙。

The U.S. military enjoyed pounding the steamed rice cake.

美軍喜歡搗鼓蒸年糕。

It looked very fun.

看起來非常有趣。

[Knight] One of the neater things that we got to do was take steamed rice and put it in this big bowl and then start pounding on it with a hammer to turn it into kind of a gooey paste.

我們要做的一件事是把蒸好的米飯 放在這個大碗裡 然後用錘子敲打它 把它變成一種粘稠的糊狀物

The wife of the guy came back with soup, and that pounded rice was now in the soup, and it was delicious.

那人的妻子端著湯回來了，那舂米飯現在就在湯裡，很好吃。

It was kind of a marshmallowy texture.

這是種棉花糖的口感。

Both our military and the U.S. military made a good connection.

我軍和美軍都做了很好的銜接。

I hope the U.S. and Japan make good connections in the future.

我希望美國和日本今後能建立良好的聯繫。

I'm very happy. Very happy.

我很高興。非常高興。

One, two, three. [shouting in Japanese]

一，二，三。[日語喊話]