I have a little introduction here.
This activity of mine with Japan began four years ago, following a holiday trip to visit friends. I learned quite quickly that one aspect of the culture in Japan is gift giving. It's intertwined in the society. For many years in my B & B I had made fruitcakes, and I brought some of these cakes to the Japanese, to my friends, and they loved them—and they did know about fruitcakes. The Japanese import approximately 60%—